Council Directive 93/93/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles
Modified by
Commission Directive 2004/86/ECof 5 July 2004amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Council Directive 93/93/EEC on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance), 32004L0086, July 7, 2004
Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 January 2013on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles(Text with EEA relevance), 32013R0168, March 2, 2013
Corrected by
Corrigendum to Council Directive 93/93/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the masses and dimensions of two or threewheel motor vehicles, 31993L0093R(01), April 4, 1995
Council 93/93/EEC Directiveof 29 October 1993on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehiclesTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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. 1.,In cooperation with the European ParliamentOJ No C 337, 21. 12. 1992, p. 104 and Decision of 27 October 1993 (not yet published in the Official Journal).,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 the measures necessary for its operation should be adopted;Whereas with regard to their masses and dimensions, in each Member State two or three-wheel 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 barrier to trade within the Community;Whereas those barriers to the operation of the internal market may be removed if the same requirements are adopted by all the Member States in place of their national rules;Whereas it is necessary to draw up harmonized requirements concerning the masses and dimensions of 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 the provisions of this Directive should not oblige those Member States which do not allow two-wheel motor vehicles on their territory to tow a trailer to amend their rules,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECITVE: