Translation of "EEVC " (English → French) :

(3) Pedestrian protection objectives can be achieved by a combination of active and passive safety measures; whereas the recommendations by the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (EEVC) of June 1999 are the subject of a wide consensus generally accepted in this area; whereas those recommendations propose performance requirements for the frontal structures of certain categories of motor vehicles to reduce their aggressiveness; whereas this Directive presents tests and limit values based on the EEVC recommendations.

(4) Pedestrian protection objectives can be achieved by a combination of active and passive safety measures; the recommendations by the European Enhanced Vehicle-Safety Committee (EEVC) of June 1999 are the subject of a wide consensus in this area; those recommendations propose performance requirements for the frontal structures of certain categories of motor vehicles to reduce their aggressiveness; this Directive presents tests and limit values based on the EEVC recommendations.

2. Recalls the 24-year history of pedestrian-friendly car fronts to date, with EU and national funding of research in this field, the work of the European Enhanced Vehicle-Safety Committee (EEVC) and its different working groups, contradictory benefit studies by several national road safety institutes on one side and the European Association of Automotive Manufacturers (ACEA) on the other, debates on test methods, the presentation at a relatively early stage of cars which to a considerable extent already meet the EEVC criteria, the aborted attempts by the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal and the subsequent promises ...[+++]in various communications to attempt again to propose a legislative act, and European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro-NCAP) tests in which most cars performed rather poorly;

This means that from 2010 onwards the objectives set by EEVC will finally be attained, either in accordance with EEVC's technical proposals or by other measures which will have an impact on safety at least equal to this.

5) Compliance with the European Enhanced Safety Vehicle Committee (EEVC) targets for pedestrian safety for all new types of vehicles in 2010 and for all new vehicles progressively from 2012, but not later than from the end of 2014, through EEVC technical prescriptions or other measures which are at least equivalent (at least equal protective effects), subject to a feasibility assessment.

The assessment will be based on the findings of independent bodies, and it will also cover the date of application of the EEVC requirements for those vehicles which in exceptional cases might not be able to meet the EEVC requirements by the established dates.