Transport safety: type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (amend. Directive 92/61/EEC)

PURPOSE : to clarify and supplement the procedure for the type-approval of two or three-wheeled motor vehicles. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 24/2002/EC of the European Parliament and the Council relating to the type approval of two or three-wheeled motor vehicles and repealing council directive 92/61/EEC. CONTENT : This Directive applies to all two or three-wheeled motor vehicles, intended to travel on the road, and to the components or separate technical units of such vehicles. In order that the type-approval system may work properly, the Directive clarifies certain administrative instructions. It introduces harmonised norms concerning, in particular, the numbering of type-approval certificates as well as exemptions for end-of-series vehicles and for vehicles, components and separate technical units. Taking account of currently established technologies, examination of the components and characteristics of the vehicles has resulted in the retention only of those set out in Annex I to this Directive since all others are inappropriate for regulatory purposes. In view of the progress and developments in technology, however, it will be appropriate to examine any further components and characteristics, in particular those relating to secondary safety, to be added to those already listed in Annex I. DATE FOR TRANSPOSITION : 09/05/03 DATE OF APPLICATION : 09/11/03. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 09/05/02. �