# Council Decision of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (97/836/EC), Annex II Extent: E+W+S+N.I. 1.. 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. UN/ECE RegulationNo Series of amendments Subject 1 01 Headlamps (including R2 and/or HS1 lamps) 3 02 Retro-reflecting devices 4 — Rear registration-plate lamp 5 02 Headlamps (Sealed Beam) 6 01 Direction indicators 7 02 End-outline marker/front-side/rear-side/stop lamps 8 04 Headlamps (H1, H2, H3, HB3, HB4, H7, H8 and/or HIR1) 10 02 Radio interference suppression 11 02 Door latches and hinges 12 03 Behaviour of steering device under impact 13 09 Braking 14 04 Seat-belt anchorages 16 04 Seat belts 17 06 Seat strength 18 02 Anti-theft 19 02 Front fog lamps 20 02 Headlamps (H4) 21 01 Interior fittings 22 04 Protective helmets and visors 23 — Reversing lamps 24 03 Diesel smoke 25 04 Head restraints 26 02 Exterior projections 27 03 Advance warning triangles 28 — Audible warning devices 30 02 Tyres (motor vehicles and their trailers) 31 02 Headlamps (halogen sealed beam) 34 01 Fire risks 37 03 Filament lamps for use in approved lamp units 38 — Rear fog lamps 39 — Speedometer 43 — Safety glazing 44 03 Child restraint system 45 01 Headlamp cleaners 46 01 Rear-view mirrors 48 01 Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices 49 02 Diesel emission 50 — Front/rear position/stop-lamps, direction indicator, rear registration-plate lamp (moped/motorcycle) 51 02 Sound levels 53 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (motorcycles) 54 — Tyres (commercial vehicles and their trailers) 56 — Headlamps (mopeds) 57 01 Headlamps (motorcycles) 58 01 Rear protective device 59 — Replacement silencing systems 60 — Driver operated controls (moped/motorcycles) 62 — Anti-theft (moped/motorcyles) 64 — Tyres (temporary use spare wheels/tyres) 66 — Strength of superstructure (buses) 69 01 Rear marking plates for slow moving vehicles 70 01 Rear marking plates for heavy and long vehicles 71 — Field of vision, agricultural tractors 72 — Headlamps (HS1) lamps) (motorcycles) 73 — Lateral protection 74 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (mopeds) 75 — Tyres (motorcycles/mopeds) 77 — Parking lamps 78 02 Braking (category L) 79 01 Steering equipment 80 01 Strength of seats (buses) 81 — Rear-view mirrors (motorcycles/mopeds) 82 — Headlamps (HS2) (moped) 83 03 Emissions 85 — Engine power 86 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices, agricultural tractors 87 — Daytime running lamps 89 — Speed limitation devices 90 01 Replacement brake lining assemblies 91 — Side marker lamps 93 — Front under run protective devices 96 — Diesel emission (agricultural tractors) 97 — Alarm systems 98 — Headlamps with gas-discharge light sources 99 — Gas-discharge light sources 100 — Electric vehicle safety 101 — CO2 emission/fuel consumption 102 — Close coupling devices 103 — Replacement catalysts 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. 2.. 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. 3.. 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1997/836/annex/II (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1997-836/annex-II Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.