COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 42 final - SYN 331 
Brussels, 25 March 1992 
Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
ON THE TYPE-APPROVAL OF TWO OR THREE-WHEEL MOTOR VEHICLES 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
On 15 March 1991 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a Regulation 
on the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles [COM(90)669 final -
SYN 331]. 
On 11 December 1991 the European Parliament delivered its opinion on first 
reading and Invited the Commission to amend its propsal in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty. 
The seven amendments accepted either partly or in their entirety by the 
Commission concern the following: 
two recitals (the sixth and the eighth): the deletion of the sixth recital 
is intended to reduce the two categories of moped to a single category. 
The amendment of the eighth recital is aimed at the presentation, by the 
Commission, of the 24 separate regulations within a single document. That 
amendment has been accepted in part in that the Commission has agreed to 
submit the proposals in packages containing the greatest possible number 
of proposals; 
three articles (Articles 1, 4 and 14): the amendment of Article 1 concerns 
the addition of details regarding the exclusion from the scope of the 
Regulation of vehicles intended for use in competitions; the amendment of 
Article 4 is intended to improve the wording of the reference to vehicles 
covered by the provisions relating to the checking of production 
conformity, and the amendment of Article 14, i.e. deletion of (3), is 
intended - Just like the sixth recital - to reduce the two categories of 
moped to a single category; 
Annex I: the addition of two new indents is intended to apply or exclude 
the requirements of certain separate regulations in respect of 
low-performance mopeds. That amendment has been accepted in part in that 
the principle but not the wording put forward is accepted. 
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Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
ON THE TYPE-APPROVAL OF TWO OR THREE-WHEEL MOTOR VEHICLES 
Sixth recital : 
deleted. 
Eighth recital : 
on the third line following the words "separate regulations" the following 
should be added: "and whereas the relevant proposals will be submitted in 
packages containing the greatest possible number of those proposals". 
Article 1(1)(2) third indent: 
should read: "vehicles intended for use in competitions either on or off 
roads". 
Article 4(2): 
the words "placed on the market and used" are replaced by the words "put 
on sale and newly brought into service" and the words "sold and used" by 
the words "and sold new". 
Article 14(3): 
deleted. 
Annex I : 
the following subparagraph should be added at the end of this Annex: 
"The separate regulations will provide for specific requirements relating 
to reduced-performance mopeds, in other words mopeds fitted with pedals 
and an auxiliary power unit developing not more than 1 kW, and having a 
maximum design speed not exceeding 25 km/h. These separate requirements 
will relate, in particular, to the components and characteristics referred 
to under headings Nos 19, 20, 29, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43 and 46 in this 
Annex." 

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