. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/364 
25 February 2011  
 (11-0977) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN UNION
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
European Commission, 
EU - TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
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):  Diesel engines installed in 
new agricultural tractors. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a Directive 
of the European Parliament and of the Counc il amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the 
provisions for tractors placed on the market  under the flexibility scheme (COM(2010) 607) 
(10 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal for a Directive amends the provisions on the 
flexibility schemes with regard to emissions from agricultural tractors.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety. The pr oposal adapts the application of the existing 
emission limits in the EU legi slation to take account of tech nical and economic developments 
with regard to engines for agricultural tractors.  
8. Relevant documents: 
Existing EU legislation 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2000:173:0001:0034:EN:PDF  
Impact assessment. 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterpris e/sectors/automotive/documents/proposals/index_en.htm#h2-1   G/TBT/N/EEC/364 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:     End of December 2011 
   20 days from publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.). Proposed date of entry into application: from 1 January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   European Commission, 
EU - TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
The text is available in English French and Spanish on the EU - TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
and at  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0607:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0607:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0607:FIN:ES:PDF  
and in all the languages of the EU at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010PC0607:en:NOT
 
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/EEC/11_0516_00_e.pdf