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Document 62009CN0142

Case C-142/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Dendermonde (Belgium) lodged on 22 April 2009 — Criminal proceedings against V.W. Lahousse & Lavichy BVBA

OJ C 153, 4.7.2009, p. 25–25 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

4.7.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 153/25


Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Dendermonde (Belgium) lodged on 22 April 2009 — Criminal proceedings against V.W. Lahousse & Lavichy BVBA

(Case C-142/09)

2009/C 153/45

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Dendermonde

Parties to the main proceedings

Defendants:

:

1.

V.W. Lahousse

2.

Lavichy BVBA

Question referred

Must Directive 2002/24/EC, (1) in particular Article 1(1)(d) thereof (according to which the directive does not apply to vehicles intended for use in competition, on roads or in off-road conditions), be interpreted as allowing the Member States to extend its scope so as to render it applicable to all traffic by land (that is to say, also to the use of two or three-wheel motor vehicles off-road and/or on private land), without granting the exception in respect of vehicles intended for use in competition on roads (racing) or for vehicles in off-road conditions?


(1)  Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC (OJ 2002 L 124, p. 1).


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