PURPOSE : to harmonise specifications for speedometers on two-or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on speedometers for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
CONTENT : this Directive shall apply to the speedometer of each type of vehicle described in Article I of Directive 92/61/EEC. Any vehicle falling within the scope of Directive 92/61/EEC shall be fitted with a speedometer complying with the Annex to this Directive. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed in order to comply with this Directive before 1 January 2001. They shall forwith inform the Commission. With effect from 1 January 2001, Member States may no longer prohibit, on grounds relating to the speedometers, the first bringing into service of vehicles that meet the requirements of this Directive.
In relation to mopeds, these requirements shall be applicable from 1 July 2000.
ENTRY INTO FORCE : this Directive shall enter into force on 03.05.2000.