Text file: 525.txt
author: aleshorvat
downvotes: 3
end consideration date: 2010-03-31
id: '525'
number comments: 4
number views: 3749
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response from the Ministry of Transport

  Motor vehicles and their trailers used in road transport are subject to a requirement
  to comply with the type-approval regulations in force in the European Union before
  they can be put into circulation. Once a vehicle manufacturer has passed all the
  necessary type-approval tests for a type of vehicle and obtained an approval certificate
  on the basis of these tests, he may sell that vehicle without restriction in the
  European Union. This type of vehicle is therefore at least as good as (if not better
  than) the type-approval regulations. The manufacturer can then fit additional levels
  of safety and other equipment to the vehicle, and it is then entirely up to the
  buyer to decide what to fit. We agree with the points made that equipment such as
  ABS, AIRBAG, ESP, etc. make a significant contribution to road safety, but this
  is the buyer''s choice. Furthermore, we would like to remind you that the principle
  of "free movement of goods" is one of the basic principles in the European Union,
  and therefore we cannot and should not impose additional technical restrictions
  on the import of European type-approved vehicles.'
response date: 2010-04-01
response due date: null
sent date: 2010-03-02
title: Introducing minimum safety standards for new vehicles
upvotes: 22
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/525
