Article 1 · Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1717

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Directive 2014/45/EU is amended as follows:

(1)Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(i)the introductory wording is replaced by the following:‘1.This Directive shall apply to vehicles with a design speed exceeding 25km/h of the following categories, as referred to in Regulations (EU) No 167/2013^note, (EU) No 168/2013^note, and (EU) 2018/858^note of the European Parliament and of the Council:

(ii)the sixth and seventh indents are replaced by the following:

—from 1 January 2022, two- or three-wheel vehicles – vehicle categories L3e, L4e, L5e and L7e equipped with a combustion engine with a displacement of more than 125 cm³; wheeled tractors of categories T1b, T2b, T3b, T4.1b, T4.2b and T4.3b the use of which mainly takes place on public roads with a maximum design speed exceeding 40km/h.’;

(b)in paragraph 2, the seventh indent is replaced by the following:

—vehicles in categories L3e, L4e, L5e and L7e equipped with a combustion engine with a displacement of more than 125 cm³ where the Member State has put in place effective alternative road safety measures for two or three-wheel vehicles, taking into account in particular relevant road safety statistics covering the last five years. Member States shall notify such exemptions to the Commission.’;

(2)Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 1, point (c) is replaced by the following:

(c)wheeled tractors of categories T1b, T2b, T3b, T4.1b, T4.2b and T4.3b the use of which mainly takes place on public roads for commercial road haulage purposes: four years after the date on which the vehicle was first registered, and thereafter every two years.’;

(b)paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:‘2.Member States shall establish appropriate intervals within which vehicles of categories L3e, L4e, L5e and L7e equipped with a combustion engine with a displacement of more than 125 cm³, are to be subject to a roadworthiness test.’;

(3)Annexes I and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

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