Commission Directive 2006/120/EC of 27 November 2006 correcting and amending Directive 2005/30/EC amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Directives 97/24/EC and 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Directive 2006/120/ECof 27 November 2006correcting and amending Directive 2005/30/EC amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Directives 97/24/EC and 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain components and characteristics of two- or three-wheel motor vehiclesOJ L 226, 18.8.1997, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/27/EC (OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 7)., and in particular Article 7 thereof,Having regard to Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EECOJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2005/30/EC (OJ L 106, 27.4.2005, p. 17)., and in particular Article 17 thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Directive 2005/30/EC contains some errors which must be corrected.(2)It is necessary to clarify with the retroactive effect that Article 3(1) of Directive 2005/30/EC concerns new replacement catalytic converters, which comply with Directive 97/24/EC as amended by Directive 2005/30/EC.(3)Editorial corrections should also be made in Annex I to Directive 2005/30/EC.(4)Furthermore, it is necessary to make clear, by way of a new provision, that the sale or installation on a vehicle of replacement catalytic converters which are not of a type in respect of which a type-approval has been granted in compliance with Directive 97/24/EC, as amended by 2005/30/EC, is forbidden after a certain transitional period.(5)Directive 2005/30/EC should therefore be corrected and amended accordingly.(6)The measures provided for this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: