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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE92/61/EEC
of30June1992
relatingtothetype-approvaloftwoorthree-wheel motorvehicles
(OJ L 225, 10.8.1992, p. 72)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE92/61/EEC
of30June1992
relating tothetype-approvaloftwoorthree-wheel motorvehicles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(3),
Whereas measures should be adopted which are intended gradually to
establish the internal market within a period expiring on 31 December
1992; whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal
frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services andcapital is ensured;
Whereas in each Member State two or three-wheel motor vehicles have
to display certain technical characteristics laid down by mandatoryprovisions which differ from one Member State to another; whereas,as a result of their differences, such provisions constitute barriers to
trade within the Community;
Whereas these barriers to the establishment and operation of the
internal market may be removed if the same requirements are adoptedby all of the Member States in place of their national rules;
Whereas the Member States have traditionally monitored compliance
with technical requirements before the vehicles to which they applyare placed on the market; whereas that monitoring covers different
types of such vehicles;
Whereas it is necessary to draw upp recisely and uniformly the defini-
tions applying to these vehicles (mopeds, motorcycles, motor tricyclesand quadricycles) and more particularly the definition of a moped sincethere are 15 different definitions of this type of vehicle in the 12Member States; whereas such a large number of definitions, which inpractice mean the same number of vehicle categories, raise major
barriers to trade since products need to be tailored to their markets,
and thus constitute a fragmentation of the moped market;
Whereas, account being taken of currently established technologies,
examination of the components and characteristics of the said vehicleshas resulted in the retention only of those set out in Annex I since allothers are inappropriate for regulatory purposes; whereas in view ofprogress and developments in technology, it will be appropriate to
examine any further components and characteristics to be added, if
necessary, to those already listed in Annex I;
Whereas in view of technological innovation and development it will
be appropriate, three years at the latest after implementation of thisDirective, to examine any further components and characteristics, inparticular those relating to secondary safety, to be added to those
already listed in Annex I;
Whereas the harmonized technical requirements applying to the various
components and characteristics of such vehicles will be broughttogether in separate directives; whereas monitoring of compliancewith those requirements and recognition by each Member State of thechecks carried out by other Member States require the implementationof a Community approval procedure for each type of such vehicles;1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 110, 25. 4. 1991, p. 3.
(2) OJ No C 13, 20. 1. 1992, p. 13; and OJ No C 176, 13. 7. 1992.
(3) OJ No C 14, 20. 1. 1992, p. 31.
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Whereas this procedure is intended to enable each Member State to
confirm that each type of vehicle has undergone the checks providedfor in the separate directives and has been issued with a type-approval
certificate; whereas it is also intended to enable manufacturers to
prepare a certificate of conformity for all vehicles conforming to thetype that has been approved; whereas, when a vehicle is accompaniedby this certificate it may be placed on the market, sold and registeredfor use throughout the Community;
Whereas without prejudice to Article 169 of the Treaty and as part of
the cooperation between the competent authorities in the MemberStates, provisions should be laid down which make it easier to resolveany technical disputes arising from the conformity of products with the
type that has been approved;
Whereas, although it may conform to the type approved, a vehicle may
nevertheless prove to incorporate features which are likely to be a risk
to road safety; whereas provision should therefore be made for a
suitable procedure in order to reduce that risk;
Whereas technical progress requires prompt adjustment of the technical
requirements specified in the separate Directive; whereas, in order to
facilitate implementation of the measures required for this purpose, a
procedure should be prescribed for establishing close cooperationbetween the Member States and the Commission within the Committeeon the Adjustment to Technical Progress of the Directives on theRemoval of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Motor Vehicle Sector;
Whereas procedures similar to those intended for such vehicles must be
applied to their components and to their separate technical units;
Whereas road safety and environmental and consumer protection
require,inter alia , design and manufacturing requirements for the vehi-
cles and components covered by this Directive to be based on highstandards; whereas these requirements are intended at the same timeto ensure that there is market unity; whereas it is therefore necessary
for this Directive to be based on total harmonization.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
CHAPTER I
Scopeanddefinitions
Article 1
1. This Directive applies to all two or three-wheel motor vehicles,
twin-wheeled or otherwise, intended to travel on the road, and to the
components or separate technical units of such vehicles.
