Council Directive 93/33/EEC of 14 June 1993 on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  93/33/EEC
of 14 June 1993
on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two- or  three-wheel motor vehicles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  100a thereof,
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),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement  of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; whereas measures necessary to that end should  be adopted;
Whereas, with regard to their protective devices intended to prevent unauthorized use, in each  Member State two- or three-wheel motor vehicles must display certain technical characteristics laid  down by mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another; whereas, as a result of  their differences, such provisions constitute a barrier to trade within the Community;
Whereas those obstacles to the establishment and operation of the internal market may be removed if  the same requirements are adopted by all Member States in place of their national rules;
Whereas it is necessary to draw up harmonized requirements concerning the protective devices  intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles in order to enable  the type-approval and component type-approval procedures laid down in Directive 92/61/EEC to be  applied for each type of such vehicle;
Whereas, given the scale and impact of the action proposed in the sector in question, the Community  measures covered by this Directive are necessary, indeed essential, to achieve the aim in view,  which is to establish Community vehicle type-approval; whereas that aim cannot be adequately  achieved by the Member States individually;
Whereas in order to facilitate access to the markets of non-Community countries it would seem  necessary to establish equivalence between the requirements of this Directive and those of  Regulation No 62 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,