No L 341/14 . Official ]6umal of the European Communities 6.12. 90 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 30 October 1990 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/115/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor vehicle safety belts (90/629/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economic Commumty, Having regard to Council Directive 76/115/EEC-of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor-vehicle safety belts (*), as last amended by Commission Directive 82/318/EEC (2), and in particular.Article 6 thereof, Whereas practical experience and technological development show that it is possible to improve road safety by applying similar requirements to those existing already to vehicle " categories M; with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3 500 kilograms and M; (buses) which were not covered hitherto and to generally extend the requirements to seating positions, not covered hltherto, of other vehicle categories; - Whereas that experience shows that some existing definitions and requirements have to be adjusted slightly; Whereas the protection against “submarining” should be improved, which could be provided by modified positioning of the anchorages for safety belts and/or modifications to the seat construction; whereas a test procedure must be developed which enables the improvement in the level of protection to be shown; Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: ' Article 1 Annex I to Directive 76/115 / EEC, is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. () O] No L 24, 30. 1. 1976, p. 6. ' (2) OJ No L 139, 19. 5. 1982, p. 9. Article 2 1. With effect from 1 May 1991 no Member State may, on grounds relating to anchorages for safety belts: : — refuse, in respect of a type of vehicle, to grant EEC type-approval, or to issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC (3), or to grant national type- approval, or ~ — prohibit the entry into service of vehicles if the anchorages in this type of vehicle or in these vehicles comply with the requirements of Directive 76/115/EEC, as amended by this Directive. 2. With effect from 1 July 1992 Member States: — shall no longer issue the copy of the certificate provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC in respect of a type of vehicle, — may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of vehicle in which the anchorages do not comply with the requirements of Directive 76/115/EEC, as amended by this Directive. 3.  With effect from 1 July 1997 Member States may prohibit the entry into service of vehicles in.which the anchorages do not comply with the requirements of Directive 76/115/EEC, as amended by this Directive. Artz;cle 3 The Commission shall, not later than 31 December 1992, proceed to a further review of the provisions of Directive - 76/115/EEC and notably Annex I, item 4.4.3 thereof, in order to improve the protection against the risk of submarining, which amendment might include new measures and related dynamic test methods. (3) O No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1.