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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This summary has been archived and will not be updated.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 'Cerințe privind omologarea și supravegherea pieței pentru motociclete/mopede și vehicule de tip Quad în UE' 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approval procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles, initially put in place by Directive 92/61/EEC which was repealed and replaced by Directive 2002/24/EC.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