This Directive does not apply to the following vehicles:
— vehicles with a maximum design speed not exceeding 6 km/h,
— vehicles intended for pedestrian control,
— vehicles intended for use by the physically handicapped,
— vehicles intended for use in competitions, on roads or whatever the
terrain,
— vehicles already in use before the application date of this Directive,
— tractors and machines, used for agricultural or similar purposes,— vehicles designed primarily for off-road leisure use having wheels
arranged symmetrically with one wheel at the front of the vehicle
and two at the rear,
nor to the components or technical units thereof unless they are
intended to be fitted to vehicles covered by this Directive.
It does not apply either to the type-approval of single vehicles except
that Member States granting such approvals shall accept any competenttype-approval of components and separate technical units granted underthis Directive instead of under the relevant national requirements.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 3
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2. The vehicles referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subdivided into:
— moped, i.e. two or three-wheel vehicles fitted with an engine having
a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm3if of the internal combus-
tion type and a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h,
— motorcycles, i.e. two-wheel vehicles with or without sidecar, fitted
with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3if of
the internal combustion type and/or having a maximum designspeed of more than 45 km/h,
— motor tricycles, i.e. vehicles with three symmetrically arranged
wheels fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more
than 50 cm
3if of the internal combustion type and/or a maximum
design speed of more than 45 km/h.
3. This Directive shall also apply to quadricycles, i.e. motor vehicles
with four wheels having the following characteristics:
(a) light quadricycles whose unladen mass is less than 350 kg, not
including the mass of batteries in case of electric vehicles, whose
maximum design speed is not more than 45 km/h and whoseengine cylinder capacity does not exceed 50 cm
3for spark-ignition
engines (or whose maximum net power is no more than 4 kW forother types of engines); these shall be considered to be mopeds;
(b) quadricycles, other than those referred to in (a), whose unladen
mass is not more than 400 kg (550 kg for vehicles intended forcarrying goods), not including the mass of batteries in the case ofelectric vehicles, whose maximum net engine power does not
exceed 15 kW; these shall be considered to be motor tricycles.
However, this Directive shall not apply to vehicles in (b) until 1 July
1994, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 15 (3).
Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive:1.type of vehicle: means vehicles belonging to the same category
(two-wheel mopeds; three-wheel mopeds; motorcycles; motor-
cycles with sidecar; motor tricycles; quadricycles) and
constructed by the same manufacturer, having the same chassisand the same type designation given by the manufacturer.
A type of vehicle may include variants and versions;
2.variant:means vehicles of the same type with differences which
may relate to:
— the shape of the bodywork,
— the mass in running order and the maximum technically
permissible mass (difference in excess of 20 %),
— the type of power unit (spark-ignition, compression-ignition,
electric, hybrid, etc.),
— operating cycle (two- or four-stroke),— cylinder capacity (difference in excess of 30 %),— number and configuration of cylinders,— power (difference in excess of 30 %),
— operating mode (of electric motors),
— number and capacity of traction batteries.
Variants may include versions;
3.version:means vehicles of the same type and, as the case may be,
of the same variant displaying differences which may relate to:
— power transmission (automatic or non-automatic gearbox,
transmission ratios, gear selection method, etc.),
— cylinder capacity (difference of not more than 30 %),— power (difference of not mor than 30 %),— mass in running order and maximum technically permissible
mass (difference of not more than 20 %),
— other minor modifications made by the manufacturer
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4.separate technical unit: means an element or characteristic which
must meet the requirements of a separate directive and which isintended to form part of a vehicle. It may be component type-
approved separately, but only in conjunction with one or more
specific types of vehicle;
5.component: means an element or characteristic which must meet
the requirements of a separate directive and which is intended toform part of a vehicle. It may be component type-approved inde-pendently of a vehicle.A separate technical unit or componentmay either be original equipment — fitted initially or as a repla-
cement — if it is of the type fitted to the vehicle when the latter
is type-approved, or be non-original equipment solely in the caseof replacements;
6.type-approval: means the procedure whereby a Member State
certifies that a type of vehicle satisfies the technical requirementsset out in the separate directives and the checks on the correctnessof the manufacturer's data, as provided for in the exhaustive listset out in Annex I;
7.component type-approval: means the procedure whereby a
Member State certifies that a characteristic or a separate technical
unit (type-approval of a separate technical unit) or a component(component type-approval) satisfies the technical requirements ofthe relevant separate directive as provided for in the exhaustivelist set out in Annex I. Type-approval or component type-approvalmay be extended to include any modifications, variants or
versions;
8.twinned wheels: means two wheels mounted on the same axle, the
distance between the centres of their areas of contact with the
ground being less than 460 mm. Twinned wheels shall be consid-ered as one wheel;
9.twin-propulsion vehicles: means vehicles with two different
systems of propulsion, for example an electric system and athermic system;
10.manufacturer: means the person or body rsponsible to the
approval authority for all aspects of the vehicle type-approval orcomponent type-approval process and for ensuring conformity of
production. It is not essential that the person or body is directly
involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle, compo-nent or separate technical unit covered by the approval process;
11.technical service: means the organization or body that has been
appointed as a testing laboratory to carry out tests or inspectionson behalf of the approval authority of a Member State. This func-tion may also be carried out by the approval authority itself.
