Council Directive 1999/86/EC of 11 November 1999 adapting to technical progress Directive 76/763/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
Date: 1999-11-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural vehicle, technical specification, technological change, tractor, vehicle parts

L 297/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18. 11. 1999

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/86/EC

of 11 November 1999

adapting to technical progress Directive 76/763/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 76/763/EEC of 27 July
1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry
tractors (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The objective of this Directive is to improve the current
design of passenger seats; in response to the comments
made by certain Member States, further provisions on
passenger seats need to be introduced at a later stage,
with a view to increasing passenger safety;

In order to increase safety, any obstruction hampering
the driver should be avoided;

The Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress
established by Directive 74/150/EEC failed to deliver an
opinion within the time allowed by its Chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

From 1 October 2001, Member States:

2.
— shall no longer issue the document provided for in the third
indent of Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC for any
type of tractor,

— may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of

any type of tractor;

that does not meet the requirements of Directive 76/763/EEC,
as amended by this Directive.

Article 3

Before 1 October 2002, and in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 13(3) of Directive 74/150/EEC,
the
Commission shall
further amend Directive 76/763/EEC in
order to introduce additional provisions on passenger seats
with a view to further increasing passenger safety.

Article 4

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive before 1 January 2001. They shall forthwith inform
the Commission thereof.

those provisions,

they shall
When Member States adopt
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.

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

Article 1

Article 5

The Annex to Directive 76/763/EEC is hereby amended as
shown in the Annex hereto.

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

Article 6

From 1 January 2001, no Member State may:

1.
— refuse, in respect of any type of tractor, to grant EC type-
approval, to issue the document referred to in the third
indent of Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC, or to grant
national type-approval, or

— prohibit the entry into service of tractors;

those tractors meet

if
763/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

the requirements of Directive 76/

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. HASSI

(1) OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Directive
(OJ
the European Parliament and of

the Council

97/54/EC of
L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24).

(2) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 135. Directive as last amended by Direc-

tive 97/54/EC (OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24).

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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In the Annex to Directive 76/763/EEC, Part II is amended as follows:

1. Items 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘2. Each seat shall incorporate a lateral support for position-maintenance purposes and be fitted with a back rest that
is at least 200 mm deep. That dimension shall not apply if the seat backrest forms part of the cab or roll-over
protection structure. The seat cushion shall be either padded or elastic.

3. A suitable support for the passenger's feet must be provided, as must suitable grab handles, in order to ease access

to the passenger seat and to help the passenger to remain in position on that seat.’

2. The first sentence of the second paragraph of Item 4 is replaced by the following:

‘The upper part of the clearance allowed for the passenger may be limited at the rear and sides, only by a radius not
exceeding 300 mm (see appended drawing).’

3. Item 6 is deleted.