Commission Directive 1999/58/EC of 7 June 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 79/533/EEC relating to coupling and reversing devices for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, driving mechanism, safety standard, technological change, tractor, vehicle parts

15. 6. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 148/37

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/58/EC

of 7 June 1999

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 79/533/EEC relating to coupling
and reversing devices for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2. the diagram is deleted.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 2

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 79/533/EEC of 17
May 1979 on the approximation of
the
Member States relating to the coupling devide and the
reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3), as
last amended by Directive 97/54/EC, and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

the laws of

(1) Whereas,

in order to improve safety,

it
necessary to clarify the requirements
coupling device;

is now
the
for

(2) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
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

Item 3 of Annex I to Directive 79/533/EEC is hereby
amended as follows:

1. the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

the slotted-jaw type. The
‘The device shall be of
opening at the centre of the locking pin shall be 60
mm + 0,5/– 1,5 mm and the depth of the jaw meas-
ured from the centre of the pin shall be 62 mm (cid:1) 0,5
mm.';

1.
From 1 July 2000, Member States may not:
 refuse to grant EC type-approval, to issue the docu-
ment provided for in the third 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 tractors in question comply with the requirements
of Directive 79/533/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

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 79/533/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 79/533/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 provision, 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

(1) OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 20.

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

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15. 6. 1999

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 7 June 1999.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission