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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 30 June 1988
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/764/EEC on the laws of the Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
(88/465/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type approval of wheeles agricultural or forestry tractors (1), as last amended by Directive 88/297/EEC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas, in view of the experience acquired and taking account of the current state of the art, it is now possible to amend the classification of the standard tractors provided for in Council Directive 78/764/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 87/354/EEC (4), and to make certain provisions of that Directive more precise and complete;
Whereas this new classification has also been accepted by the ISO on the basis of the results of research carried out in Europe and the United States of America;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives aimed at the removal of technical barriers to trade in the agricultural or forestry tractor sector,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to Directive 78/764/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Ditective.
Article 2
1. From 1 October 1988, no Member State may:
(a) - refuse, in respect of a type of tractor, to grant EEC type approval, to issue the document referred to in Article 10 (1), final indent, of Directive 74/150/EEC, or to grant national type approval, or
- prohibit the entry into service of tractors,
if the driver's seat on this type of tractor or tractors complies with the provisions of this Directive;
(b) - refuse, in respect of a type of driver's seat, to grant EEC component type approval or national type-approval if seats of that type comply with the provisions of this Directive, or
- prohibit the placing on the market of driver's seats which bear the EEC component type approval mark issued in accordance with the provisions of this Directive.
2. From 1 October 1989, Member States:
(a) - shall no longer issue the document referred to in Article 10 (1), final indent, of Directive 74/150/EEC in respect of a type of tractor the driver's seat of which does not comply with the provisions of this Directive,
- may refuse to grant national type approval in respect of a type of tractor the driver's seat of which does not comply with the provisions of this Directive;
(b) - shall not grant EEC component type approval in respect of a type of driver's seat if it does not comply with the provisions of this Directive,
- may refuse to grant national component type approval in respect of a type of driver's seat if it does not comply with the provisions of this Directive.
Article 3
Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive not later than 30 September 1988. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988.