Commission Directive 2000/22/EC of 28 April 2000 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural vehicle, approval, safety device, technical specification, tractor

L 107/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.5.2000

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/22/EC

of 28 April 2000

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection structures
mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track 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 Commission Directive 2000/
2/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 87/402/EEC of 25 June
1987 on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of
the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and
forestry tractors (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11
thereof,

Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC, or to grant national
type-approval, or

— prohibit the first entry into service of tractors,

if those tractors comply with the requirements of Directive
87/402/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

2.

From 1 January 2002, Member States:

— may no longer issue the document provided for in the third
indent of Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC for a type
of tractor if it does not comply with the requirements of
Directive 87/402/EEC, as amended by this Directive,
— may refuse to grant national type-approval for a type of
tractor if it does not comply with the requirements of
Directive 87/402/EEC, as amended by this Directive.

Whereas:

Article 3

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In order to improve safety, it is necessary to clarify the
methods for testing protection structures mounted in
front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agri-
cultural and forestry tractors taking account of the wide
range of equipment.

The methods for testing these structures should be
harmonised with those laid down in Code 6 of the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develop-
ment (OECD) on official tests of protection structures
for agricultural tractors.

Directive 87/402/EEC should be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
the Committee for
accordance with the opinion of
Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Article
12 of Directive 74/150/EEC,

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 30 June 2001 at the latest. 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
main provisions of national law that they adopt in the field
covered 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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Annexes I to V and VII to Directive 87/402/EEC are hereby
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.

From 1 July 2001, Member States may not:

— refuse, for a type of tractor, to grant EC type-approval or
issue the document provided for in the third indent of

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 21, 26.1.2000, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 220, 8.8.1987, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 107/27

ANNEX

Annexes I to V and VII to Directive 87/402/EEC are hereby amended as follows:

1.

In Annex I, point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The requirements of point 1 of Code 6 of the OECD (Decision C(87) 53 final of 24 November 1987, as last

amended on 3 March 1999), with the exception of point 1.1 shall be applied.’

2. Annex II is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX II

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The technical requirements for the EC component type-approval of roll-over protection structures mounted in front
of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors shall be those set out in point 3 of Code
6 of the OECD (Decision C(87) 53 final of 24 November 1987, as last amended on 3 March 1999). These technical
requirements shall not apply to the chapters of point 3 relating to the test bulletin, minor modifications and
identifications.’

3. Annexes III, IV and V are deleted.

4.

In Annex VII, the first indent is replaced by the following:

‘— a rectangle surrounding the lower case letter “e” followed by the distinguishing number of the Member State

which has granted the component type-approval:

1 for Germany, 2 for France, 3 for Italy, 4 for the Netherlands, 5 for Sweden, 6 for Belgium, 9 for Spain, 11 for
the United Kingdom, 12 for Austria, 13 for Luxembourg, 17 for Finland, 18 for Denmark, 21 for Portugal, 23
for Greece, 24 for Ireland,’.