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Commission Directive 2013/60/EU of 27 November 2013 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 1

Directive 97/24/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 4(1) of Directive 97/24/EC is replaced by the following:

‘1.In accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Directive 2002/24/EC, the equivalence shall be recognised of the requirements of Chapter 1 (tyres), Chapter 2 (lighting and light-signalling devices), Chapter 4 (rear-view mirrors), Annex III to Chapter 9 (permissible sound level and exhaust system requirements for motorcycles) and Chapter 11 (safety belts) annexed to this Directive and those of UNECE Regulations Nos 30(1), 54(2), 64(3) and 75(4) in respect of tyres, 3(5), 19(6), 20(7), 37(8), 38(9), 50(10), 53(11), 56(12), 57(13), 72(14), 74(15) and 82(16) in respect of lighting and light-signalling devices, 81(17) in respect of rear-view mirrors, 16(18) in respect of safety belts and 41(19) in respect of noise emissions from motorcycles.’;

(2)

Annexes I, II and IV to Chapter 5 of Directive 97/24/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2

Annexes IV and VII to Directive 2002/24/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

Article 3

Annexes I to VI to Directive 2009/67/EC are amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.

Article 4

1.With effect from 1 July 2014 Member States shall refuse, on grounds relating to measures to counter air pollution and functional safety, to grant for any EC type-approval for new types of a two or three-wheel motor vehicle which does not comply with Directives 2002/24/EC and 97/24/EC as amended by this Directive.

2.With effect from 1 July 2014, Certificates of Conformity shall be issued for vehicles complying with the provisions of Directive 97/24/EC as amended by point 1 of Annex II to this Directive.

Article 5

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2014 at the latest. They shall communicate to the Commission the relevant text of those provisions forthwith.

When Member States adopt such measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on their official publication. Member States shall determine how such a reference is to be made.

2.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

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

Article 7

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

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