G/TBT/N/EU/115  
 
 11 June 2013  
(13-3022)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ /   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  L-category 
motor vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation on vehicle functional safety requirements for the 
approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (137 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:   
Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the Euro pean Parliament and of the Council of 
15 January 2013 on the approval and market  surveillance of two- or three-wheel 
vehicles and quadricycles sets out general requirements on the functional safety and environmental performance of these vehicles and repeals 15 directives. The Commission 
is empowered to adopt the specific technical requirements and test procedures through 
delegated acts. 
This draft is the first delegated act, out of a foreseen total of three. It sets out the 
specific requirements and test procedures in the area of vehicle functional safety. Many 
of these technical requirements and test procedures are carried over from the repealed Directives and adapted, when necessary, to technical progress. Others are newly 
developed in order to reflect the new safety provisions included in Regulation No 
168/2013. 
As far as possible, the requirements are based on or make direct reference to 
international requirements adopted und er the UNECE framework (Revised 1958 
Agreement). This is in line with the CARS 21 recommendation to strengthen international 
regulatory harmonisation and represents a clear benefit for manufacturers. G/TBT/N/EU/115 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
The term "L-category vehicles" covers a wide range of different vehicle types with two, 
three or four wheels, e.g. two- and thr ee-wheeled mopeds, two- and three-wheeled 
motorcycles, motorcycles with side-cars and light four-wheeled vehicles (quadricycles) such as on-road quads and quadri-mobiles. 
Type-approval requirements applying to new L category vehicles are currently set out in 
Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council of 18 March 2002 
relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (the "Framework 
Directive"). In addition, a series of Directives referred to in the Framework Directive 
contain detailed technical requirements relating to L-category vehicles. 
The Commission has identified the following key concerns as regards the current 
provisions for the type-approval of new L- category vehicles and these need to be 
addressed: 
- the complexity of the legal framework; 
- the level of emissions and their increase as a proportion of total road transport 
emissions, which are decreasing overall; 
- vehicle functional safety aspects related to type-approval requirements; - the lack of a legal framework for vehicl es fitted with new technologies and;  
- the availability on the internal market, and registration of, certain imported 
vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units which do not comply with the current type-approval requirements regarding vehicle functional safety and/or environmental protection. 
This proposal consolidates current type-appr oval requirements regarding the functional 
safety of L-category vehicles, updating them in line with technical progress and simplifying them as much as possible by referring to international requirements in this 
area (e.g. UNECE Regulations). The objective is to increase the level of protection L-
category vehicle riders as vulnerable road users.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Framework Directive 2002/24/EC of the Euro pean Parliament and of the Council of 
18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of  two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and 
its technical measures listed in Annex I, currently into force (OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1. ) 
(http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:124:0001:0044:EN:PDF ); 
Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of 15 Ja nuary 2013 on the approval and market 
surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehi cles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 02.03.2013, 
p. 52)  
(http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:060:0052:0128:EN:PDF ).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    September 2013 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (It shall apply from 1 January 2016.) 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  G/TBT/N/EU/115 
 
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  11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_2189_00_e.pdf