Article 1U.K.
This Directive applies to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on all types of vehicle as defined in Article 1 of Directive 92/61/EEC.
Article 2U.K.
The procedure governing the granting of component type-approval in respect of the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on a type of two or three-wheel motor vehicle and the conditions governing the free movement of such vehicles shall be as laid down in Directive 92/61/EEC.
Article 3U.K.
In accordance with Article 11 of Directive 92/61/EEC, equivalence between the requirements laid down in this Directive for two-wheel motorcycles and those laid down in United Nations ECE [X1Regulation No 53/ONU (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.52/Amend. 1)] is hereby acknowledged.
The authorities of the Member States which grant component type-approval shall accept approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of the abovementioned Regulation No 53 as well as component type-approval marks as an alternative to the corresponding approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of this Directive.
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Article 4U.K.
Any amendments necessary in order to adapt Annexes I to VI to technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC(1).
Article 5U.K.
Member States which, in their national law concerning the installation of stop lamps on two-wheel mopeds, specify requirements which are less stringent than those laid down in this Directive, may continue to apply those requirements for a maximum period of three years from the implementation date of this Directive.
Article 6U.K.
1.Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 May 1995. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
From the date mentioned in the first subparagraph Member States may not, for reasons connected with the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices, prohibit the initial entry into service of vehicles which conform to this Directive.
They shall apply the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph as from 1 November 1995.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the fields covered by this Directive.
Article 7U.K.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.