Council Directive 70/221/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear protective devices for motor vehicles and their trailers
Modified by
  • Actconcerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, 11972B, March 27, 1972
  • Commission Directiveof 18 April 1979adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(79/490/EEC)Commission Directiveof 13 April 1981amending Directive 79/490/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(81/333/EEC), 31979L049031981L0333, May 26, 1979
  • Commission Directiveof 13 April 1981amending Directive 79/490/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(81/333/EEC), 31981L0333, May 18, 1981
  • Commission Directive 97/19/ECof 18 April 1997adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(Text with EEA relevance), 31997L0019, May 16, 1997
  • Directive 2000/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 March 2000amending Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailersCorrigendum to Directive 2000/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 amending Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(Official Journal of the European Communities L 106 of 3 May 2000), 32000L000832000L0008R(01), May 3, 2000
  • 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, 12003T, September 23, 2003
  • Commission Directive 2006/20/ECof 17 February 2006amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 70/221/EEC concerning fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(Text with EEA relevance), 32006L0020, February 18, 2006
  • 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, 32006L0096, December 20, 2006
  • Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 July 2009concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor(Text with EEA relevance), 32009R0661, July 31, 2009
  • Council Directive 2013/15/EUof 13 May 2013adapting certain directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, 32013L0015, June 10, 2013
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Council Directive 70/221/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear protective devices for motor vehicles and their trailers, 31970L0221R(01), March 15, 1979
  • Corrigendum to Directive 2000/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 amending Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers, 32000L0008R(01), March 6, 2001
Council Directiveof 20 March 1970on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers(70/221/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 the technical requirements which motor vehicles must satisfy pursuant to national laws relate, inter alia to their liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection;Whereas those requirements differ from one Member State to another; 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;HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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