Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

This Directive applies to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on all types of vehicle as referred to in Article 1 of Directive 2002/24/EC.

Article 2

The procedure governing the granting of EC component type-approval in respect of the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on 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 Directive 2002/24/EC.

Article 3

1. In accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2002/24/EC, equivalence between the requirements laid down in this Directive for two-wheel motorcycles and those laid down in UNECE Regulation No 53 is hereby acknowledged.

2. The authorities of the Member States which grant EC component type-approval shall accept approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of UNECE Regulation No 53 as well as component type-approval marks as an alternative to the corresponding approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of this Directive.

Article 4

The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annexes I to VI shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive 2002/24/EC.

Article 5

1. Member States may not, on grounds relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices:

• refuse, in respect of a type of two or three-wheel motor vehicle, to grant EC type-approval, or

• prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of two or three-wheel motor vehicles,

if the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices complies with the requirements of this Directive.

2. Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval for any new type of two or three-wheel motor vehicle on grounds relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices if the requirements of this Directive are not fulfilled.

3. 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.

Article 6

Directive 93/92/EEC, as amended by the Directive listed in Annex VII, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex VII, Part B.

References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VIII.

Article 7

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Article 8

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2009.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. Pöttering

For the Council

The President

E. Erlandsson