Two or Three Wheel Motor Vehicles (EC Type - Approval)

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,794, 22 ta’ Lulju, 2005

L.N. 270 of 2005

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(ACT NO. V OF 2001)

Two or Three Wheel Motor Vehicles (EC Type - Approval)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 to 40 of the

Product Safety Act, 2001, the Minister for Competitiveness and

Communication, on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, has

made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Two or Three Wheel Motor Citation.

Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005, and

they shall be read and construed as one with the Two or Three Wheel

Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations, 2003, hereinafter L.N. 28 of 2003.

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Sub-regulations 1.2.4 and 1.2.5 of regulation 1 of the principal Amends regulation

1 of the principal

regulations shall be repealed and the following sub-regulation shall be regulations.

added immediately after sub-regulation 1.3.

(1) “1.4 The Consumer and Industrial Goods Directorate

of the Malta Standards Authority as established by virtue of the

Malta Standards Authority (Establishments of Directorates) Order L.N. 213 of 2000.

2000 shall act as the Maltese, ‘approval authority’ in terms of

regulation 3.1.13 of these regulations.”

For Schedule VII to the principal regulations, there shall be Substitutes

Schedule VII to the

substituted the following>–

principal

regulations.

“

Schedule VII

Based on Annex VII of the Directive

TEST RESULTS

( Article 5(1), first subparagraph)

(This sheet must be completed by the approval authority and be attached to the vehicle type approval certificate)

In each case, the information must make clear to which variant and version it is applicable.

One version may not have more than one result.

1. Results of the sound level tests

Number of the base Directive and latest amending Directive applicable to the approval. In the case of a Directive

with two or more implementation stages, indicate also the implementation stage

Variant/version

Moving dB(A)

Stationary dB(A)

-1

at (min )

2. Results of the exhaust emission tests

Number of the base Directive and latest amending Directive applicable to the approval. In the case of a Directive

with two or more implementation stages, indicate also the implementation stage

Variant/version

2.1. Type I

CO (g/km):………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

HC (g/km) ( ): 1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

NO x (g/km) ( ): ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

HC + NO X (g/km) ( )2 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

22 (1) Only for motorcycles and motor tricycles and for quadricycles as defined in Article 1, paragraph 3(b).

(2) Only for mopeds and for light quadricycles as defined in Article 1, paragraph 3 (a) .

2.2. Type II

CO (g/min)( ): ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

HC (g/min)( ): ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

CO (% vol) at normal idle speed ( ):……………………………………………………………………………………….

Specify the Idle speed ( ) ( ) :3 :…………………………………………………………………………………………...

CO (% vol) at high idle speed ( ):……………………………………………….………………………………………….

Specify the Idle speed ( ) ( ) :4 :…………………………………………………………………………………………...

Engine Oil Temperature ( ) ( )5 : …………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Compression ignition engine

Variant/version

Corrected value of absorption coefficient

-1

(m )

(1) Only for motorcycles and motor tricycles and for quadricycles as defined in Article 1, paragraph 3(b).

(2) Only for mopeds and for light quadricycles as defined in Article 1, paragraph 3 (a) .

(3) Mention the measurement tolerance

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(4) Applicable for four stroke engines only

For Schedules IX to the principal regulation, there shall be

substituted the following>–

Schedule IX

Directives on Two or Three-Wheel Motor Vehicles

Title

Type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Braking of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Identification of controls, telltales and indicators for two or three-wheel

motor vehicles

Audible warning device for two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Stands for two-wheel motor vehicles

Passenger hand-holds of two-wheel motor vehicles

Protective devices intended to prevent the unauthorized use of two or three-

wheel motor vehicles

Statutory markings for two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Installation of lighting and light signalling devices on two or three-wheel

motor vehicles

Masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor

vehicles

Maximum design speed, maximum torque and maximum net engine power

of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Certain components or characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

Adaptation of directive 93/33/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/32/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/34/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/94/EC

Nr

Reference

Title

2000/7/EC

Speedometers and amendment of Directive 92/61/EEC

2000/72/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/31/EC

2000/73/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/92/EC

2000/74/EC

Adaptation of directive 93/29/EC

2002/41/EC

Adaptation of Directive 95/1/EC

2002/51/EC

Amendment of Directive 97/24/EC

2003/77/EC

Amendment of Directives 97/24/EC and 2002/24/EC

2004/86/EC

Amendment of Directive 93/93/EC

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