S.I. No. 556/2010 - European Communities (Motor Vehicles UN-ECE Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th November, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997¹ in so far as it relates to the type approval of motor vehicles, trailers and components, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Motor Vehicles UN-ECE Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

2. The European Communities (Motor Vehicles UN-ECE Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 449 of 2007 ) are revoked.

3. The European Communities (Motor Vehicles UN-ECE Type Approval) Regulations 2000 (No. 147 of 2000) are amended by substituting for the Schedule the following:

“SCHEDULE

UN/ECERegulationNumber	Subject
1	Headlamps (including R2 and/or HS1 lamps)
3	Retro-reflecting devices
4	Rear registration plate lamp
5	Headlamps (Sealed Beam)
6	Direction indicators
7	Front and rear position (side) lamps, stop-lamps and end outline marker lamps for motor vehicles (except motor cycles) and their trailers
8	Headlamps with halogen filament lamps (H1, H2, H3, HB3, HB4, H7, H8, H9, HIR1, HIR2 and/or H11)
10	Electro-magnetic compatibility
11	Door latches and hinges
12	Protection of the driver against the steering mechanism in the event of impact
13	Braking of vehicles (categories M, N and O)
13H	Braking (passenger cars)
14	Safety-belt anchorages
16	Safety-belts and restraint systems
17	Seats, their anchorages and head restraints
18	Protection against unauthorised use
19	Motor vehicle fog lamps
20	Headlamps with halogen filament lamps (H4)
21	Interior fittings
22	Protective helmets and their visors for drivers and passenger of motor cycles and mopeds
23	Reversing lights for power driven vehicles and their trailers
24	Compression ignition engines with regard to emission of visible pollutants from, installation, etc.
25	Head restraints (headrests)
26	External projections
27	Advance-warning triangles
28	Audible warning devices
30	Tyres (motor vehicles and their trailers)
31	Headlamps (halogen sealed beam)
34	Fire risks
37	Filament lamps
38	Rear fog lamps
39	Speedometer
43	Safety glazing
44	Child restraint system
45	Headlamp cleaners
46	Devices for indirect vision
48	Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices
49	Emissions (diesel, NG & LPG)
50	Front/rear position lamps, stop lamps, direction indicators and rear registration-plate lamps (Mopeds, motor cycles etc.)
51	Noise emissions
53	Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (category L3)
54	Tyres (commercial vehicles and their trailers)
55	Mechanical coupling components
56	Headlamps (mopeds)
57	Headlamps (motorcycles)
58	Rear underrun protective device
59	Replacement silencing systems
60	Driver operated controls — identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators (moped/motorcycles)
61	External Projections of commercial vehicles
62	Protection against unauthorised use of power driven vehicles with handles (anti-theft)
64	Tyres (temporary-use spare wheels/tyres)
66	Strength of superstructure (buses)
67	LPG equipment
69	Rear marking plates for slow moving vehicles
70	Rear marking plates for heavy and long vehicles
71	Field of vision, agricultural tractors
72	Headlamps (HS1) (motorcycles)
73	Lateral protection (goods vehicles and their trailers)
74	Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (category L1)
75	Tyres (motorcycles/mopeds)
77	Parking lamps
78	Braking (category L)
79	Steering equipment
80	Strength of seats and their anchorages (large passenger vehicles)
81	Rear-view mirror (motorcycles/mopeds)
82	Headlamps with halogen lamps (HS2 moped)
83	Emissions
85	Power — internal combustion and electric (M and N)
86	Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (agricultural tractors)
87	Daytime running lamps
89	Speed limitation devices
90	Replacement brake linings and their assemblies
91	Side marker lamps
93	Front underrun protective devices
94	Protection of occupants in event of a frontal collision
95	Protection of occupants in the event of a lateral collision
96	Diesel emission (agricultural tractors)
97	Alarm systems
98	Headlamps with gas-discharge light sources
99	Gas-discharge light sources
100	Electric vehicle safety
101	CO2 emission/fuel consumption (Ml) and electric energy consumption and range (Ml and N1)
102	Close coupling devices
103	Replacement catalytic converters
104	Retro-reflective markings (heavy and long vehicles)
105	Carriage of dangerous goods — construction of vehicles
106	Tyres (agricultural vehicles)
107	General construction of buses (M2 and M3)
108	Retreaded tyres (motor vehicles and their trailers)
109	Retreaded tyres (commercial vehicles and their trailers)
110	Compressed natural gas systems
111	Roll-over stability of tank vehicles (N and O)
112	Headlamps (asymmetrical passing beam)
113	Symmetrical headlamps (filament lamps)
114	Replacement airbags
115	LPG-CNG retrofit systems
116	Unauthorised use (anti-theft and alarm systems)
117	Tyres — rolling resistance
118	Fire resistance of interior materials
119	Cornering lamps
120	Power — internal combustion (agricultural tractors and mobile machinery)
121	Hand controls, tell-tales and indicators
122	Heating systems (vehicles of categories M, N and O)
123	Adaptive Front-Lighting Systems (AFS)
124	Wheels for Passenger cars
125	Forward field of vision for motor vehicle driver
126	Non-original equipment luggage partitions

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 November 2010.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The European Communities (Motor Vehicles UN-ECE Type Approval) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 147 of 2000 ) gave effect to Council Decision 97/836/EEC of 27 November 1997 which provided for accession by the European Community to the Revised UN/ECE 1958 Agreement on motor vehicle type approval.

S.I. No. 147 of 2000 made provision for national administrative arrangements for the granting of type approval for a motor vehicle, component or part based on the UN/ECE regulations listed in the Schedule to the Regulations. Under European Communities motor vehicle type-approval law, approvals under specified UN/ECE Regulations may be recognised as alternative approvals to approvals under equivalent European Communities type-approval Directives.

These regulations substitute a new Schedule for the Schedule of S.I. No. 147 of 2000 , as amended by S.I. No. 449 of 2007 to take account of the UN/ECE Regulations which have been subsequently adopted by the European Community. These are UN/ECE Regulations 61, 125 and 126. UN/ECE Regulation 61 relates to external projections of commercial vehicles, UNECE Regulation 125 relates to forward field of vision and UN/ECE Regulation 126 relates to luggage partitions. These regulations also revoke the previous amendment S.I. No. 449 of 2007 .

1OJ No. L 346, 17 December 1997, p. 78