COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 28 March 1983 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/764/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (83/190/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 wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (1), as last amended by Directive 79/694/EEC (2), and by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 78/764/EEC of 25 July 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3),
Whereas experience gained and the current state of the art now make it possible to supplement certain requirements and bring them more into line with actual test conditions ; whereas it has proved necessary to amend the wording of certain items in some language versions so as to ensure alignment with the other language versions;
Whereas this first set of amendments may be followed by others concerning, initially, a procedure for the inspection of the driver's seat on tractors whose mass exceeds 5 tonnes, in particular by means of test-stand examinations and, subsequently, as soon as technical conditions so permit, the replacement of track tests by test-stand inspections and, if possible, of test personnel by mechanical devices (for example, dummies);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Agricultural or Forestry Tractors,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes I, II and IV to Directive 78/764/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. With effect from 1 October 1983, no Member State may: - refuse to grant EEC type-approval, to issue the document referred to in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 74/150/EEC or to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor, or
- prohibit the entry into service of tractors,
if the driver's seat of this type of tractor or of these tractors complies with the provisions of this Directive.
2. With effect from 1 October 1984, Member States: - shall no longer issue the document referred to in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 74/150/EEC in respect of a type of tractor in which the driver's seat does not comply with the provisions of this Directive, (1) OJ No L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10. (2) OJ No L 205, 13.8.1979, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 255, 18.9.1978, p. 1.
- may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor in which the driver's seat does not comply with the provisions of the present Directive.
Article 3
Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 1983 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 March 1983.