Commission Directive 1999/24/EC of 9 April 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 93/32/EEC on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-04-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: motor vehicle, road safety, technological change, transport safety, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle parts

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/24/EC

of 9 April 1999

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 93/32/EEC on passenger hand-
holds on two-wheel motor vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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), as amended by the Act of Acces-
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular
Article 16 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/32/EEC of 14
June 1993 on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor
vehicles (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

(1) Whereas Directive 93/32/EEC is one of the separate
Directives of the Community type-approval procedure
the
introduced by Directive 92/61/EEC; whereas
provisions of Directive 92/61/EEC relating to vehicle
systems, components and technical units therefore
apply to that Directive;

The Annex to Directive 93/32/EEC is hereby amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. With effect from 1 January 2000, Member States
shall not, on grounds relating to passenger hand-holds:

(cid:190) refuse, in respect of a type of two-wheel vehicle or a
to grant EC type-

type of passenger hand-hold,
approval,

(cid:190) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of
two-wheel motor vehicles or the sale or entry into
service of passenger hand-holds,

if the passenger hand-holds comply with the require-
ments of Council Directive 93/32/EEC as amended by
this Directive.

(2) Whereas developments in technology now permit an
adaptation of Directive 93/32/EEC to technical
progress; whereas in order to ensure the proper func-
tioning of the type-approval system as a whole, it is
therefore necessary to clarify further or complete
certain provisions of the Directive concerned;

2. With effect from 1 July 2000, Member States shall
refuse to grant EC type-approval for any type of two-
wheel motor vehicle on grounds relating to passenger
hand-holds or any type of passenger hand-hold, if the
requirements of Directive 93/32/EEC, as amended by this
Directive, are not fulfilled.

(3) Whereas to this end it is necessary to adapt the provi-
sions relating to the attachment of the strap and also
the references contained in Part B of the information
document;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive
are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee
for adaptation to technical progress set up by Article
13 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC (3),
last
as
amended by Directive 98/91/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (4),

(1) OJ L 225, 10.8.1992, p. 72.
(2) OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 11, 16.1.1999, p. 25.

Article 3

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, no later than
31 December 1999, the provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive. They shall
forthwith inform the
Commission thereof.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2000.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied
by such a reference on the occasion of their official publi-
cation. Member States shall determine how such reference
is to be made.

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion the texts of the main provisions of national law that
they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 9 April 1999.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

1. Point 1.1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.1. Strap

The strap must be fitted to the seat or to other parts connected to the frame in such a way that it may
easily be used by the passenger. The strap and its attachment must be designed in such a way that they
withstand, without snapping, a vertical traction force of 2000 N applied statically to the centre of the
surface of the strap at a maximum pressure of 2 Mpa.'

2. In Appendix 1, Part B of the information document is replaced by the following:

‘(cid:190) Part B: (cid:190) 1.4 to 1.4.2 included.'