Commission Directive 1999/56/EC of 3 June 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/933/EEC relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural vehicle, signalling device, tractor, vehicle parts

11. 6. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 146/31

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/56/EC

of 3 June 1999

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/933/EEC relating to the
installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and
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
Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 78/933/EEC of 17
October 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to the installation of lighting and
light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and
forestry tractors (3), as last amended by Directive 97/
54/EC, and in particular Article 5 thereof,

(1) Whereas,

in order to improve safety,

necessary to specify how the
devices should be installed;

it

is now
light-signalling

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Direc-
tive 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

The Annexes
amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

to Directive 78/933/EEC are hereby

From 1 January 2001, Member States:

2.
 may no longer issue the document provided for in the
third indent of Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC
in respect of a type of tractor which does not meet the
requirements of Directive 78/933/EEC, as amended
by this Directive,

 may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect
of a type of tractor which does not meet the require-
ments of Directive 78/933/EEC, as amended by this
Directive.

Article 3

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive by 30 June 2000 at the latest. They
shall forthwith 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 publi-
cation. Member States shall determine how such reference
is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion the text of the main provisions of domestic law that
they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 4

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 2

Article 5

From 1 July 2000, Member States may not:
1.
 refuse to grant EC type-approval, to issue the docu-
ment provided for in the third ident of Article 10(1) of
Directive 74/150/EEC, or
type-
approval, in respect of a type of tractor, or

to grant national

 prohibit the entry into service of tractors,
if
Directive 78/933/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

the tractors in question meet

the requirements of

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 June 1999.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 325, 20.11.1978, p. 16.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 6. 1999

ANNEX

The Annexes to Directive 78/933/EEC are hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is amended as follows:

(a) in item 3.13:

 every reference to ‘selective yellow' is deleted,
 in the ninth indent, the rest of the sentence after the word ‘white' is deleted,
 the last paragraph is deleted;

(b) item 4.2.4.2.2 is replaced by the following:

‘4.2.4.2.2 in the case of tractors equipped for the fitting of portable devices at the front, two dipped-
beam headlamps in addition to the lamps mentioned in 4.2.4.2.1 shall be allowed at a height
not exceeding 3 000 mm, if the electrical connections are such that two pairs of dipped-beam
headlamps cannot be switched on at the same time.';

(c) in item 4.7.1,

‘Optional' is replaced by ‘Mandatory';

(d) in item 4.9.4.2,

‘2 100 mm' is replaced by ‘2 300 mm';

2. Annex II is amended as follows:

(a) after the title, the text reading:

‘Articles 4(2) and 10 of 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 with a
maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h'

is replaced by the following text:

‘Articles 4(2) and 10 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors';

(b) at the end of footnote (1),

‘with a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h' is deleted.