This Directive shall apply to stands for all types of two-wheel motor vehicles as referred to in Article 1 of Directive 2002/24/EC.
The procedure for the granting of EC component type-approval in respect of the stand for a type of two-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 2002/24/EC.
The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annex I shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Directive 2002/24/EC.
1.Member States may not, on grounds relating to stands:
refuse to grant EC type-approval for a type of two-wheel motor vehicle, or,
prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of two-wheel motor vehicles,
if the stands of those vehicles comply with the requirements of this Directive.
2.Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval for any new type of two-wheel motor vehicle on grounds relating to stands 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.
Directive 93/31/EEC, as amended by the Directive listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives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 II, 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References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
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.
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