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►B COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/33/EEC
of 14 June 1993
on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two- or three-wheel motor
vehicles
(OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 32)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Directive 1999/23/EC of 9 April 1999 L 104 13 21.4.1999
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/33/EEC
of 14 June 1993
on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of
two- or three-wheel motor vehicles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Havingreg ard to Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating
to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles(
1),
Havingreg ard to the proposal from the Commission(2),
In cooperation with the European Parliament(3),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(4),
Whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers
in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital isensured; whereas measures necessary to that end should be adopted;
Whereas, with regard to their protective devices intended to prevent
unauthorized use, in each Member State two- or three-wheel motorvehicles must display certain technical characteristics laid down bymandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another;whereas, as a result of their differences, such provisions constitute abarrier to trade within the Community;
Whereas those obstacles to the establishment and operation of the
internal market may be removed if the same requirements are adoptedby all Member States in place of their national rules;
Whereas it is necessary to draw up harmonized requirements concerning
the protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two-or three-wheel motor vehicles in order to enable the type-approval andcomponent type-approval procedures laid down in Directive 92/61/EECto be applied for each type of such vehicle;
Whereas, given the scale and impact of the action proposed in the sector
in question, the Community measures covered by this Directive arenecessary, indeed essential, to achieve the aim in view, which is toestablish Community vehicle type-approval; whereas that aim cannot beadequately achieved by the Member States individually;
Whereas in order to facilitate access to the markets of non-Community
countries it would seem necessary to establish equivalence between therequirements of this Directive and those of Regulation No 62 of theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
This Directive and its Annexes apply to the protective devices intended
to prevent the unauthorized use of all types of vehicle as defined inArticle 1 of Directive 92/61/EEC.
Article 2
The procedure for the granting of component type-approval in respect
of the protective device intended to prevent the unauthorized use of atype of two- or three-wheel motor vehicle and the conditions governing
(1) OJ No L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 72.
(2) OJ No C 293, 9. 11. 1992, p. 32.
(3) OJ No C 337, 21. 12. 1992, p. 103 and OJ No C 176, 28. 6. 1993.
(4) OJ No C 73, 15. 3. 1993, p. 22.
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the free movement of such vehicles shall be as laid down in Chapters II
and III of Directive 92/61/EEC.
Article 3
In accordance with Article 11 of Directive 92/61/EEC, equivalence
between the requirements laid down in this Directive and those laiddown in United Nations ECE Regulation No 62 (E/ECE/TRANS/505 —Add. 61/Amend. 1) is hereby acknowledged.
The authorities of the Member States which grant component type-
approval shall accept approvals granted in accordance with the require-ments of the abovementioned Regulation No 62 as well as componenttype-approval marks as an alternative to the correspondingapprovalsgranted in accordance with this Directive.
Article 4
This Directive may be amended in accordance with Article 13 of
Directive 70/156/EEC (
1) in order to:
— take into account any amendments to the United Nations ECE
Regulation referred to in Article 3,
— adapt the Annexes to technical progress.
Article 5
1. Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive not later than 14 December 1994. They shallforthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a
reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a referenceon the occasion of their official publication. The methods of makingsuch a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
From the date mentioned in the first subparagraph Member States may
not, for reasons connected with the protective device intended toprevent unauthorized use, prohibit the initial entry into service ofvehicles which conform to this Directive.
They shall apply the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph as
from 14 June 1995.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of
the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed bythis Directive.
Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(1) OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
92/53/EEC (OJ No L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 1).
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ANNEX I
SCOPE — DEFINITIONS — GENERAL AND SPECIFIC REQUIRE-
MENTS
1. SCOPE
1.1. This Directive applies to protective devices intended to prevent the unau-
thorized use of two-wheel motor vehicles with or without sidecar andthree-wheel motor vehicles.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1. For the purpose of this Directive:2.2. ‘component type-approval'means component type-approval in respect of
protection against the unauthorized use of a type of vehicle;
2.3. ‘type of vehicle'means motor vehicles not essentially differingfrom each
other, and in particular with regard to the following aspects;
2.3.1. information concerningthe type of vehicle provided by the manufacturer;2.3.2. arrangement and form taken by the component or components of the
vehicle on which the protective device acts;
2.3.3. type of protective device;2.4. ‘protective device' means a system intended to prevent the unauthorized
use of the vehicle by positively lockingthe steeringand/or transmission;that system may:
2.4.1. act solely and positively on the steering, (type-1 device);2.4.2. act positively on the steeringat the same time as the device which
switches off the engine of the vehicle (type-2 device);
2.4.3. when preloaded, act on the steeringat the same times as the device which
switches off the engine of the vehicle (type-3 device);
2.4.4. act positively on the transmission (type-4 device);2.5. ‘steeringdevice'means the steeringcontrol (handlebar or steeringwheel),
the steeringhead and any accessory fitting s or other components havingadirect incidence on the effectiveness of the protective device;
2.6. ‘combination' means a variant intended and produced especially for this
use of a lockingsystem which, when properly actuated, enables saidlockingsystem to operate;
2.7. ‘key'means any device designed and manufactured in order to actuate a
lockingsystem that itself has been desig ned and manufactured in order tobe actuated solely by that device.
3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
3.1. All two- or three-wheel motor vehicles, with the exception of mopeds,
must be fitted with a protective device intended to prevent unauthorizeduse which meets the requirements contained in this Directive. Where adevice intended to prevent unauthorized use is fitted to a moped, it mustmeet the requirements contained in this Directive. ►
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devices intended to prevent unauthorised use approved for motor vehiclesin categories M
1and N1in conformity with Directive 74/61/EEC may also
be fitted to two- or three-wheel motor vehicles. ◄
3.2. The protective device must be such that:3.2.1. it is necessary to disable it in order to point, drive or move the vehicle
straight ahead;
3.2.2. it is necessary, in the case of a type-4 protective device, to render it
inoperative in order to release the transmission. If this device is actuatedby the parkingcontrol it must act at the same time as the device whichstops the engine of the vehicle;
3.2.3. the key can only be removed when the catch is fully engaged or with-
drawn. It must be impossible to obtain any intermediate position of thekey which may subsequently engage the bolt, even if the key for theprotective device is introduced.
