G/TBT/N/ESP/41  
15 January  2020 
(20-0395) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificatio n shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Producciones y Mercados Agrarios  (Directorate -General  of 
Agricultural Production and Markets)  
Tel.: 34 913476606  
Fax: 34 913475883  
dgpma@mapa.es  
www.mapa.gob.es/es  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Agricultural machinery ; HS codes 84.32, 84.33 and 84.38  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de Real 
Decreto sobre Caracterización y Registro de la Maquinaria Agrícola  (Draft Royal Decree 
on characterization and registration of agricultural machinery) (30 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Royal Decree establishes regulations 
governing th e characterization and registration of agricultural machinery, as well as a 
voluntary quality mark for agricultural machines.  
Agricultural, livestock and forestry machinery is classified and registered  accordingly , 
thereby  providing the sector with a usefu l, up-to-date database and facilitating access to 
information . The establishment of voluntary quality tests based on  the verification of  
technical procedures, which test the agronomic and safety performance, environmental 
protection and energy efficiency o f such machinery, is promoted.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The objectives of the draft Royal Decree ar e: 
1. To try to reduce the number of outdated tractors without a rollover protection 
structure, due to the high number of fatal accidents involving such tractors;  
2. To create a quality mark for tractors that have been classified as A, B or C based 
on their energy efficiency , using the Spanish methodology developed by the 
Ministry of Agricult ure, Fisheries and Food and the Institute for Energy 
Diversification and Conservation (IDAE);  To establish criteria for awarding this G/TBT/N/ESP/41  
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  quality mark to other agricultural machine ry that pass es performance, agronomic 
efficiency and safety tests;  
3. To remove reg istered machines that are no longer in use from the Spanish 
agricultural machinery census, so that the data are accurate, by establishing the 
obligation to deregister such machinery from the Official Register of Agricultural 
Machinery or making provision f or its deregistration by the competent regional 
authorities.  
8. Relevant documents:  
https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/agricultura/participacion -
publica/rdregistromaquinariaversionfinal280819_tcm30 -512572.pdf  
9. Prop osed date of adoption : 1 April 2 020 
Proposed date of entry into force : 2 April 2 020 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
MPAyOEVV@mapa.es  
https://www.mapa.g ob.es/es/agricultura/participacion -
publica/rdregistromaquinariaversionfinal280819_tcm30 -512572.pdf