i COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 549 final - SYN 372-433-428 
Brussels, 28 October 1993 
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Re-examined proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices 
on two or three-wheel motor vehicles 
SYN 372 
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Re-examined proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
on the mounting of the rear registration plate 
of two or three-wheel motor vehicles 
SYN 433' 
Re-examined proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
on the masses and dimensions 
of two or three-wheel motor vehicles 
SYN 428 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d) 
of the EEC treaty) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
At its part-session of 25-29 October 1993 the European Parliament adopted an amendment to 
the text of three common positions adopted on 14 June 1993 for the purpose of the adoption of 
three directives on 
- the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two or three-wheel motor vehicles; 
- the mounting of the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles; 
and 
- the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, 
respectively. 
This amendment would replace the regulatory committee procedure adopted by the Council in 
the three common positions in question by the advisory committee procedure put forward by 
the Commission in its original proposals. 
The Commission accepted this amendment in respect of each of the three proposals, 
considering that to take account of technical progress there is a need for the rapid adjustment of 
the technical requirements set out in the annexes to these Directives and that this task should be 
entrusted to the Commission in order to simplify and expedite the procedure. 
RE-EXAMINED PROPOSALS 3 
1. Council Directive on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two or three-
wheel motor vehicles 
[doc. COM(91) 498 final - SYN 372] 
2. Council Directive on the mounting of the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel 
motor vehicles; 
[doc. COM(92) 335 final - SYN 433] 
3. Council Directive on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, 
[doc. COM(92) 330 final - SYN 428] 
The text of Article 4 of the Directive under 1. and the text of Article 3 of the Directives under 
2. and 3. above are replaced by the following: 
"Any amendments necessary to adapt the annexes to technical progress shall be adopted in 
accordance with the following procedure. 
In all cases where reference is made to the procedure set out in this Article, the representative 
of the Commission shall submit to the Committee set up by Article 13 of Directive 
70/156/EEC , as last amended by Directive 92/53/EEC , a draft of the measures to be taken. 
The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman 
may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the 
right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It 
shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account." 
1 OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1 
2 OJ L 225, 10.8.1992, p. 1 
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