Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 6th December, 2013.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive 2005/30/EC of 22 April 2005¹ , Council Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006² , Commission Directive 2006/120/EC of 27 November 2006³ , Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008⁴ and Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013⁵ , in so far as they relate to the entry into service of two or three-wheel motor vehicles, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Two and Three Wheel Motor Vehicle Entry into Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Two and Three Wheel Motor Vehicle Entry into Service) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2005 ) is amended by substituting for the definition of "Council Directive" the following definition:

"‘Council Directive’ means Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002⁶ , as amended by Commission Directive 2003/77/EC of 11 August 2003, Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded⁷ , Commission Directive 2005/30/EC of 22 April 2005¹, Council Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006², Commission Directive 2006/120/EC of 27 November 2006³, Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008⁴ and Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013⁵;"

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 December 2013.

LEO VARADKAR T.D.,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Regulations amend the European Communities (Two and Three Wheel Motor Vehicle Entry into Service) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2005 ), which gave effect to Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 (the Framework Directive) and to each of the separate Directives that individually regulate many components, systems and separate technical units, in so far as those Directives relate to the registration and entry into service of two or three wheel motor vehicles. These Regulations amend the definition of "Council Directive" in the Regulations of 2005 in order to take account of a number of amending regulatory acts, the most recent being Council Directive 2013/15/EU on the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Two and Three Wheel Motor Vehicle Entry into Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

1 OJ No. L 106, 27.04.2005, p. 17.

2 OJ No. L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 81.

3 OJ No. L 330, 28.11.2006, p. 16.

4 OJ No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p. 1.

5 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 172.

6 OJ No. L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1, as corrected by Corrigendum, OJ No. L 49, 22.2.2003, p. 23.

7 OJ No. L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.