2000/125/EC: Council Decision of 31 January 2000 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles ('Parallel Agreement')

• Articles: 6

Article 1

The Agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles, hereinafter referred to as the "Parallel Agreement", is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, within the limits of its competences.

The text of the Parallel Agreement is set out as Annex I.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall be authorised to designate the person empowered to lodge the instrument of approval as required by Article 9.2 of the Parallel Agreement and to make the declaration contained in Annex II.

Article 3

The Commission shall carry out on behalf of the Community all the notifications laid down in the Parallel Agreement, in particular those provided for under its Articles 7,9,12 and 15.

Article 4

The principal arrangements with regard to the participation of the Community and the Member States in the Parallel Agreement are established in Annex III.

Article 5

1. The Community shall vote in favour of establishing any draft global technical regulation or a draft amendment to such a regulation

- if the Community's vote in favour of the parallel draft technical regulation has been decided upon under either of the procedures laid down in Article 4(2) of Council Decision 97/836/EC(3),

- if a global technical regulation or an amendment to such a regulation is not established in parallel with a regulation or an amendment to such a regulation under the 1958 Agreement, where the draft has been approved in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC(4).

2. Where an approval in accordance with paragraph 1 is not given, the Community shall vote against the establishment of a global technical regulation in the global registry.

3. The Community position with regard to the listing and reaffirmation of listing in the compendium of candidate technical regulations as well as with regard to issue resolution between Contracting Parties shall be established as appropriate in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC.

Article 6

1. The Community shall vote in favour of a proposed amendment to the Parallel Agreement where the proposed amendment has been approved in accordance with the procedure followed in order to approve that Agreement. Where that procedure has not been completed in time before the vote takes place the Commission will vote against the amendment on behalf of the Community.

2. The Decision to express an objection to an amendment to the Parallel Agreement shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in the second indent of Article 5(1).

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. PINA MOURA

(1) OJ C 87, 29.3.1999, p. 1.

(2) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78.

(4) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 98/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 11, 16.1.1999, p. 25).