Commission Directive 2001/3/EC
of 8 January 2001
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 74/150/EEC relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Council Directive 75/322/EEC relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines fitted to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/25/EC(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary to clarify certain Articles of Directive 74/150/EEC and to align the Annexes thereto with the Annexes to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(3), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/40/EC(4), and with the Annexes to Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles(5), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/7/EC(6).
(2) Council Directive 75/322(EEC)(7), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/2/EC(8), contains an information document which needs to the renumbered to take account of the numbering scheme introduced by this Directive.
(3) Directives 74/150/EEC and 75/322/EEC should be adapted accordingly.
(4) The provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Article 12 of Directive 74/150/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directive 74/150/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2(b), the words words "special Directives" are replaced by the words "special Directives listed in Annex II".
2. In Article 3, the second sentence is replaced by the following:"An application shall be accompanied by an exhaustive list of information or an information document, the models of which are given in Annex I, and by the documents referred to therein."
3. In Article 4(1), the introductory wording is replaced by the following:"A Member State shall approve all tractor types (defined in Annex II, along with the category to which it belongs) which satisfy the following conditions:".
4. The Annexes are replaced by the text shown in Annex I to this Directive.
Article 2
Annex IIA (other than its appendices) to Directive 75/322/EEC is replaced by the text shown in Annex II to this Directive.
Article 3
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 30 June 2002. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 January 2001.