Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
8th September 1993
Laid before Parliament
10th September 1993
Coming into force
1st October 1993
The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st October 1993.
2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992(3) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In item 2—
(a)in the third column, there shall be added—
“93/59/EEC”;
(b)in the fourth column, there shall be added—
“L186, 28.7.93, p.21”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Key
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
8th September 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992. The 1992 Regulations implemented Council Directive 92/53/EEC which relates to the type approval of motor vehicles and their trailers.
These Regulations are made in consequence of Council Directive 93/59/EEC which further amends Council Directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles.
Copies of the EEC Directives which are relevant to these Regulations can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The details of the Directives are set out below.
| Principal Instrument | Amending Instruments |
|---|---|
| Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20th March 1970 (OJ No. L76, 6.4.70, p.1) (SE 1970(I), p.171). | Council Directive 74/290/EEC of 28th May 1974 (OJ No. L159, 15.6.74, p.61); Commission Directive 77/102/EEC of 30th November 1976 (OJ No. L32, 3.2.77, p.32); Commission Directive 78/665/EEC of 14th July 1978 (OJ No. L223, 14.8.78, p.48); Council Directive 83/351/EEC of 16th June 1983 (OJ No. L197, 20.7.83, p.1); Council Directive 88/76/EEC of 3rd December 1987 (OJ No. L36, 9.2.88, p.1); Council Directive 88/436/EEC of 16th June 1988 (OJ No. L214, 6.8.88, p.1, to which there is a corrigendum in OJ No. L303, 8.11.88, p.36); Council Directive 89/458/EEC of 18th July 1989 (OJ No. L226, 3.8.89, p.1); Council Directive 91/441/EEC of 26th June 1991 (OJ No. L242, 30.8.91, p.1) and Council Directive 93/59/EEC of 28th June 1993 (OJ No. L186, 28.7.93, p.21). |