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.
1 August 2: About 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait, initiating the Gulf War. 2  The U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 661 imposing a trade embargo on Iraq in a 13-0 vote, with Cuba and Yemen abstaining.3  August 7: The United States launched Operation Desert Shield. August 8: Saddam Hussein proclaimed the annexation of Kuwait. 2  August 12: Naval blockade of Iraq begins. 3  August 28: Iraq declared Kuwait as its 19th province and renames Kuwait City as al-Kadhima. 4  September 14: United Kingdom and France announce the deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia.