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Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: braking devices
Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: braking devices
Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: braking devices
This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See 'Mootorrataste, mopeedide ja neljarattaliste sõidukite tüübikinnituse ja turujärelevalve nõuded Euroopas' for an updated information about the subject.
Two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles: braking devices
1) OBJECTIVE
To harmonize the laws of the Member States and establish a type-approval procedure with regard to the braking of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
2) ACT
Council Directive 93/14/EEC of 5 April 1993 on the braking of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles [Official Journal L 121 of 15.05.1993].
Amended by Commission Directive 2006/27/EC of 3 March 2006 [Official Journal L 66 of 08.03.2006].
3) SUMMARY
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approval procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles, initially put in place by Directive 92/61/EEC which was repealed and replaced by Directive 2002/24/EC.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 as follows:
Recognition of equivalence between requirements of the Directive and those of Regulation No 78 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE/UN).
Specifications concerning the design, construction and assembly of braking devices, and braking tests and performances based on braking distance.
Characteristics of braking devices for various types of vehicles:
Specific requirements relating to the performance of braking systems equipped with anti-lock devices fitted to two-wheeled mopeds, two-wheeled motorcycles and tricycles.
Procedure for adapting requirements to technical progress or to amendments of the ECE/UN Regulation.
Procedure for granting type-approval:
The requirements relating to braking 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.
Act |
Date of entry into force |
Deadline for implementation in the Member States |
Directive 93/14/EEC |
23.04.1993 |
05.04.1994 |
Directive 2006/27/EC |
28.03.2006 |
31.12.2006 |
4) implementing measures
5) follow-up work
Last updated: 11.07.2006