Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on the recognition in intra-Community traffic of the distinguishing sign of the Member State in which motor vehicles and their trailers are registered
C 159/16 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 5. 98 Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on the recognition in intraÜCommunity traffic of the distinguishing sign of the Member State in which motor vehicles and their trailers are registeredØ(˛) (98/C 159/07) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(1998) 227 final - 97/0199(SYN) (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty on 16 April 1998) (˛) OJ C 290, 24. 9. 1997. The Commission proposal in document COM(97) 366 final - SYN 97/0199 is amended as follows: ORIGINAL TEXT AMENDED TEXT (Amendment 1) Article 2 This Regulation shall apply to vehicles registered in the Member States that are driven in the Community. This Regulation shall apply to vehicles and their trailers registered in the Member States that are driven in the Community. (Amendment 2) Article 3 Member States requiring vehicles registered in another Member State to display a distinguishing registration sign when they are being driven on their territory shall recognise the distinguishing registration sign displayed in accordance with the specifications in the annex to this Regulation. their Member States requiring vehicles and trailers registered in another Member State to display a distinÜ guishing registration sign when they are being driven on their territory shall recognise the distinguishing regisÜ tration sign displayed on the left hand side of the number plate in accordance with the specifications in the annex to this Regulation as being equivalent to any other distinguishing sign which they recognise for the purpose of identifying the State of registration of the vehicle