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Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: anti-theft devices
Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: anti-theft devices
Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: anti-theft devices
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Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: anti-theft devices
1) OBJECTIVE
To harmonize anti-theft devices for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
2) ACT
Council Directive 93/33/EEC of 14 June 1993 on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles [Official Journal L 188 of 29.07.1993].
Amended by the following:
Commission Directive 1999/23/EC of 9 April 1999 [Official Journal L 104 of 21.04.1999].
3) SUMMARY
Directive 93/33/EEC
This Directive forms part of the approval procedure for two or three-wheeled motor vehicles, initially put in place by Directive 92/61/EEC which was repealed and replaced by Directive 2002/24/EC.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:
Recognition of equivalence between the provisions of the Directive and those of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Regulation No 62.
The protective device may:
General requirements relating to the design and operation of anti-theft devices:
Requirements specific to the type of protective device.
Conditions governing the testing of protective devices.
Procedure for adapting the provisions of this Directive to technical progress or to amendments to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation.
Procedure for granting component type-approval:
The requirements relating to protective devices form part of a list of 47 characteristics set out in Council framework Directive 92/61/EEC, all of which have to be complied with by manufacturers for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles to be approved and marketed within the Community.
Directive 1999/23/EC
Directive 1999/23/EC adapts the provisions relating to the locking angle of the steering of quadricycles and those relating to the removal of the key from type-3 devices designed to be fitted to tricycles and quadricycles. It also provides for two- and three-wheel motor vehicles to be fitted with protective devices against unauthorised use which are approved for four-wheel motor vehicles.
Protective devices intended to prevent unauthorised use approved for motor vehicles in categories M1 and N1 in conformity with Directive 74/61/EEC may also be fitted to two- or three-wheel motor vehicles.
If it is of type 1, 2 or 3 the protective device must be designed in such a way that the steering can only be locked at an angle of at least 20° to the left and/or right in relation to the straight-ahead position, with the exception of devices designed to be fitted to tricycles and quadricycles
In the case of type 3 protective devices it must not be possible to preload the catch via action on the part of the vehicle user combined or added to a turning of the key. Apart from the conditions provided for in the annex of Directive 93/33/EEC and except in the case of tricycles and quadricycles, it shall not be possible to remove the key once the catch has been preloaded.
Act |
Date of entry into force |
Deadline for implementation in the Member States |
Directive 93/33/EEC |
- |
14.06.1995 |
Directive 99/23/EC |
11.05.1999 |
01.01.2000 |
4) implementing measures
5) follow-up work
Last updated: 14.07.2005