The Commission hereby approves the request lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany, consolidated by the request of 14 December 1995, pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Directive 70/156/EEC, for an exemption concerning one type of gas discharge light source to be installed in one type of headlamp intended to be fitted to motor vehicles.
This request is granted on condition that such vehicles are equipped with an automatic beam levelling system, a headlamp cleaning system and a system guaranteeing a permanent dipped beam.