
Article 1 
Annexes I and III to Directive 2003/97/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 19 October 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 March 2005.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
ANNEX

Annexes I and III to Directive 2003/97/EC are amended as follows:

1.. In Annex I, item 1.1.1.12, after the first sentence, the following new sentence is inserted:
'In the case of a seat with fixed seat-back angle, the location of the ocular points shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 7 to this Annex.'
2.. In Appendix 5 to Annex I, the following is added to the enumeration of distinguishing numbers in point 1.1:
‘“8 for the Czech Republic,”, “29 for Estonia,”, “49 for Cyprus, 32 for Latvia, 36 for Lithuania,”, “7 for Hungary, 50 for Malta,”, “20 for Poland,”, “26 for Slovenia, 27 for Slovakia”’.
3.. In Annex I, the following Appendix 7 is added:

Appendix 7  1. 

Seat back angle Horizontal coordinates
(in degrees) ΔX
25 68 mm
 2. 
The table below indicates the further corrections, from the ocular position with a fixed seat-back angle of 25 degrees, to be made to the X and Z coordinates of the ocular points when the design seat-back angle is not 25 degrees.


Seat-back angle Horizontal coordinates Vertical coordinates
(in degrees) ΔX ΔZ
5 – 186 mm 28 mm
6 – 177 mm 27 mm
7 – 167 mm 27 mm
8 – 157 mm 27 mm
9 – 147 mm 26 mm
10 – 137 mm 25 mm
11 – 128 mm 24 mm
12 – 118 mm 23 mm
13 – 109 mm 22 mm
14 – 99 mm 21 mm
15 – 90 mm 20 mm
16 – 81 mm 18 mm
17 – 72 mm 17 mm
18 – 62 mm 15 mm
19 – 53 mm 13 mm
20 – 44 mm 11 mm
21 – 35 mm 9 mm
22 – 26 mm 7 mm
23 – 18 mm 5 mm
24 – 9 mm 3 mm
25 0 mm 0 mm
26 9 mm – 3 mm
27 17 mm – 5 mm
28 26 mm – 8 mm
29 34 mm – 11 mm
30 43 mm – 14 mm
31 51 mm – 18 mm
32 59 mm – 21 mm
33 67 mm – 24 mm
34 76 mm – 28 mm
35 84 mm – 32 mm
36 92 mm – 35 mm
37 100 mm – 39 mm
38 108 mm – 43 mm
39 115 mm – 48 mm
40 123 mm – 52 mm

4.. In the table in Annex III and in the cell for Class IV wide-angle mirrors for motor vehicles of category N2 ≤ 7,5 t, the text is replaced by the following:
'
For both sides if a Class V mirror can be fitted

For both sides together if not
';
5.. In the table in Annex III and in the cell for Class V close-proximity mirrors for motor vehicles of category N2 ≤ 7,5 t, the text is replaced by the following:
'
One on the passenger’s side

One on the driver’s side
(both must be fitted at least 2 m above the ground)A tolerance of + 10 cm may be applied'.
