This license is for scooters and mopeds with no more than 50 cc (3.1 cu in), and a maximum speed of 45 km/h (28 mph). E.U. member countries that had not fully implemented the E.U. directive that refers to the moped and other drivers license categories had to do so by 2013 at the latest.
These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry, and damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major Kuwaiti oil field. Concerted efforts to bring the fires and other damage under control began in April 1991.
On March 20, 1973, Iraqi troops seized the Kuwait border post at Al-Samitah. Baghdad announced that it was annexing a part of occupied Iraq near the Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr. Once again, Kuwait appealed to the Arab League; Saudi Arabia mediated the withdrawal of Iraqi forces.