Annex II

At the date of its accession to the Revised Agreement with regard to wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts, the European Community intends to restrict is accession to the recognition and approvals of the UN/ECE Regulations set out in the following list, with the series of amendments as indicated, as they are in force at the date of accession.

The technical requirements of the UN/ECE Regulation listed above shall become alternatives to the technical annexes to the relevant separate EC Directives where the latter possess the same scope and where for the listed Regulations separate EC Directives exist.

However, the additional Directive provisions, such as those concerning fitting requirements or the approval procedure, remain in force.

Where it is clear that UN/ECE Regulations differ from the relevant Directives, the Community may decide to extricate itself from its reciprocal-recognition obligation in this area by withdrawing from the UN/ECE Regulation(s) concerned, in line with Article 1 (6) of the Revised Agreement and Article 3 of this Decision.

The listed UN/ECE Regulations, for which at the date of accession no corresponding separate EC Directives exist, shall become alternatives in accordance with paragraph 1 at the moment where these separate EC Directives become applicable.

UN/ECE Regulation 22 shall not, in accordance with the rules of the Treaty, apply to the United Kingdom before 1 July 2000 or, if earlier, until such time as the Community accedes to an amended UN/ECE Regulation on protective helmets and visors which provides for the same or higher standards for such helmets and visors as are applicable in the United Kingdom on the date of adoption of this Decision.