CHAPTER II
Proceduresforgrantingtype-approvalorcomponenttype-approval
Article 3
Applications for type-approval or component type-approval shall be
submitted by manufacturers in a given Member State. They shall beaccompanied by an information document, a model of which, for
vehicle type-approval purposes, is set out in Annex II and, for compo-
nent type-approval purposes, is contained in an Annex or Appendix tothe relevant separate technical unit or component directive, and also bythe other documents referred to in the information document. Applica-tions for a given type of vehicle, separate technical unit or componentmay be submitted to one Member State only.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 5
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Article 4
1. Each Member State shall grant type-approval to all types of
vehicle, and component type-approval to separate technical units or
components if these meet the following conditions:
(a) the type of vehicle meets the technical requirements of the separate
directives and is as described by the manufacturer in accordance
with the data provided for in the exhaustive list set out in Annex I;
(b) the separate technical unit or component meets the technical
requirements of the relevant separate directive and is as described
by the manufacturer in accordance with the data provided for in the
exhaustive list set out in Annex I.
2. Before conducting type-approval or component type-approval, the
competent authorities in the Member State which carry out these opera-
tions shall take all necessary steps to ensure, if necessary in
cooperation with the competent authorities in the Member State wheremanufacturing takes place or the product is brought into the Commu-nity, that there is compliance with the provisions of Annex VI inorder that the new vehicles manufactured, placed on the market,offered for sale or put into service, conform to the type approved and
that the new separate technical units or components manufactured,
placed on the market and sold conform to the type which has beencomponent type-approved.
3. The competent authorities referred to in paragraph 2 shall ensure,
if necessary in cooperation with the competent authorities in the
Member State where manufacturing takes place or the product is
brought into the Community that the provisions of Annex VI continueto be observed.
4. Where an application for type-approval is accompanied by one or
more component type-approval certificates issued by one or more other
Member States, the Member State conducting type-approval shall beobliged to accept them and shall not perform, in respect of the compo-nents and/or separate technical units which have been component type-approved, the checks required by paragraph 1 (b).
5. Each Member State shall be responsible for the component type-
approvals that it grants. The competent authorities in the Member Statewhich grant type-approval for a type of vehicle shall check conformityof production, where necessary in cooperation with those competentauthorities in the other Member States which have issued component
type-approval certificates for components or separate technical units.
Article 5
1. The competent authority in a Member State shall fill in all the
headings of the type-approval form contained in Annex III for all typesof vehicle in respect of which it conducts type-approval.
2. The competent authority in a Member State shall fill in the
columns in the component type-approval certificate contained in anAnnex or an Appendix to each relevant separate directive, for eachtype of separate technical unit or component in respect of which itconducts component type-approval.
Article 6
1. The competent authorities in each Member State shall forward to
those of the other Member States, within one month, a copy of thetype-approval certificate filled in for each type of vehicle that they
type-approve or refuse to type-approve.
2. The competent authorities in each Member State shall apply the
provisions of paragraph 1 to the component type-approval certificatesfilled in for each type of separate technical unit or component thatthey component type-approve or refuse to component type-approve.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 6
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Article 7
1. A certificate of conformity, a model of which is shown in Annex
IV-A, shall be completed by the manufacturer for each vehicleproduced in conformity with the type that has been approved.However, Member States may request, for reasons of vehicle taxationor in order to draw upthe vehicle registration document, that the certi-
ficate of conformity contains details other than those mentioned in
Annex IV-A, provided that those details are explicitly included in theinformation document.
2. A certificate of conformity, a model of which is shown in Annex
IV-B, shall be completed by the manufacturer for each non-originalseparate technical unit or component manufactured in conformity withthe type that has been component type-approved. That certificate is notrequired for original separate technical units or for components.
