L 202/16 Official Journal of the European Union 4.8.2009 DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 2009/80/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 July 2009 on the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee ('), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (), Whereas: (1) Council Directive 93/29/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (°) has been substan- tially amended (). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified. (2)  Directive 93/29/EEC is one of the separate Directives of the EC type-approval system provided for in Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles as replaced by Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (°) and lays down technical prescriptions concerning the design and construction of two or three- wheel motor vehicles as regards the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators. These technical prescriptions concern the approximation of the laws of the Member States to allow for the EC type-approval procedure provided for in Directive 2002/24[EC to be applied in respect of each type of vehicle. Consequently () OJ C 325, 30.12.2006, p. 28. () Opinion of the European Parliament of 19 June 2007 (O] C 146 E, 12.6.2008, p. 72) and Council Decision of 7 July 2009. () OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 1. (*) See Annex III, Part A. () O] L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1. the provisions laid down in Directive 2002/24[EC relating to vehicle systems, components and separate technical units apply to this Directive. (3)  In order to facilitate access to the markets of non- Community countries an equivalence should exist between the requirements of this Directive and those of Regulation No 60 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (°) (UNECE). (4)  This Directive should be without prejudice to the obli- gations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex III, Part B, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 This Directive applies to the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for all types of vehicles as referred to in Article 1 of Directive 2002/24/EC. Article 2 The procedure for the granting of EC component type-approval in respect of the identification of controls, tell-tales and indi- cators for 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 Chapters II and III of Directive 2002/24/EC. Article 3 1. In accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Directive 2002/24[EC, equivalence between the requirements laid down in this Directive and those laid down in UNECE Regulation No 60 is hereby acknowledged. 2. The authorities of the Member States which grant EC component type-approval shall accept approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of the UNECE Regulation referred to in paragraph 1 as well as component type- approval marks as an alternative to the corresponding approvals granted in accordance with the requirements of this Directive. () EJECE/TRANS[505 — Add. 59.