74. Calls on the Commission to continue to focus on improving the passive safety of vehicles, for example through state-of-the-art crash management systems, in particular to improve compatibility between large and small cars and between heavy goods vehicles and cars or light-duty vehicles; calls for continued emphasis to be placed on reducing the seriousness of collisions with vulnerable road users; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the EU legislation on front-underrun protective devices in such a way as to define the optimum energy absorption capacity and height of the underrun protective devices needed to provide ...[+++]effective protection for car drivers in the event of a collision;

74. Calls on the Commission to continue to focus on improving the passive safety of vehicles, for example through state-of-the-art crash management systems, in particular to improve compatibility between large and small cars and between heavy goods vehicles and cars or light-duty vehicles; calls for continued emphasis to be placed on reducing the seriousness of collisions with vulnerable road users; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the EU legislation on front-underrun protective devices in such a way as to define the optimum energy absorption capacity and height of the underrun protective devices needed to provide ...[+++]effective protection for car drivers in the event of a collision;

74. Calls on the Commission to continue to focus on improving the passive safety of vehicles, for example through state-of-the-art crash management systems, in particular to improve compatibility between large and small cars and between heavy goods vehicles and cars or light-duty vehicles; calls for continued emphasis to be placed on reducing the seriousness of collisions with vulnerable road users; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the EU legislation on front-underrun protective devices in such a way as to define the optimum energy absorption capacity and height of the underrun protective devices needed to provide ...[+++]effective protection for car drivers in the event of a collision;

1.3.3. ‘X’ to indicate that the frontal protection system was approved under the consideration, for the legform impactor test, allowed by points 5.1.1.3 or 5.1.2.2 of Annex I and is only suitable for fitting to vehicles that do not comply with either Section 2 or Section 3 of Annex I.

On a twin-track section of line, temporarily being used as a single track as a result of works, a collision between two trains killed six people and seriously wounded two.

19. Recalls its resolution of 26 October 2000 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2001: Section I European Parliament; Section II Council; Section IV Court of Justice; Section V Court of Auditors; Section VI Economic and Social Committee; Section VII Committee of the Regions; Section VIII European Ombudsman (C5-0300/2000 1999/2191(BUD)) in which the Secretary General was instructed to submit a coherent overall strategy for the Directorate-General for research with a view to building a modern and efficient research ...[+++]service in order to strengthen the independence of Members and to allow Parliament to be more visible; points out that the proposals which were presented can only be seen as a first step and that further measures should be examined; expects that the external study under way and the recommendations of the Secretary-General will be submitted to Parliament before 15 July 2002;