Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON THE TYPE-APPROVAL OF TWO OR THREE-WHEEL MOTOR VEHICLES
Date: 1992-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, approval, marketing standard, motor vehicle, technical standard, two-wheeled vehicle

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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