3. Where the separate technical unit or component to be component
type-approved performs its function or displays a specific characteristiconly in conjunction with other components of the vehicle and for this
reason compliance with one or more requirements can be verified only
when that separate technical unit or component to be approved func-tions in conjunction with other vehicle components whether real orsimulated, the scope of the component type-approval of that separatetechnical unit or component must be restricted accordingly. Thecomponent type-approval certificate for a separate technical unit or
component shall then set out any restrictions on use and any instruc-
tions for fitting it. Compliance with these restrictions andrequirements shall be verified when the vehicle is type-approved.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the holder of a component
type-approval for a separate technical unit or component that has beengranted under Article 4 shall be obliged to affix to each such unit orcomponent manufactured in conformity with the type that has beencomponent type-approved, his factory or trade mark, a statement of
the type and, if the separate directive so requires, the component type-
approval mark referred to in Article 8. In this latter case, he is notrequired to complete the certificate provided for in paragraph 2.
5. Any holder of a component type-approval certificate which, under
paragraph 3, contains restrictions on use, must supply detailed informa-tion on those restrictions and must give fitting instructions, whereappropriate, with each separate technical unit or component manufac-tured.
6. Any holder of a component type-approval certificate for a sepa-
rate technical unit of non-original equipment, issued in connectionwith one or more types of vehicle, must with each such unit supplydetailed information allowing those vehicles to be identified.
Article 8
1. Any vehicle produced in conformity with the type which has been
type-approved must bear a type-approval mark consisting of thefollowing:
— the type-approval number,
— the letter ‘e’, followed by the identifying number or initials of the
Member State conducting the type-approval,
— the vehicle identification code, in numbers or letters as appropriate.
2. Any separate technical unit and any component produced in
conformity with the type which has been component type-approvedmust include, if the relevant separate directive so provides, a compo-nent type-approval mark which meets the requirements set out inAnnex V.
However, the information contained in that component type-approval
mark may be supplemented by further information enabling certaincharacteristics that are specific to the separate technical unit or compo-nent at issue to be identified. That further information shall, where1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 7
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appropriate, be specified in the separate directives on those separate
technical units or components.
Article 9
1. The manufacturer shall be responsible for the manufacture of
each vehicle or the production of each separate technical unit orcomponent in compliance with the type which has been type-approved
or component type-approved. The final cessation of production or any
changes to the information contained in the information document mustbe notified by the type-approval or component type-approval holder tothe competent authorities in the Member State which issued that type-approval or component type-approval.
2. If the competent authorities of the Member State referred to in
paragraph 1 consider that a change of this type does not involve any
change to the existing type-approval or component type-approval certi-ficate, or the drawing up of a new type-approval or component type-approval certificate, they shall inform the manufacturer accordingly.
3. If the competent authorities in the Member State referred to in
paragraph 1 confirm that a change in the information set out in theinformation document justifies new checks or new tests, they shall
inform the manufacturer accordingly and shall perform those tests.
Should the checks or tests involve amendments to the existing type-approval or component type-approval certificate or the drawing up ofa new certificate, the authorities shall send the updated documents tothe competent authorities in the other Member States not later than a
month after the date on which they were drawn up.
4. Where a type-approval or component type-approval certificate
ceases to have effect as a result of final cessation of production of the
type of vehicle that has been type-approved or of the separate technicalunit or component that has been component type-approved, the compe-tent authorities in the Member State which have carried out that type-approval or component type-approval shall inform the competent
authorities in the other Member States within one month.
Article 10
1. If the Member State which has conducted type-approval or
component type-approval finds that vehicles, separate technical units
or components do not conform to the type that it has type-approved orcomponent type-approved, it shall take the necessary measures toensure that the production of any item that has been type-approved orcomponent type-approved is again in conformity. The competent autho-rities in that Member State shall inform the authorities in the other
Member States of the measures taken which may, where necessary,
extend to the withdrawal of type-approval or component type-approval.
2. If a Member State finds that vehicles, separate technical units or
components do not conform to the type that has been type-approved orcomponent type-approved, it may request the Member State which hasconducted the type-approval or component type-approval to verify the
irregularities found. Any Member State which has conducted type-
approval or component type-approval shall conduct the necessary checkwithin six months following the date of receipt of that request. Shoulda failure to conform be established, the competent authorities in theMember State which has conducted type-approval or component type-approval shall take the measures set out in paragraph 1.
