Annexes ◄.
Article 4
No Member State may refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of any motor vehicle on grounds relating to the anchorages for safety belts if these anchorages comply with the requirements laid down
In ►M4 the Annexes ◄.
A Member State which has granted type-approval shall take the necessary measures to ensure that it is informed of any modification to any of the parts or characteristics referred to in Annex I, point 1.1. The competent authorities of that Member State shall determine whether fresh tests should be carried out on the modified vehicle type and a fresh report drawn up. Where such tests reveal failure to comply with the requirements of this Directive, the modification shall not be approved.
Any amendments necessary to adjust the requirements of the Annexes to take account
of technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC.
Article 71. Member States shall, before 1 October 1976, adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive and shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply these provisions with effect from 1 January 1977.
2. Once this Directive has been notified, the Member States shall also ensure that the Commission is informed of all draft laws, regulations or administrative provisions which they propose to adopt in the field covered by this Directive in sufficient time to enable it to submit its comments.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEX I: Definitions, application for EEC type-approval, granting of EEC type-approval, specifications, tests, conformity of production, instructions:
Appendix 1: Minimum number of anchorage points,
Appendix 2: Location of lower anchorages, angle requirements,
Appendix 3: Information document,
Appendix 4: Type-approval certificate.
ANNEX II: Location of effective belt anchorages.
ANNEX III: Traction device.
DEFINITIONS, APPLICATION FOR EEC TYPE-APPROVAL, EEC TYPE-APPROVAL, SPECIFICATIONS, TESTS, CONFORMITY OF
PRODUCTION, INSTRUCTIONS
1. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Directive:
1.1. ‘Vehicle type’ as regards safety belt anchorages means a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
The dimensions, lines and constituent materials of the components of the vehicle structure or seat structure or any other part of the vehicle to which the belt anchorages are attached;
1.2. ‘belt anchorages’ means the parts of the vehicle structure or seat structure or any other part of the vehicle to which the safety belt assemblies are to be secured;
1.3. ‘safety belt’(or ‘seat belt’ or ‘belt’) means an arrangement of straps with a securing buckle, adjusting devices and attachments which is capable of being anchored to a vehicle and is designed to diminish the risk of injury to its wearer, in the event of collision or abrupt vehicle deceleration, by limiting the mobility of the wearer's body. Such an arrangement is generally referred to as a ‘belt assembly’, a term also embracing any device for energy absorption or belt retraction;