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Commission Directive 2002/50/EC of 6 June 2002 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 1999/36/EC on transportable pressure equipment (Text with EEA relevance) Official Journal L 149 , 07/06/2002 P. 0028 - 0028
Commission Directive 2002/50/EC
of 6 June 2002
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 1999/36/EC on transportable pressure equipment
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 1999/36/EC of 29 April 1999 on transportable pressure equipment(1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
1
Commission Directive 2001/2/EC(2) has amended the certification procedures provided for in Directive 1999/36/EC as regards the combination of the modules to be followed for the conformity assessment of new receptacles and new tanks.
2
Those modules should be changed in order to ensure better coherence between them.
3
Annex IV to Directive 1999/36/EC should, therefore, be amended accordingly.
4
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on transport of dangerous goods,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
In Annex IV Part I, in module D, point 1, first sentence, point 3.1, second subparagraph, third indent and point 3.2, first subparagraph, the words “EC type-examination certificate” are replaced by the words “EC type-examination certificate or EC design-examination certificate”.
Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 2003. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 June 2002.
For the Commission
Loyola De Palacio
Vice-President
(1) OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 5, 10.1.2001, p. 4.