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;