After having amended the proposal by a very large majority, Parliament postponed the vote at the request of the rapporteur, Mr Barton.
The amendments adopted by Parliament mainly recommended:
- a prohibition on the manufacture, import and sale of spare parts which modified a motorcycle to the extent that it no longer complied with the standards laid down by the Directive;
- higher limit values for noise levels:
. 70 dB for mopeds with a design speed of less than 25 km/h (compared with the 66 dB proposed by the Commission);
. 73 dB for mopeds with a design speed of more than 25 km/h (compared with 71 dB);
. 78 dB for three-wheeled vehicles (compared with 76 dB);
. 77 dB for motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of less than 80 cm3 (compared with 71 dB);
. 79 dB for motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of between 80 and 175 cm3 (compared with 77 dB);
. 82 dB for motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of more than 175 cm3 (compared with 80 dB);
. 80 dB for tricycles (compared with 80 dB).
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