Directive 2002/51 - Reduction of the level of pollutant emissions from two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC - Statement by the Commission - Commission declaration as complement - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Directive
Number legal act	Directive 2002/51
Original proposal	COM(2000)314
CELEX number i	32002L0051

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Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the reduction of the level of pollutant emissions from two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC (Text with EEA relevance) - Statement by the Commission - Commission declaration as complement

Official Journal L 252 , 20/09/2002 P. 0020 - 0032

Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 19 July 2002

on the reduction of the level of pollutant emissions from two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Directive 97/24/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 1 May 2002,

Whereas:

• (1) 

  The fifth programme of action of the European Community on protection of the environment, which in its general approach was approved by the Council in the Resolution of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 1 February 1993(4), provides for additional efforts to be made for a considerable reduction in the present level of emissions of pollutants from motor vehicles.

• (2) 

  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(5) is one of the separate Directives under the type-approval procedure laid down by Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles(6).

• (3) 

  Under Article 5 of Directive 97/24/EC, the Commission is required to submit, to the European Parliament and the Council, within 24 months from the date of adoption of the Directive, a proposal prepared on the basis of research and an assessment of the costs and benefits deriving from the application of tightened-up limit values and laying down a subsequent stage during which measures will be adopted aimed at further tightening of the limit values for pollutants of the vehicles concerned. Such action is limited to motorcycles, since a subsequent stage entailing tighter limit values for mopeds, to be applied from 17 June 2002, is already provided for in Directive 97/24/EC.

• (4) 

  On the basis of the assessment of the technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness, a single set of new Type I test limits, applicable from 2003 for all motorcycles, has been identified, corresponding to a reduction of 60 % for hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide for four-stroke motorcycles, and 70 % for hydrocarbons and 30 % for carbon monoxide for two-stroke motorcycles. For four-stroke motorcycles, further reductions in nitrogen oxides were not considered feasible with the envisaged technologies. For two-stroke motorcycles, the application of advanced direct injection technology, which has the greatest reduction potential in terms of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, is inevitably linked to a moderate increase of the nitrogen oxides limit, relative to the present-day limit value, bringing the limit in line with four-stroke motorcycles. On the basis of the emission inventory, which confirms the marginal share of motorcycles in total road-transport emissions of nitrogen oxides, this is regarded as acceptable.

• (5) 

  In the light of the special characteristics and the use of certain categories of vehicle known as enduro and trial motorcycles and having regard to their very small contribution to overall emissions, owing to the small number of such vehicles sold each year in Europe, a temporary...

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