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Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: lighting and light-signalling devices
1) OBJECTIVE
To harmonise the laws of the Member States and establish a type-approval procedure with regard to lighting and light-signalling devices on two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
2) ACT
Council Directive 93/92/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles
[Official Journal L 311 of 14.12.1993].
Amended by:
Commission Directive 2000/73/EC of 22 November 2000 [Official Journal L 300 of 29.11.2000].
3) SUMMARY
Directive 93/92/EEC
This Directive comes under the type-approval procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles, initially put in place by Directive 92/61/EEC which was repealed and replaced by Directive 2002/24/EC.
The vehicles covered by the Directive are divided into:
The requirements relate to numbers, installation diagrams, geometrical visibility, alignment, incorporation with other devices and telltales for each lighting and light-signalling device according to the type of vehicle.
The annexes contain a list of colours of the various lights and a procedure for adapting requirements to technical progress.
The procedure for granting type-approval is as follows:
The requirements relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices form part of a set of 47 characteristics provided for by Council framework Directive 92/61/EEC which must all be observed by manufacturers so that two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles may be type-approved and placed on the Community market.
Directive 2000/73/EC
With effect from 1 January 2002, Member States may not, on grounds relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices:
With effect from 1 July 2002, Member States must refuse to grant EC type-approval for any new type of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle on grounds relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices if the requirements of Directive 93/92/EEC, as amended by this Directive, are not fulfilled.
Act |
Date of entry into force |
Deadline for implementation in the Member States |
Directive 93/92/EEC |
23.11.1993 |
31.10.1995 |
Directive 2000/73/EC |
19.12.2000 |
31.12.2001 |
4) implementing measures
5) follow-up work
Last updated: 14.07.2005