Motor vehicles and trailers: statutory plates and inscriptions, and their location and method of attachment

The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Mr Hans-Peter MAYER (EPP-ED, DE) approving, under the first reading of the codecision procedure, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council on statutory plates and inscriptions for motor vehicles and their trailers, as well as their location and method of attachment(codified version).

Although it was not the subject of any “formal” amendments, the proposal does, however, take into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the respective legal services of the European Parliament, Council and Commission, which make a number of technical observations on the text of the codified proposal.

The only adaptations to the codification concern:

• in Annex II, Part A, in the OJ reference following the indication "Point XI. C.I. 6. of Annex I to the 1994 Act of Accession" the page number 205 should be corrected so as to read "202",
• in Annex II, Part A, in the reference following the indication “Council Directive 2006/96/EC” the indication “OJ L 81” should be corrected so as to read “OJ L 363”,
• in Annex II, Part B, the indication “2006/96/EC” should be added, followed by an indication of 1 January 2007 as a time limit for transposition.

Aside from these factors, the proposal is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance.