Commission Directive 1999/57/EC of 7 June 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/764/EEC relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: safety standard, technical standard, technological change, tractor, vehicle parts

15. 6. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 148/35

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/57/EC

of 7 June 1999

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/764/EEC relating to the
driver’s seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

wheel and not more than 100 mm from that
plane;'.

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 78/764/EEC of 25
July 1978 on the approximation of
the
Member States relating to the driver’s seat on wheeled
agricultural or forestry tractors (3), as last amended by
Directive 97/54/EC, and in particular Article 10 thereof,

the laws of

(1) Whereas,

is now
in order to improve safety,
necessary to specify in detail how the driver’s seat is
to be fitted while avoiding poor ergonomics;

it

(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,

Article 2

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 any of tractor, or
 prohibit the entry into service of tractors,

the tractors in question meet

if
Directive 78/764/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

the requirements of

2.

From 1 January 2001, Member States:

 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 78/764/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 78/764/EEC, as amended by this
Directive.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 3

Article 1

Item 1.1.5 of Annex IV to Directive 78/764/EEC is
hereby replaced by the following:

‘1.1.5. where the position of the seat is adjustable only
lengthwise and vertically,
the longitudinal axis
passing through the seat reference point shall be
parallel with the vertical longitudinal plane of the
tractor passing through the centre of the steering

(1) OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 255, 18.9.1978, p. 1.

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with 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.

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

Article 4

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