Two or three-wheels motor vehicles: maximum design speed, torque and net engine

In addition to the amendment doing away with the limitation on the power of motor vehicles to 74 Kw, Parliament adopted the following amendments at second reading: * it was important to await the results of a study which, within two years, should establish whether there was a link between engine power and road accidents, before adopting any limitations; * Member States applying such a limitation should not be required to amend their legislation (in practice, only France was involved); * If the directive was adopted through the committee procedures, the EP should be consulted and given equal footing to the Council. The Council and the EP should be consulted in the same way and each branch of the legislative authority should be able to propose the cancellation of the Commission decision. In practice, once it had been informed of the decision taken by the Commission, assisted by a committee composed of representatives of the Member States, the EP, acting by majority, (or the Council) could propose to the Council (or the EP) that this decision be cancelled. �