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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard of the Treaty establishing the European 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 Euroepan 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 statutory markings, 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 statutory markings for 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, with regard to the statutory markings applicable to two- or three-wheel motor vehicles, this Directive does not prevent certain Member States from retaining, on a non-discriminatory basis, specific mandatory provisions for the purposes of applying traffic regulations, provided that such specific requirements concern the use of these vehicles and do not involve any modifications in their construction likely to create an obstacle to Community type-approval of this type of vehicle,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
This Directive applies to the statutory markings for all types of vehicles as defined in Article 1 of Directive 92/61/EEC.
The procedure for the granting of component type-approval in respect of the statutory markings for a type of two- or three-wheel motor vehicle and the conditions governing the free movement of such vehicles shall be as laid down in Chapters II and III of Directive 92/61/EEC.
Any amendments necessary to adapt the requirements of the Annexes to technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC(5).
1.Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 14 December 1994. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
From the date mentioned in the first subparagraph Member States may not, for reasons connected with statutory markings, prohibit the initial entry into service of vehicles which conform to this Directive.
They shall apply the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph as from 14 June 1995.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Textual Amendments
The vehicle identification number consists of a structured combination of characters assigned to each vehicle by their manufacturer. Its purpose is to enable any vehicle to be identified unambiguously via its manufacturer — without any need for any other information — for a period of 30 years. The identification must meet the following requirements:
Textual Amendments
F2 Substituted by Commission Directive 2006/27/EC of 3 March 2006 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Council Directives 93/14/EEC on the braking of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and 93/34/EEC on statutory markings for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles, Directives of the European Parliament and of the Council 95/1/EC on the maximum design speed, maximum torque and maximum net engine power of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and 97/24/EC on certain components and characteristics of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance).
By way of an exception and for technical reasons it may also occupy two lines. However, in this case there must be no breaks within any of the three parts and the beginning and end of each line must be marked by a symbol which is neither an Arabic numeral nor a capital Latin letter, nor must it be possible to confuse this with any such character.
The introduction of said symbol within a line between the three parts (Point 3.1.1) is also authorised.
There must be no spaces between the characters.]
The example below in no way affects the information actually set out on manufacturer's data plates, nor the dimensions of the plate itself, the figures or letters. It is given solely by way of an example.
The additional information referred to in section 2.3 may be entered below or on one side of the information required in the following rectangle.
STELLA FABBRICA MOTOCICLI
e3 5364
3 G S K L M 3 A C 8 B 1 2 0 0 0 0
80 dB(A) — 3 750 t/m
In the above example of a plate the vehicle concerned has been made by ‘Stella Fabbrica Motocicli’ and type-approved in Italy (e3), under number 5364.U.K.
The identification number (3GSKLM3AC8B120000) gives the following information:
first part (3GS):
:
geographical area (Europe);
:
country within the geographical area (Germany);
:
manufacturer (Stella Fabbrica Motocicli);
second part (KLM3AC):
:
type of vehicle;
:
variant (vehicle bodywork);
:
version (vehicle engine);
third part (8B120000):
:
identification of the vehicle and combination of the two other parts of the identification number;
:
unused positions that have been filled by a 0 in order to make up the total number of characters required.
The static sound level is 80 dB(A) at 3 750 rev/min.
Order No (assigned by the applicant): …
The application for component type-approval in respect of statutory markings for a type of two or three-wheel motor vehicle shall contain the information set out in Annex II to Directive 92/61/EEC; Part A, sections:
0.1
0.2
0.4 to 0.6
9.3.1 to 9.3.3.
Report No … by technical service … date …
Component type-approval No: … Extension No: …
…
…
OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1; Directive as last amended by Directive 92/53/EEC (OJ No L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 1).
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