11. 7. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 192/51 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 June 1987 amending Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (87/358/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (%), ~ Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Whereas Directive 70/156/EEC (%), as last amended by the Act of ‘Accession of Spain and Portugal, laid down the Community type-approval procedure for vehicles built in compliance with the technical requirements set out in . specific directives and also the list of vehicle parts and characteristics covered by those directives ; Whereas, in order to eliminate the possibility of misinter- pretation arising from the wording of certain Articles of that Directive, it is necessary that minor corrections be made ; Whereas, in order that the said type-approval procedure may be comprehensive in its application, it is necessary that it cover components as well as separate technical units and that each concept should be accurately defined ; Whereas, in order to apply the said type-approval proce- dure correctly, control of the conformity of production should include verification of the arrangements which have been made by the manufacturer to ensure that vehicles, separate technical units or components in production conform to the approved type; Whereas, to reduce the amount of documentation now in circulation between Member States, the type-approval certificate, either in accordance with the relevant separate directive or the partially-completed type-approval certifi- cate as annexed to Directive 70/156/EEC, should satisfy the normal information requirements of Member States, which have the option of requesting a more complete body of technical information ; Whereas the administrative procedures governing the relationships between Member States, where one Member State demonstrates to the type-approving Member State () OJ No C 48, 25. 2. 1987, p. 4 ® O}:umon delivered on 19 June 1987 (not yet published in the Official _]oumal () OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. that a number of vehicles do not conform to the approved type and that there is therefore reason to believe that production conformity has not been adequately ensured, need to be clarified ; Whereas, in cases where the separate directives provide that a separate technical unit must bear the type-approval number, it should not be mandatory that each unit be accompanied by a certificate of conformity; whereas a manufacturer of a separate technical unit should in any case be required to provide information concerning any restrictions on its use and conditions relating to the fitting of the unit, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 70/156/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of this Directive : — “vehicle” means any motor vehicle intended for use on the road, with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h, and its trailers, with the excep- tion of vehicles which run on rails and of agricul- tural tractors and machinery, — “separate technical unit” means a device, subject to the requirements of a separate directive, intended to be part of a vehicle which may be type-approved separately but only in relation to one or more specified types of vehicles, — “component” means a device, subject to the requi- rements of a separate directive, intended to be part of a vehicle which may be type-approved indepen- dently of a vehicle. Article 2 For the purposes of this Directive : {a) “national type approval” means the administrative procedure known as: — “agrément par type”/“typegoedkeuring” in Belgian law, — “standardtypegodkendelse” in Danish law,