Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from positive-ignition engines of motor vehicles
Modified by
  • Actconcerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, 172B, March 27, 1972
  • Council Directiveof 28 May 1974adapting to technical progress Council Directive No 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from positive-ignition engines of motor vehicles(74/290/EEC), 374L0290, June 15, 1974
  • Commission Directiveof 30 November 1976adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from positive-ignition engines of motor vehicles(77/102/EEC), 377L0102, February 3, 1977
  • Commission Directiveof 14 July 1978adapting to technical progress Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against pollution of the air by gases from positive ignition engines installed in motor vehicles(78/665/EEC), 378L0665, August 14, 1978
  • Council Directiveof 16 June 1983amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from positive-ignition engines of motor vehicles(83/351/EEC), 383L0351, July 20, 1983
  • Council Directiveof 3 December 1987amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from the engines of motor vehicles(88/76/EEC), 388L0076, February 9, 1988
  • Council Directiveof 16 June 1988amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from engines of motor vehicles (Restriction of particulate pollutant emissions from diesel engines)(88/436/EEC) Corrigendum to Council Directive 88/436/EEC of 16 June 1988 amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from engines of motor vehicles (Restriction of particulate pollutant emissions from diesel engines)(Official Journal of the European Communities No L 214 of 6 August 1988), 388L0436388L0436R(01), August 6, 1988
  • Council Directiveof 18 July 1989amending with regard to European emission standards for cars below 1,4 litres, Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(89/458/EEC) Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/458/EEC of 18 July 1989 amending with regard to European emission standards for cars below 1,4 litres, Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Official Journal of the European Communities No L 226 of 3 August 1989), 389L0458389L0458R(01), August 3, 1989
  • Commission Directiveof 17 July 1989adapting to technical progress Council Directives 70/157/EEC, 70/220/EEC, 72/245/EEC, 72/306/EEC, 80/1268/EEC and 80/1269/EEC relating to motor vehicles(89/491/EEC), 389L0491, August 15, 1989
  • Council Directiveof 26 June 1991amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(91/441/EEC), 391L0441, August 30, 1991
  • Council Directive 93/59/EECof 28 June 1993amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, 393L0059, July 28, 1993
  • Directive 94/12/EC of the European Parliament and the Councilof 23 March 1994relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Directive 70/220/EEC, 394L0012, April 19, 1994
  • Commission Directive 96/44/ECof 1 July 1996adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 396L0044, August 20, 1996
  • Directive 96/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 8 October 1996amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, 396L0069, November 1, 1996
  • Commission Directive 98/77/ECof 2 October 1998adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 398L0077, October 23, 1998
  • Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 October 1998relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC Corrigendum to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC(Official Journal of the European Communities L 350 of 28 December 1998) Corrigendum to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC(Official Journal of the European Communities L 350 of 28 december 1998), 398L0069398L0069R(01)398L0069R(02), December 28, 1998
  • Commission Directive 1999/102/ECof 15 December 1999adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 399L0102, December 28, 1999
  • Directive 2001/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 22 January 2001amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC concerning measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, 301L0001, February 6, 2001
  • Directive 2001/100/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 7 December 2001amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 301L0100, January 18, 2002
  • Commission Directive 2002/80/ECof 3 October 2002adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 302L0080, October 28, 2002
  • Commission Directive 2003/76/ECof 11 August 2003amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 303L0076, August 15, 2003
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 103T, September 23, 2003
  • Council Directive 2006/96/ECof 20 November 2006adapting certain Directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 306L0096, December 20, 2006
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Council Directive 88/436/EEC of 16 June 1988 amending Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from engines of motor vehicles (Restriction of particulate pollutant emissions from diesel engines), 388L0436R(01), November 8, 1988
  • Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/458/EEC of 18 July 1989 amending with regard to European emission standards for cars below 1,4 litres, Directive 70/220/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, 389L0458R(01), September 19, 1989
  • Corrigendum to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC, 398L0069R(01), April 21, 1999
  • Corrigendum to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/220/EEC, 398L0069R(02), April 21, 1999
Council Directiveof 20 March 1970on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles (70/220/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European ParliamentOJ No C 160, 18.12.1969, p. 7.; Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 48, 16.4.1969, p. 16.; Whereas a regulation of 14 October 1968 amending the Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung was published in Germany in the Bundesgesetzblatt Part I of 18 October 1968; whereas that regulation contains provisions on measures to be taken against air pollution by positive-ignition engines of motor vehicles; whereas those provisions will enter into force on 1 October 1970; Whereas a regulation of 31 March 1969 on the "Composition of exhaust gases emitted from petrol engines of motor vehicles" was published in France in the Journal officiel of 17 May 1969; whereas that regulation is applicable: from 1 September 1971, to type-approved vehicles with a new type of engine, that is to say, a type of engine which has never before been installed in a type-approved vehicle; from 1 September 1972, to vehicles put into service for the first time; Whereas those provisions are liable to hinder the establishment and proper functioning of the common market; whereas it is therefore necessary that all Member States adopt the same requirements, either in addition to or in place of their existing rules, in order, in particular, to allow the EEC type — approval procedure which was the subject of the Council DirectiveOJ No L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers to be applied in respect of each type of vehicle; Whereas, however, the present Directive will be applied before the date laid down for the application of the Directive of 6 February 1970; whereas at that time therefore the procedures of this last Directive will not yet be applicable; whereas therefore an ad hoc procedure must be laid down in the form of a communication certifying that a vehicle type has been tested and that it satisfies the requirements of this Directive; Whereas, on the basis of that communication, each Member State requested to grant national type approval of a type of vehicle must be able to ascertain whether that type has been submitted to the tests laid down in this Directive; whereas, to this end, each Member State should inform the other Member States of its findings by sending them a copy of the communication completed for each type of motor vehicle which has been tested; Whereas a longer period of adaptation should be laid down for industry in respect of the requirements relating to the testing of the average emission of gaseous pollutants in a congested urban area after a cold start than in respect of the other technical requirements of this Directive; Whereas it is desirable to use the technical requirements adopted by the UN Economic Commission for Europe in its Regulation No 15ECE (Geneva) Document W/TRANS/WP 29/293/Rev. 1, 11.4.1969. (Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles equipped with a positive-ignition engine with regard to the emission of gaseous pollutants by the engine), annexed to the Agreement of 20 March 1958 concerning the adoption of uniform conditions of approval and reciprocal recognition of approval for motor vehicle equipment and parts; Whereas, furthermore, the technical requirements must be rapidly adapted to take account of technical progress; whereas, to this end, provision should be made for application of the procedure laid down in Article 13 of the Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers; HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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