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"BCOUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/29/EEC
of 14 June 1993
on the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles
(OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/29/EEC
of 14 June 1993
on the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or
three-wheel motor vehicles
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 Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating
to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (3),
Having regard 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 is
ensured; whereas the measures required for that purpose need to be
adopted;
Whereas, with regard to their controls, tell-tales and indicators, in each
Member State two- or three-wheel motor vehicles must display certain
technical characteristics laid down by mandatory provisions which differ
from one Member State to another; whereas, as a result of their
differences, such provisions constitute a barrier to trade within the
Community;
Whereas these obstacles to the operation of the internal market may be
removed if the same requirements are adopted by all Member States in
place of their national rules;
Whereas it is necessary to draw up harmonized requirements concerning
the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or
three-wheel motor vehicles in order to enable the type-approval and
component type-approval procedures laid down in Directive 92/61/EEC
to 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 are
necessary, indeed essential, to achieve the aim in view, which is to
establish Community vehicle type-approval; whereas that aim cannot be
adequately 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 the
requirements of this Directive and those of Regulation No 60 of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
This Directive applies to the identification of controls, tell-tales and
indicators for all types of vehicle as defined in Article 1 of Directive
92/61/EEC.!B
(1) OJ No L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 72.
(2) OJ No C 293, 9. 11. 1992, p. 5.
(3) OJ No C 21, 25. 1. 1993, p. 96 and
OJ No C 150, 31. 5. 1993.
(4) OJ No C 73, 15. 3. 1993, p. 22.1993L0029 — EN — 19.12.2000 — 001.001 — 2
Article 2
The procedure for the granting of component type-approval in respect of
the identification of controls, telltales and indicators for a type of two- or
three-wheel motor vehicle and the conditions governing 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 the provisions of Article 11 of Directive 92/61/EEC,
equivalence between the requirements laid down in this Directive and
those laid down in UN/ECE Regulation No 60 (E/ECE/TRANS/505 —
Add. 59) is hereby acknowledged.
The authorities of the Member States which grant component type-
approval shall accept approvals granted in accordance with the
requirements of the abovementioned Regulation No 60 as well as
component type-approval marks as an alternative to the corresponding
approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of 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 ECE Regulation referred to
in Article 3,
— adapt the Annex 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 shall
forthwith 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 reference
on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such
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 identification of controls, tell-tales
and indicators, prohibit the initial entry into service of vehicles 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 covered by
this Directive.
Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.!B
(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).1993L0029 — EN — 19.12.2000 — 001.001 — 3
ANNEX I
REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE COMPONENT TYPE-APPRO-
V AL OF TWO- OR THREE-WHEEL VEHICLES IN RESPECT OF THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR CONTROLS, TELL-TALES AND INDI-
CATORS
1. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Directive:
1.1. ‘control’ means any part of the vehicle or component directly actuated by
the driver which causes a change in the state or operation of the vehicle or
one of the parts thereof;
1.2. ‘telltale’ means a signal indicating the triggering of a device, an operation
or a suspect or faulty state or an absence of operation;
1.3. ‘indicator’ means a device providing information on the proper
functioning or state of a system or part of a system such as the level ofa fluid;
1.4. ‘symbol’ means an outline enabling a control, telltale or indicator to be
identified.
2. REQUIREMENTS
2.1. Identification
The controls, tell-tales and indicators referred to in section 2.1.5 shall be
identified in accordance with the following requirements when they arefitted to a vehicle.
2.1.1. These symbols shall stand out clearly against the background.
2.1.2. The symbols shall be placed on the control or control telltale to be
identified or in immediate proximity thereof. Where this is not possible thesymbol and control, or telltale, shall be joined by a continuous dash that is
as short as possible.
2.1.3. Main-beam headlights shall be represented by parallel horizontal rays of
light and dipped-beam headlamps by parallel rays of light angled
downwards.
2.1.4. When used for optical tell-tales the following colours listed below have the
meanings indicated:
— red: danger,
— amber: caution,
— green: safety.
Blue shall be reserved exclusively for the main beam headlamp tell-tales.!
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2.1.5. Designation and identification of symbols
Figure 1
Headlamp control — Main-beam headlamp
Tell-tale colour: blue.
Figure 2
Headlamp control — Dipped-beam head-
lamp
Tell-tale colour: green.
Figure 3
Direction indicator
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the left and right direction indicators, the two
arrows may also be used separately. 3
Tell-tale colour: green.!B1993L0029 — EN — 19.12.2000 — 001.001 — 5
Figure 4
Hazard warning device
Two possibilities:
— identifying signal placed alongside
Tell-tale colour: redOr
— simultaneous operation of direction indi-
cators (both arrows in Figure 3).
Figure 5
Manual choke
Tell-tale colour: amber.
Figure 6
Audible warning device
Figure 7
Fuel level
Tell-tale colour: amber.!B1993L0029 — EN — 19.12.2000 — 001.001 — 6
Figure 8
Engine coolant temperature
Tell-tale colour: red.
Figure 9
Battery charge
Tell-tale colour: red.
Figure 10
Engine oil
Tell-tale colour: red.
Figure 11
Front fog lamp (3)
Tell-tale colour: green.!B1993L0029 — EN — 19.12.2000 — 001.001 — 7
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Figure 12
Rear fog lamp (3)
Tell-tale colour: amber.
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Engine ignition or cut-off control in ‘out of
use’ position 3
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Engine ignition or cut-off control in the
‘operating’ position 3
Figure 15
Llighting switch
Tell-tale colour: green.!B
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Position (side) lamps
(if the control is not separate, it may be
identified by the symbol shown in figure 15)
Tell-tale colour: green. 3
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‘Gear box in neutral’ indicator
Tell-tale colour: green.
Figure"M1183
Electric starter
Notes:
(1) The framed areas may be solid.
(2) The dark part of this symbol may be replaced by its silhouette; the white part
in this diagram may then be entirely in a dark colour.
(3) If a single control is used for the front and rear fog lamps the symbol used
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Appendix
Structure of the model base for the symbols referred to in section 2.1.5
Figure 1
Model base
The model base consists of:
1. a base 50 mm square, this dimension being equal to nominal dimension ‘a’ in
the original;
2. a base circle 56 mm in diameter having approximately the same area as the
base square (1);
3. a second 50 mm-diameter circle is drawn within the base square (1);
4. a second square the tips of which lie on the base circle (2) the sides of which
are parallel to those of the base square (1);
5. and6. two rectangles having the same area as the base square (1) their sides being at
right angles to each other and each of them devised so as to divide theopposite sides of the base square into symmetrical points;
7. a third square the sides of which pass through the points of intersection of the
base square (1) and the base circle (2) and are inclined at 45°, thus providing
the greatest horizontal and vertical dimensions of the model base;
8. an irregular octagon formed by lines inclined at 30° to the sides of the square
(7).
The base model is laid upon a grid the lower side of which measures 12,5 mm and
coincides with the base square (1).!
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ANNEX II
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
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