Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive: (a) "vehicle": shall mean any vehicle as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(5) and in Article 1 of Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles(6); (b) "registration": shall mean the administrative authorisation for the entry into service in road traffic of a vehicle, involving the identification of the latter and the issuing to it of a serial number, to be known as the registration number; (c) "registration certificate": shall mean the document which certifies that the vehicle is registered in a Member State; (d) "holder of the registration certificate": shall mean the person in whose name a vehicle is registered.