3. The competent authorities in the Member States shall inform each
other, within one month, of the withdrawal of any type-approval or
component type-approval granted and of the reasons for such measure.
4. If the Member State which has granted type-approval or compo-
nent type-approval disputes the failure to conform notified to it, theMember States involved shall endeavour to resolve the matter. TheCommission shall be kept informed and, where necessary, shall holdappropriate consultations in order to reach a settlement.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 8
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Article 11
Acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, the
Council may acknowledge equivalence between the conditions orprovisions for type-approval of vehicles, of components and separatetechnical units established by this Directive together with the separatedirectives, and the procedures established by international regulations
or regulations of third countries in the framework of multilateral agree-
ments or bilateral agreements between the Community and thirdcountries.
Article 12
If a Member State finds that vehicles, separate technical units or
components constitute a road safety hazard, even though they are of atype which has been type-approved or component type-approved, it
may, for a maximum period of six months, prohibit on its territory the
sale, entry into service or use thereof. It shall forthwith inform theother Member States and the Commission, giving reasons for its deci-sion.
Article 13
Any decision concerning the refusal or withdrawal of type-approval or
component type-approval, a ban on the sale or use of a vehicle, sepa-
rate technical unit or component taken in pursuance of the provisions
adopted in implementation of this Directive shall state in detail thereasons on which it is based. It shall be notified to the party concerned,who shall, at the same time, be informed of the remedies availableunder the laws in force in the Member States and of the time limitsallowed for the exercise of such remedies.
Article 14
1. Member States shall notify to the Commission and to the other
Member States, by the date set in Article 18, the names and addressesof:
(a) the type-approval and component type-approval authorities and, if
applicable, the disciplines for which the authorities are responsible;and
(b) the technical services which they have approved, specifying for
which test procedures each of these services has been approved.The notified services must satisfy the harmonized standards on theoperation of testing laboratories (EN 45001) subject to the
following provisos;
(i) a manufacturer cannot be approved as a technical service
except where the separate Directive makes express provisionsfor doing so;
(ii) for the purpose of this Directive it is not considered excep-
tional for a technical service to use equipment from an outside
source, subject to the agreement of the approval authority.
2. A notified service shall be presumed to satisfy the harmonized
standard but, where appropriate, the Commission may ask Member
States to provide supporting evidence.
Third country services may not be notified as approved technical
services other than in the framework of bilateral agreements or multi-
lateral agreements between the Community and third countries.
CHAPTER III
Conditions attached to free movement and provisional arrange-
ments
Article 15
1. Member States shall not prohibit the placing on the market, sale,
entry into service or use of new vehicles complying with this Directive.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 9
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Only vehicles complying with this Directive may be presented for
initial registration.
2. Member States shall not prohibit the placing on the market, sale
or use of new separate technical units or new components complyingwith this Directive. Only separate technical units and componentscomplying with this Directive may be placed on the market and sold
for the first time for use in the Member States.
3. The specific requirements to be applied to the vehicles referred to
in Article 1 (3) first subparagraph (b) shall be determined in accor-dance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.
In the meantime Member States may retain their national laws on this
type of vehicle.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2:
(a) Member States which, as regards mopeds, have special national
provisions concerning the presence of pedals and/or the transmis-
sion system and limits on mass may, however, continue to apply
those provisions for a maximum period of three years from theimplementation date of this Directive;
(b) Member States may exempt vehicles, separate technical units and
components intended:
— either for production in small series of up to a maximum of 200
units a year per type of vehicle, per component or per separatetechnical unit,
— or for the armed forces, law enforcement agencies, civil defence
services or public-works bodies,
from compliance with any of the requirements of the separate
directives.
The other Member States shall be informed of these exemptions
within one month of their being granted;
(c) type-approval and component type-approval certificates issued at
national level before this Directive or the separate directives whichreplace the ones adopted at national level are implemented shallremain valid within the Member States issuing them for amaximum period of four years from the date on which national
laws are replaced by this Directive or by the relevant separate
directives.
The same period of four years is also extended to types of vehicles,
components or technical entities conforming to national require-ments of Member States applying other legislative systems thanthose for type-approval or component type-approval in force beforethe implementation of this Directive or of the relevant separate
directives.
Vehicles covered by the latter exemption may be placed on the
market, sold and entered into service during this period with no
time limit on their use.
