4 Amendments of Flavio ZANONATO related to 2016/0014(COD)
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
(11a) 'the European Agency for type approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles' means the central European independent authority, with the responsibility of all aspects of the type- approval process of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit and for carrying out the market surveillance in the European Union;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘'approval authority’' means the authority or authorities of a Member State, notified to the Commission by that Member State,designated by the European Agency for type approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and mandated, on a case- by-case basis, by the European Agency with the competences for all aspects of the type- approval of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, or of the individual vehicle approval, for the authorisation process for parts and equipment, for issuing and, if appropriate, withdrawing or refusing approval certificates, for acting as the contact point for the approval authorities of the other Member States, for designating the technical services, and for ensuring that the obligations regarding the conformity of production of the manufacturer are met;
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘technical service’ means an organisation or body designated by the approval authorityEuropean Agency for type approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles as a testing laboratory to carry out tests, or as a conformity assessment body to carry out the initial assessment and other tests or inspections;
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Establishing an European Agency for type approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles The Commission shall establish an European independent agency for type approval and market surveillance, which will have the responsibility for: (1) all aspects of the type-approval process of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, or of the individual vehicle approval and for the authorisation process for parts and equipment; (2) designating the approval authorities of the Member States and the authorized technical services and mandate them, on a case-by-case basis, with the competences for the type- approval and authorisation processes; (3) ensuring that the obligations regarding the conformity of production of the manufacturer are met; (4) carrying out the market surveillance of motor vehicles in the European Union. The Commission shall establish the Agency no later than 18 months after this legislation enter into force.