Transport safety: transportable pressure equipment

1997/0011(SYN)
At second reading under cooperation procedure, the European Parliament adopted the recommendation by Felipe Camisón Asensio (PPE,ES) to amend the Council common position on the proposal for a Council directive on transportable pressure equipment, notably in the following areas: - providing that the notified bodies responsible for reassessing conformity of the type may make unannounced visits to check whether reassessment of the receptacles manufactured in series has been made correctly and efficiently; - requiring Member States to inform the Commission immediately of any persistant non-conformity; - requiring the Commission to inform the Council and the European Parliament of the measures adopted according to the procedure set out in the proposed directive.