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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-459/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1989/459",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 18 July 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the tread depth of tyres of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers (89/459/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-459",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Directive\nof 18 July 1989\non the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the tread depth of tyres of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers\n(89/459/EEC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,\nWhereas the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council on 19 December 1984, adopted a resolution on road safety inviting the Commission to submit proposals in this connection to the Council in this context;\nWhereas rules on the minimum tread depth of tyres, despite being an individual and specific problem, are among the objectives and the work scheduled for 1986, which was Road Safety Year in the Community;\nWhereas the European Parliament passed a resolution on 18 February 1986 on the Commission's programme for Road Safety Year 1986 which included the tread depth of tyres as one of the Commission provisions to be adopted as soon as possible;\nWhereas provisions of this kind must ensure a higher degree of safety;\nWhereas national requirements governing minimum tread depth vary from one Member State to another and whereas such differences cause problems with regard to compliance with road law by motorists who use their cars in the territories of different Member States;\nWhereas harmonization of these requirements will facilitate the free movement of vehicles and individual travel between Member States and help to remove barriers to trade and distortions of competition,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 279, 17. 10. 1987, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No C 47, 27, 2. 1989, p. 185."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No C 80, 28. 3. 1988, p. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No C 341, 21. 12. 1984, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No C 68, 24. 3. 1986, p. 35."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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