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Directive 2009/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title
Directive 2009/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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Article 1
This Directive shall apply to passenger hand-holds of all types of two-wheel motor vehicles as referred to in Article 1 of Directive 2002/24/EC.
Article 2
The procedure for the granting of EC component type-approval in respect of passenger hand-holds 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.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
1.Member States shall not, on grounds relating to passenger hand-holds:
refuse, in respect of a type of two-wheel vehicle or a type of passenger hand-hold, to grant EC type-approval,
prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of two-wheel motor vehicles or the sale or entry into service of passenger hand-holds,
if the passenger hand-holds comply with the requirements of this Directive.
2.Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval for any type of two-wheel motor vehicle on grounds relating to passenger hand-holds or any type of passenger handhold, 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 5
Directive 93/32/EEC, as amended by the Directive listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set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References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 6
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 7
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
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