COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2010/22/EU
of 15 March 2010
amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 80/720/EEC, 86/298/EEC, 86/415/EEC and 87/402/EEC and Directives 2000/25/EC and 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/720/EEC of 24 June 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the operating space, access to the driving position and the doors and windows of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (1), in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/298/EEC of 26 May 1986 on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-tracked wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/415/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the installation, location, operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 87/402/EEC of 25 June 1987 on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver’s seat in wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (4), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2000 on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors and amending Council Directive 74/150/EEC (5), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC (6), and in particular points (a) and (b) of Article 19(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
As concerns Directive 80/720/EEC, it is appropriate to clarify which windows may be designated as emergency exits.
(2)
As concerns Directive 86/415/EEC, in order to improve safety of tractors it is suitable to specify safety requirements for the external controls of the power take-off.
(3)
As concerns Directive 86/415/EEC, the use of pictorials according to standards ISO 3767-1:1996 and ISO 3767-2:1996 as symbols for the controls should be allowed in order to adapt Community standards to the standards applied in the framework of controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors worldwide.
(4)
As concerns Directive 2000/25/EC, certain additional indications need to be specified in order to be consistent with the introduction of new stage limits (IIIA, IIIB and IV), introduced by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC (7).
(5)
As concerns Directive 2003/37/EC, a more precise wording for some points in the information documents should be included for reasons of clarity.
(6)
As concerns Directives 2003/37/EC, 86/298/EEC and 87/402/EEC, in view of the fact that OECD Decision C(2005) 1 of the OECD Council was most recently amended by Decision C(2008) 128 of October 2008, it is appropriate to update the references to the OECD codes. For reasons of legal certainty it is necessary to include the relevant texts of such OECD documents in the Directives.
(7)
Directives, 80/720/EEC, 86/298/EEC, 86/415/EEC, 87/402/EEC, 2000/25/EC and 2003/37/EC should be amended accordingly.
(8)
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 20(1) of Directive 2003/37/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Amendments to Directive 80/720/EEC
Directive 80/720/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.
Article 2
Amendment to Directive 86/298/EEC
Directive 86/298/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.
Article 3
Amendment to Directive 86/415/EEC
Directive 86/415/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.
Article 4
Amendment to Directive 87/402/EEC
Directive 87/402/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Directive.
Article 5
Amendment to Directive 2000/25/EC
Directive 2000/25/EC is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Directive.
Article 6
Amendment to Directive 2003/37/EC
Directive 2003/37/EC is amended as follows:
1.
in Article 12(4), the words ‘test bulletin’ are replaced by ‘test report’
[concerns only the English version];
2.
Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Directive.
Article 7
Transposition
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 April 2011 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the texts of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 May 2011, with the exception of Article 5 which they shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 8
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 9
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 March 2010.