L 87/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.4.2000 DIRECTIVE 2000/4/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 28 February 2000 amending Council Directive 74/60/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the interior fittings of motor vehicles (interior parts of the passenger compartment other than the interior rear-view mirrors, layout of controls, the roof or sliding roof, the backrest and rear part of the seats) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (%), Whereas: (1) It is desirable to introduce into Council Directive 74/ 60/EEC (%), requirements concerning power-operated windows with the aim of eliminating the danger to children, which can occur when closing these windows; similar requirements should also apply to power-oper- ated roof panel systems and partition systems; for this purpose the title and the scope of Directive 74/60/EEC should be amended accordingly. (2)  Directive 74/60[EEC is one of the separate directives of the EC type-approval procedure which has been estab- lished by Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (°); consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive 70/156/EEC relating to vehicles, vehicle systems, components and separate technical units apply to Directive 74/60/EEC. (3)  In particular, Articles 3(4) and 4(3) of Directive 70/ 156/EEC require that each separate Directive has attached to it an information document incorporating the relevant items of Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC and also a type-approval certificate based on Annex VI to Directive 70/156/EEC in order that type-approval may be computerised. () O] C 149, 15.5.1998, p. 10. () O] C 407, 28.12.1998, p. 56. (*) Opinion of the European Parliament of 9 February 1999 (O] C 150, 28.5.1999, p. 26), Council Common Position of 28 October 1999 (O] C 346, 2.12.1999, p. 17) and Decision of the European Parliament of 3 February 2000. () O] L 38, 11.2.1974, p. 2. Directive as amended by Commission Directive 78/632/EEC (O] L 206, 29.7.1978, p. 26). () O] L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 98/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 11, 16.1.1999, p. 25). (4 It is important that vehicles in categories other than M,, in particular those in categories M, and N,, are able at the earliest opportunity to afford the driver and passen- gers, more particularly children, the level of safety provided by Directive 74/60/EEC; to that end it should be made possible for the scope of Directive 74/60/EEC to be extended to cover such vehicles in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Directive 70/ 156/EEC. (5)  The amendments to Directive 74/60/EEC relate only to its administrative provisions and to power-operated windows, roof panel andfor partition systems; it is not necessary therefore to invalidate existing approvals granted under Directive 74/60/EEC nor to prevent the registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles, which are not fitted with power-operated windows, roof panel and/or partition systems and which are covered by such approvals. (6)  In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in the third paragraph of Article 5 of the Treaty, the measures contained in this Directive do not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 74/60/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Council Directive 74/60/EEC of 17 December 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the interior fittings of motor vehicles.’ 2. Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purpose of this Directive, “vehicle” means any vehicle as defined in Article 2 of Directive 70/156/EEC. Article 2 No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a vehicle on grounds relating to the interior fittings of the vehicles if these meet the require- ments set out in the Annexes hereto.