Commission Directive 2006/72/EC of 18 August 2006 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, anti-pollution device, approval, motor vehicle, technical standard, two-wheeled vehicle

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/72/EC

of 18 August 2006

amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 97/24/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel
motor vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 2002/24/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to
the type-approval of two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and
repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC (1), and in particular
Article 17 thereof,

regard to Directive 97/24/EC of

Having
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain
components and characteristics of two- or three-wheel motor
vehicles (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

(5)

(6)

limit values. That

In accordance with Article 8(5) of Directive 2002/51/EC
the test procedure of GTR No 2 should be introduced
together with a new set of
test
procedure should be introduced as an alternative type-
approval procedure at the choice of the manufacturer for
the second mandatory stage of Directive 2002/51/EC.
The new limit values should be set in correlation with
the second mandatory stage of Directive 2002/51/EC.
Therefore,
requirements on
motorcycle emissions will not diminish.

stringency of

the

the

Directive 97/24/EC should
accordingly.

therefore be

amended

The measures provided for
in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adap-
tation to Technical Progress established by Council
Directive 70/156/EEC (4),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 97/24/EC is a separate Directive for
the
purposes of the EC type-approval procedure laid down
by Directive 2002/24/EC.

Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 19 July 2002 on the reduction of the level
of pollutant emissions from two- and three-wheel motor
vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC (3) introduced
new emission limit values for two-wheel motorcycles
that are applicable in two stages.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UN/ECE) Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No 2
‘Measurement procedure for two wheeled motorcycles
compression ignition
equipped with a positive or
engine with regard to the
emissions of gaseous
pollutants, CO2 emissions and fuel consumption’ has
been adopted in view of creating the global market for
motorcycles. It aims at harmonising at worldwide level
the emission test procedure used for the type-approval of
motorcycles. Furthermore, it is adapted to the last devel-
opment of technical progress taking into account the
specific characteristics of motorcycles.

(1) OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission

Directive 2005/30/EC (OJ L 106, 27.4.2005, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 226, 18.8.1997, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/27/EC (OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 7).

(3) OJ L 252, 20.09.2002, p. 20.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex II of Chapter 5 to Directive 97/24/EC is amended in
accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

the laws,

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, before 1 July
regulations and administrative provisions
2007,
necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2007.

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

(4) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 12).

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law,
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX

Annex II of Chapter 5 to Directive 97/24/EC is amended as follows:

(1) In point 2.2.1.1 the following paragraph is added:

‘At the choice of the manufacturer the test procedure laid down in UN/ECE Global Technical Regulation (GTR)
No 2 (*) may be used for motorcycles as an alternative to the test procedure referred to above. In case the procedure
laid down in GTR No 2 is used, the vehicle shall respect the emission limits provided in row C of the table in section
2.2.1.1.5 and all the other provisions of this directive except 2.2.1.1.1 to 2.2.1.1.4 of this Annex.
___________
(*) UN/ECE Global Technical Regulation No 2 “Measurement procedure for two wheeled motorcycles equipped with a
positive or compression ignition engine with regard to the emissions of gaseous pollutants, CO2 emissions and
fuel consumption” (ECE/TRANS/180/Add2 of 30 August 2005).’

(2) In the table of point 2.2.1.1.5, within the section ‘Limit values for motorcycles (two-wheel) for type-approval and

conformity of production’, the following row C is inserted after row B:

‘C (2006 — UN/ECE GTR No 2)

vmax < 130 km/h

vmax

≥ 130 km/h

2,62

2,62

0,75

0,33

0,17

0,22’