EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EMISSION STANDARDS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/NOTIF. 95.3. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: European Commission. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 8703: Passenger cars; 8704: Light commercial vehicles. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document. Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive Amending Directive 88/77/EC on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to the Measures to be Taken Against the Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants from Diesel Engines for Use in Vehicles (21 pages). 6. Description of content: Allowing longer periods for small class diesel engines to adapt to European particulate emission standards. 7. Objective and rationale: The proposal answers to the requirements of Article 5(2) of Directive 91/542 which committed the European Commission to report and eventually make a proposal to the European Council on progress made regarding: - The availability of techniques for controlling air-polluting emissions from diesel engines, particularly those of equal to or less than 85 kW; and - a new statistical method for monitoring production conformity. 8. Relevant documents: Proposed European Parliament and Council Directive Amending Directive 88/77/EC on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to the Measures to be Taken Against the Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants from Diesel Engines for Use in Vehicles (EC Official Journal C389 of 31 December 1994). 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Adoption: December 1995. Entry into force: March 1996. 10. Final date for comments: 22 December 1995. (325)

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