Re-examined proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles
Date: 1993-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approval, harmonisation of standards, motor vehicle, technical regulations, two-wheeled vehicle, weight and size

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) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

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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 

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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  4 2,  2 3 . 2 . 1 9 7 0,  p.  1 
2  OJ  L  2 2 5,  1 0 . 8 . 1 9 9 2,  p.  1 

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