Road safety: speed limitation devices for commercial motor vehicles (amend. Directive 92/6/EEC)

PURPOSE : to amend Directive 92/6/EEC on the installation and use of speed limitation devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community, by bringing lighter vehicles into the scope of the Directive. CONTENT : the proposal, which aims to further promote road safety and environmental protection, is in line with the report from Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of Directive 92/6/EEC as well as with the Commission Road Safety Communication, the Council Resolution of 26 June 2000 on the improvement of road safety. adn the resolution of 18 January 2001 of the European Parliament on Road Safety Communication. Specifically, the proposal: - extends the scope to include all vehicles in categories M2, M3, N2 and N3, - include all category M2 and M3 vehicles with a maximum speed of 100km/h, - includes all category N2 vehicles with a maximum speed of 90km/h, - sets the stepwise introduction of speed limitation deveices for the new vehicle categories starting with the new vehicles from 1.1.2004 and the retrospective fitting of devices by 1.1.2006 on vehicles registered after 1.1.2001. �