The placing on the market, sale and use of separate technical units
and components for these vehicles shall carry no time limit.
5. This Directive shall not affect the right of the Member States to
lay down — in accordance with the Treaty — the requirements whichthey consider necessary to ensure the protection of users during the useof the vehicles in question, provided that this does not entail modifica-tion to the vehicles.
CHAPTER IV
Procedure foradaptationtotechnical progress
Article 16
Any changes needed for the purposes of adaptation to technical
progress of:
— Annexes I to VI,1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 10
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— the provisions of the separate directives referred to in Annex I,
which are specifically referred to in each of those directives,
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
13 of Directive 70/156/EEC(1).
Article 17
Two years at the latest after the date set in Article 18, the Commission
shall make a progress report to the European Parliament, the Council
and the Economic and Social Committee on the implementation ofthis Directive.
After appropriate consultations, the Commission shall submit its
conclusions as to potential amendments to this Directive, togetherwith amendment proposals, if need be.
CHAPTER V
Finalprovisions
Article 18
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive by
1 January 1994 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commis-sion thereof.
When Member States adopt such provisions, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on theoccasion of their official publication. The methods of making such areference shall be laid down by the Member States.
Article 19
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 11
(1) OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 87/
403/EEC (OJ No L 220, 8. 8. 1987, p. 44).
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ANNEX I
The vehicle components and characteristics on the exhaustive list below are followed by ‘CONF’ if
their conformity with the manufacturer's data has to be checked or by ‘SD’ if their conformity with
requirements laid down at Community level has to be checked.
Heading
NoHeading Term
1. Make CONF
2. Type/Variant/Version CONF
3. Name and address of vehicle manufacturer CONF
4. Name and address of vehicle manufacturer's authorized representa-
tive, if anyCONF
5. Category of vehicle (*) CONF
6. Number of wheels and their position in the case of a three-wheel
vehicleCONF
7. Outline drawing of frame CONF
8. Name and address of engine manufacturer (if different from vehicle
manufacturer)CONF
9. Make and description of engine CONF
10. Type of engine ignition CONF
11. Engine operating cycle (**) CONF
12. Type of engine cooling CONF
13. Type of engine lubrication (**) CONF
14. Number and configuration of cylinders or stators (in the case of
rotary-piston engines) in the engineCONF
15. Bore, stroke, cylinder capacity or volume of combustion chambers
(in the case of rotary-piston engines) in the engine (**)CONF
16. Full diagram of the engine's induction system (**) CONF
17. Engine compression ratio (**) CONF
18. Maximum torque and maximum net power of engine, whether this is:
— of the spark-ignition or compression-ignition type, or SD
— electric CONF
19. Anti-tampering measures for mopeds and motorcycles SD
20. Fuel tank (**) SD
21. Traction battery(ies) CONF
22. Carburettor or other engine fuel supply system (type and make) (**) CONF
23. Electrical system (nominal voltage) CONF
24. Generator (type and maximum output) (**) CONF
25. Maximum design speed of the vehicle SD
26. Masses and dimensions SD
27. Coupling devices and their attachment SD
28. Anti-air pollution measures (**) SD
29. Tyres SD
30. Transmission CONF
31. Braking system SD
32. Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on the vehicle SD
33. Lighting and light-signalling devices the mandatory or optional
presence of which is laid down in the installation requirements under
heading No 32SD
34. Audible warning device SD
35. Position of rear registration plate SD
36. Electromagnetic compatibility SD
37. Sound level and exhaust system (**) SD1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 12
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Heading
NoHeading Term
38. Rear-view mirror(s) SD
39. External projections SD
40. Stand (except in the case of vehicles having three or more wheels) SD
41. Devices to prevent unauthorized use of the vehicle SD
42. Windows; windscreen wipers; windscreen washers; devices for de-
icing and de-misting three-wheel mopeds, motor tricycles and quad-
ricycles with bodyworkSD
43. Passenger hand-hold for two-wheel vehicles SD
44. Anchorage points for safety belts and safety belts for three-wheel
mopeds, motor tricycles and quadricycles with bodyworkSD
45. Speedometer and odometer for motorcycles, motor tricycles and
quadricyclesCONF
46. Identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators SD
47. Statutory inscriptions (content, location and method of affixing) SD
(*) In the case of twin-propulsion vehicles, if the two systems of propulsion are such that the vehicle falls within
the definition either of a moped or of a motorcycle, motor tricycle or quadricycle, the latter definitions shall
apply to it.
