Brussels, 3.10.2007

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users

Brussels, 3.10.2007

The Commission now proposes to combine the requirements of this Directive with those of the Directive 2003/102/EC relating to pedestrian protection.

Grounds for and objectives of the proposal

The objective of the proposal is to strengthen Community requirements aimed at improving the safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users in case of injuries resulting from a collision with a motor vehicle.

These requirements are presently governed by Directive 2003/102/EC( ). As a result of the requirements of Article 5 of that Directive a review was undertaken as to the feasibility of certain requirements under the second phase of the Directive and the possible use of active safety systems. The review resulted in the conclusion that these requirements are not feasible. The Commission therefore proposes a new Regulation which will form the basis for a combination of feasible requirements with active safety systems. This approach has the advantage that the Regulation is directly applicable throughout the EU, does not require transposition into national law and provides enterprises and approval authorities with a single set of rules.

In addition, Directive 2005/66/EC, of 26 October 2005, relating to the use of frontal protection systems provides for control on the use of such systems and the provision of levels of protection to vulnerable road users in the event of collision with vehicles making use of them. The Commission now proposes to combine the requirements of this Directive with those of the Directive 2003/102/EC relating to pedestrian protection.

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Official Journal of the European Union

Antec

Pajero

Permitted again brushguards fulfilling EC defined crashrequirements in order to reduce risks for pedestrians.

Starting from August 2006 it will again be legal for OEM customers to sell brushguards ex factory.

This has been established in an EC regulation issued in October 2005 in order to improve protection for pedestrians.

Correspondingly a main requirement of the regulation is: The brushguards must reduce the stress on potential victims in case of accidents with pedestrians.
In other words: On defined situations, the stress on a victim caused by a vehicle front WITH brushguard must be at least 10% less than the one caused from the same vehicle without brushguard.
The requirements were fulfilled as Klaus Rumpp, Technical Manager of company ANTEC from Inning points out.
ANTEC develops and manufactures this new kind of brushguards. ANTEC´s own measurements were proofed by the Federal Institute for Roads and Traffic. According to Mr. Rumpp, ANTEC will be first supplier for the new models of BMW-X5- und -X3.

Are you curious about more information? Feel free to contact us:
Your contact:
Antec Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
Inge Rumpp
Herrschingerstr. 54
D-82266 Inning
tel: +49 (0) 8143 9320-0
fax: +49 (0) 8143 9320-49
Sales@antec-online.de