Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th May, 2014.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2013/60/EU of 27 November 2013¹ , amending Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council² , Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council³ and Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁴ in so far as it applies to the type approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Motor Vehicles Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

2. The following is substituted for Schedule 1 Part 2 (inserted by Regulation 3 of the European Communities (Motor Vehicles Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2013) of the European Communities (Motor Vehicles Type Approval) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 127 of 2009 ):

"PART 2

Directives applicable to two-and three-wheeled vehicles

1 Council Directive 93/14/EEC of 5 April 1993 on braking of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 121, 15.5.1993, p.1)

Amended by

Corrigenda

OJ No. L 288, 30.10.2008, p. 12 (2006/27/EC)

2 Council Directive 93/30/EEC of 14 June 1993 on audible warning devices for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 188, 29.7.1993, p.11)

3 Council Directive 93/33/EEC of 14 June 1993 on protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 188, 29.7.93, p.32)

Amended by

4 Council Directive 93/93/EEC of 29 October 1993 on masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 311, 14.12.1993, p.76)

Amended by

Corrigenda

OJ No. L 75, 4.4.1995, p. 30 (93/93/EEC)

5 Directive 95/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 February 1995 on maximum design speed, maximum torque and maximum net engine power of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 52, 8.3.1995, p.1)

Amended by

6 Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 226, 18.8.1997, p.1)

Amended by

Corrigenda

OJ No. L 244, 3.9.1998, p. 20 (97/24/EC)

OJ No. L 21, 26.1.2000, p. 44 (97/24/EC)

7 Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 on the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 124, 9.5.2002, p.1)

Amended by

Corrigenda

OJ No. L 49, 22.2.2003, p. 23 (2002/24/EC)

8 Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on pollutant emissions from two and three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 252, 20.9.2002, p.20)

9 Directive 2009/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 198, 30.7.2009, p.20)

10 Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 222, 25.8.2009, p. 1)

Amended by

11 Directive 2009/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on stands for two-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 231, 3.9.2009, p.8)

12 Directive 2009/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 201, 1.8.2009, p.29)

13 Directive 2009/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the identification of controls, tell tales and indicators for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 202, 4.8.2009, p.16)

14 Directive 2009/139/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 25, 2009 on statutory markings for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ No. L 322, 9.12.2009, p. 3)

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 May 2014.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Motor Vehicles Type Approval) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 127 of 2009 ), which implemented the provisions of a number of European Union Directives which deal with the type approval of motor vehicles, their trailers and components, and two and three-wheel vehicles including quadricycles. These Regulations replace the list of Directives set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 2009 in order to give effect to Commission Directive 2013/60/EU relating to the type-approval of certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Motor Vehicles Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

1 OJ L 329, 10.12.2013, p. 15

2 OJ L 226, 18.8.1997, p.1

3 OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p.1

4 OJ L 222, 25.8.2009, p. 1