To recall, on 27 March 2003, the Commission presented a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive codifying Council Directive 93/32/EEC of 14 June 1993 on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles. In its opinion of 26 June 2003 the Consultative Working Party of the legal services set up under the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative textshas stated that the above proposal does indeed confine itself to straightforward codification, without any substantive changes to the acts covered by it.
In view of the work already carried out in the Council on the proposal referred to at point 1, the Commission has decided to present – in accordance with Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty – an amended proposal for codification of the Directive in question.
This amended proposal also takes account of the purely formal or editorial changes proposed by the Consultative Working Party of Legal Services, where these are considered justified. This amended proposal also includes corrigenda to Directive 93/32/EEC.