(**) Electrically-propelled vehicles are not subject to the requirements relating to this heading. This does not apply
to twin-propulsion vehicles in which one of the systems of propulsion is electric and the other thermic.
Note
The separate directives will lay down specific requirements for low-performance mopeds, i.e. mopeds
with pedals, with an auxiliary engine of power not exceeding 1 kW and a maximum design speed not
exceeding 25 km/h. These specific characteristics will apply in particular to the components and char-
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
A.CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY ACCOMPANYING EACH VEHICLE IN THE
SERIESOFTHETYPEWHICHHASBEENAPPROVED
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B.CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY ACCOMPANYING EACH SEPARATE TECHNICAL
UNIT OR COMPONENT NOT FITTEDAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TO THE SERIES
OFTHETYPEWHICHHASBEENCOMPONENTTYPE-APPROVED
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ANNEX V
COMPONENTTYPE-APPROVALMARK
1. The component type-approval mark consists of:
1.1. a rectangle surrounding a lower case letter ‘e’, followed by the distin-
guishing number or groupof letters of the Member State which has issued
component type-approval i.e.:
— 1 for Germany
— 2 for France— 3 for Italy
— 4 for the Netherlands
— 6 for Belgium— 9 for Spain
— 11 for the United Kingdom
— 13 for Luxembourg— 18 for Denmark— 21 for Portugal
— EL for Greece
— IRL for Ireland
— 12 for Austria
— 17 for Finland— 5 for Sweden;
1.2. the competent type-approval number corresponding to the number of the
component type-approval form completed for the separate technical unit
or component concerned. The component type-approval number is entered
below and close to the rectangle referred to in 1.1. The figures making up
the component type-approval number are entered on the same side of the
letter ‘e’ and face the same direction. In order to avoid any confusion
with other symbols, Roman numerals must not be used in the component
type-approval number.
2. The component type-approval mark is affixed to the separate technical unit
or component in such a way as to be indelible and clearly legible, even
when the separate technical unit or component is fitted to the vehicle.
3. An example of a component type-approval mark is contained in the
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Example of a component type-approval mark
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ANNEX VI
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHECKING THE CONFORMITY OF
PRODUCTION
1. In order to check that vehicles, separate technical units and components
are produced in such a way as to conform to the type which has been
type-approved (for vehicles) or component type-approved (for separate
technical units or components), the following provisions apply.
1.1. The holder of the type-approval certificate or component type-approval
certificate is obliged to:
1.1.1. ensure that there are procedures for the effective monitoring of product
quality;
1.1.2. have access to the monitoring equipment necessary for checking the
conformity of each type of vehicle which has been type-approved or
each type of separate technical unit or component which has been compo-
nent type-approved;
1.1.3. ensure that the data concerning test results are recorded and the attached
documents are kept for a period of 12 months after the cessation of
production;
1.1.4. analyse the results of each type of test in order to monitor and ensure the
consistency of the characteristics of the product, with due regard for the
variations permissible within industrial manufacture;
1.1.5. take steps to ensure that the tests prescribed in the relevant separate
Directive are performed for each type of product;
1.1.6. take steps to ensure that any taking of samples or test-pieces which give
evidence of non-conformity for the type of test under consideration is
followed by a fresh taking of samples and a new test. All necessary
measures must be taken to re-establish the conformity of the corre-
sponding production.
1.2. The competent authorities which have issued the type-approval certificate
or component type-approval certificate may check at any time the
methods used for checking conformity in each production unit.
1.2.1. At the time of each inspection the test and production records must be
conveyed to the inspector.
1.2.2. The inspector may select at random samples to be tested in the manufac-
turer's laboratory. The minimum number of samples may be determined
in accordance with the results of the manufacturer's own checks.
1.2.3. Where the quality level appears unsatisfactory or where it seems neces-
sary to check the validity of tests performed in accordance with 1.2.2,
the inspector must take samples which will be sent to the technical body
which has performed the tests for type-approval or component type-
approval.
1.2.4. The competent authorities may perform all the tests prescribed in the
separate Directive(s) applying to the product(s) concerned.
1.2.5. The competent authorities must authorize one inspection per year. If a
different number of inspections is necessary, it will be specified in each
of the separate Directives. If negative results are noted during an inspec-
tion, the competent authority must ensure that all necessary measures are
taken to re-establish conformity of production as soon as possible.1992L0061 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 33