3.3. The requirements set out in section 3.2 must be met by manipulatinga key
just once.
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3.4. The protective device referred to in section 3.1 and the parts that it
controls within the vehicle shall be designed in such a way that it isimpossible quickly and without attractingattention to open it, render itinoperative or destroy it, for example by usingordinary, cheap tools,equipment or instruments that are easy to conceal.
3.5. The protective device must form part of the vehicle’s original equipment
(i.e. it must be fitted by the manufacturer before initial retail sale). Thelock must be attached firmly to the protective device. (If the lock can beextracted by usingthe key followingremoval of the cover or any otherretainingdevice, this does not conflict with the requirement.)
3.6. The key lockingsystem must incorporate at least 1 000 different combina-
tions or a quantity equivalent to the number of vehicles built annually ifthat number is lower than 1 000. The frequency of a combination for agiven type of vehicle must be roughly 1 per 1 000.
3.7. The key and lock code must not be visible.3.8. The lock must be designed, manufactured and installed in such a way that
it is not possible to turn the cylinder when it is in the locked position byapplyinga torque of less than 0,245 m daN with anythingother than theappropriate key, and
3.8.1. if the cylinder is of the pin type, that there are no more of than two
identical grooves operating in the same direction, adjacent and no morethan 60 % of identical grooves, or
3.8.2. if the cylinder is of the disc type, that there are no more than two identical
adjacent grooves operating in the same direction and no more than 50 %of identical slots.
3.9. The protective devices must be such that, when the vehicle is set in
motion and the engine is turning there is no likelihood of accidentaljammingwhich could, in particular, constitute a safety hazard.
3.10. If it is of type 1, 2 or 3, once it has been armed the protective device must,
without any deterioration of the steeringdevice that is likely to impairsafety, be able to withstand the application in both directions and understatic conditions of a torque of 20 m daN alongthe axis of the steeringspindle.
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3.11. If it is of type 1, 2 or 3 the protective device must be designed in such a
way that the steeringcan only be locked at an ang le of at least 20 °to the
left and/or right in relation to the straight-ahead position, with the excep-tion of devices designed to be fitted to tricycles and quadricycles.
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3.12. In a locked position, the protective device must, in the case of type-4
devices, where maximum torque of the traction motor is applied, preventthe rotation of the drive wheel.
4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
4.1. In addition to the general requirements set out in section 3 the protective
device must also meet the specific requirements set out below:
4.1.1. it must not be possible in the case of type-1 or type-2 protective devices to
actuate the lock other than by the motion of the key, the steeringdevice asdefined in section 2.5 being in the appropriate position for engagement ofthe catch in the correspondingslot;
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4.1.2. In the case of type 3 protective devices it must not be possible to preload
the catch via action on the part of the vehicle user combined or added to aturningof the key. Apart from the conditions provided for in Point 3.2.3and except in the case of tricycles and quadricycles, it shall not bepossible to remove the key once the catch has been preloaded.
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4.2. it must not be possible to engage the catch in type-2 and type-3 protective
devices if the device is in a position enablingthe eng ine of the vehicle tobe started;
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4.3. where a type-3 protective device is armed it must not be possible to
prevent said device from operating;
4.4. type-3 protective devices must remain in a good operating state and in
particular must continue to meet the requirements set out in sections 3.8,3.9, 3.10 and 4.3 after beingsubjected to 2 500 lockingcycles in eachdirection in the test specified in Annex II.
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ANNEX II
WEAR TEST ON TYPE 3PROTECTIVE DEVICES
1. TEST EQUIPMENT
1.1. The test equipment consists of:1.1.1. a rigon which the sample of a steeringunit fitted with a protective device
as defined in section 2.4 in Annex I may be mounted;
1.1.2. a system for actuatingand releasingthe device, includingthe use of the
key;
1.1.3. a system designed to rotate the steering spindle in relation to the protec-
tive device.
2. TEST METHOD
2.1. A sample of the steeringunit fitted with the protective device is mounted
on the rigreferred to in section 1.1.1.
2.2. A test cycle then involves the followingoperations:2.2.1. starting position:
the protective device is deactivated and the steeringspindle placed in a
position preventingactivation of the protective device;
2.2.2. arming:
the protective device is armed by turningthe key;
2.2.3. activation:
the steeringspindle is turned in such a way that the torque applied to it
when the protective device is armed is 5,88 Nm ± 0,25;
2.2.4. deactivation:
the protective device is deactivated by the normal means, the torque being
reduced to 0 in order to ease deactivation;
2.2.5. return position:
the steeringspindle is turned until it reaches a position which does not
permit engagement of the protective device;
2.2.6. rotation in the opposite direction:
the operations referred to in Items 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 are
repeated, but in the opposite direction of rotation of the steeringspindle;
2.2.7. the interval between two successive activations of the device shall be at
least 10 seconds;
2.3. the wear cycle is repeated the number of times provided for in section 4.4
of Annex I.
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ANNEX III
Appendix 1
Information document in respect of protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of a type of two- or
three-wheel motor vehicle
(to be attached to the application for component type-approval if this is submitted separately from the application for vehicle
type-approval)

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Appendix 2
Name of administration
Component type-approval certificate in respect of a protective device intended to prevent the unauthorized use of a type of
two- or three-wheel motor vehicle
MODEL