Commission Directive 2007/34/EC of 14 June 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 70/157/EEC concerning the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)

1 Directive 70/157/EEC is amended as follows: (a) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Directive; (b) Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Directive; (c) Annex III is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Directive; (d) Annex IV is deleted.

2 References to points 5.2.2.1 and 5.2.2.5 of Annex I to Directive 70/157/EEC shall be construed as references to points 2.1 and 2.2 of Annex I, as replaced by this Directive.

With effect from 6 July 2008 and until 6 July 2010, the vehicle to be type-approved shall be subject to the test laid down in Annex 10 of UN/ECE Regulation No 51 for monitoring purposes only. The results of that test shall be added to the documents set out in Appendices 1 and 2 of Annex I to Directive 70/157/EEC as amended by this Directive, in conformity with Annex 9 of UN/ECE Regulation No 51. The Member State concerned shall send such information documents to the Commission. These obligations do not affect cases of extension of existing approvals according to this Directive. For the purpose of this monitoring procedure a vehicle is not considered to be a new type if the vehicle differs only in respect to paragraphs 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 of UN/ECE Regulation No 51.

1 Member States shall adopt and publish, by 5 July 2008 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. They shall apply those provisions from 6 July 2008. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2 Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.