Strasbourg, 23/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament adopted, this week in Strasbourg, four recommendations in which it approves the accession of the European Community to automobile standardisation regulations from the United Nations Economic Commission (assent). By acceding to 78 regulations for standardisation defined by the UN/ECE agreement of 1998, the European Community intends to guarantee the harmonisation of the technical standards applicable to motor vehicles on the European territory, as well as the reciprocal recognition of the reception by the contracting parties, recalls the rapporteur, the British Conservative Malcolm Harbour. The assents adopted this week cover ratification regulations for: 1) reflective marks for heavily goods vehicles and long vehicles and their trailers (regulation 104); 2) specificities in the manufacturing of vehicles aimed at the transportation of dangerous goods (regulation 105); 3) the manufacturing of tyres for automobiles and their trailers (regulation 108 and 109).