Council Directive 93/34/EEC of 14 June 1993 on statutory markings for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles
Modified by
Commission Directive 1999/25/ECof 9 April 1999adapting to technical progress Council Directive 93/34/EEC on statutory markings for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 399L0025, April 21, 1999
Commission Directive 2006/27/ECof 3 March 2006amending 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), 306L0027, March 8, 2006
Council Directive 93/34/EECof 14 June 1993on statutory markings for two- or three-wheel motor vehiclesTHE 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 vehiclesOJ No L 225, 10. 8. 1992, p. 72.,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ No C 293, 9. 11. 1992, p. 43.,In cooperation with the Euroepan ParliamentOJ No C 337, 21. 12. 1992, p. 103 andOJ No C 176, 28. 6. 1993.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 73, 15. 3. 1993, p. 22.,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: