SRSA regs will
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affect UK Dperators
)NFIRMATION that draft gulations on the construction buses and coaches which ve been prepared by GRSA II eventually apply to UK hides was made to CM last ,?.ek by a senior DoE ISA (Group of Rapporteurs Safety Provisions on Buses d Coaches) is a subsidiary the United Nations' EconoLe Commission for Europe ganisation based in Geneva. :elusive details of the GRSA oposals appeared in CM last ,cember.
British operators of singleck vehicles—the category all with by the first draft oposaIs—will face a major duction in the number of ats which could be fitted in rhicles of a given length. ›wever, the DoE official ressed that it will be a num ✓ of years before the British dustry is compelled to corny.
When the proposals have en finally agreed by GRSA, probably at a meeting in Madrid later this year—they will be forwarded to New York for ratification. The European Economic Commission will then adopt the proposals into a regulation of its own (this is now confirmed for the first time) and member countries will then have a limited period in which to apply the new proposals.
Initially, and for an unspecified period, British manufacturers will have a choice of producing vehicles to GRSA type approval standards or to the Construction and Use Regulations. Eventually, the EEC regulations will become the sole legislation on the subject.
GRSA is expected to consider other categories of passenger vehicle, but considerable controversy has arisen over minibuses, its next chosen area of study. No moves are likely in that direction for some time.