S.I. No. 175/1988:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TYRE PRESSURE GAUGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES) REGULATIONS, 1988.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TYRE PRESSURE GAUGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES) REGULATIONS, 1988.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 86/217/EEC of 26th May, 1986¹, hereby make the following Regulations:

¹OJ No. L152, 6.6.1986, p. 48.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Tyre Pressure Gauges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations, 1988.

2. (1) In these Regulations "Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC"² means Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC of 26th July, 1971², as amended by Council Directive No. 83/575/EEC of 26th October, 1983³, Council Directive No. 87/354/EEC of 25th June, 1987⁴, and Council Directive No. 87/355/EEC of 25th June, 1987⁵.

²OJ No. L202/1, 6.9.1971, p. 707.

³OJ No. L 332, 28.11.1983, p. 43.

⁴OJ No. L192, 11.7.1987, p. 43.

⁵OJ No. L.192, 11.7.1987, p. 46.

(2) In these Regulations, the "Council Directive" means Council Directive No. 86/217/EEC of 26th May, 1986¹ on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles.

¹OJ No. L152, 6.6.1986, p. 48.

(3) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Directive.

3. (1) Only those tyre pressure gauges to which the Council Directive applies may bear the EEC pattern approval sign and the EEC initial verification mark, and they shall be subject to EEC pattern approval and EEC initial verification as specified in Annexes I and II to Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC² and in the Annex to the Council Directive.

²OJ No. L202/1, 6.9.1971, p. 707.

(2) Nothing in the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 to 1961, or any instrument made thereunder shall prohibit, prevent or restrict, or authorise or empower the prohibition, prevention or restriction of, or the refusal to authorise or permit, the placing on the market or entry into service of tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles to which the Council Directive applies if such instruments bear the EEC pattern approval sign and the EEC initial verification mark provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive No. 71/316/EEC and in the Annex to the Council Directive.

4. (1) Regulations 7 and 11 (which relate to the affixing of EEC initial verification marks to instruments and the inspection of instruments to which such marks are affixed) of the European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1973 ), shall apply to tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles to which the Council Directive applies as they apply to the instruments covered by those Regulations, subject to modifications that in those Regulations references to inspectors shall be construed as references to Inspectors under the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1961, and Officers of Eolas -- The Irish Science and Technology Agency, and references to the special provisions applicable to an instrument of its category and the requirements prescribed shall be construed as references to the requirements in relation to an instrument of its category specified in the Annex to the Council Directive.

(2) Paragraphs 2 and 3 (which relate to the affixing of EEC pattern approval symbols to instruments) of Schedule 2 of the said European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1973, shall apply to tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles to which the Council Directive applies as they apply to instruments covered by those Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 14th day of July, 1988.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations are make to give effect to Council Directive No. 86/217/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles. The Regulations provide that Member States may not prevent, prohibit or restrict the placing on the market or entry into use of tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles which meet the requirements of the tests set out in the Annex to the Directive and bear the EEC pattern approval sign and the EEC initial verification mark.