CELEX: 51986FC0298
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-21
Title: Proposal for a Directive …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (codified version)

EN

|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                          DIRECTIVE …/…/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                    on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors

                                                                (Codified version)

                                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.    In the context of a people’s Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make  it
       clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the  specific  rights
       it gives him.

       This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have  been  amended  several  times,  often  quite  substantially,  remain
       scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones.  Considerable  research  work,
       comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules.

       For this reason a codification of rules that have frequently been amended  is  also  essential  if  Community  law  is  to  be  clear  and
       transparent.

2.    On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] to instruct its staff that all legislative acts should be codified after no  more  than
       ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to codify at even shorter intervals the
       texts for which they are responsible, to ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily understandable.

3.    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh  European  Council  (December 1992)  confirmed  this[2],  stressing  the  importance  of
       codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

       Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure.

       Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by codification, the European Parliament, the Council  and  the
       Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-
       track adoption of codification instruments.

4.    The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 86/298/EEC  of  26  May  1986  on  rear-mounted  roll-over
       protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors[3]. The new Directive will  supersede  the  various  acts
       incorporated in it[4]; this proposal fully preserves the content of the acts being codified  and  hence  does  no  more  than  bring  them
       together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

5.    The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, in all official languages, of Directive 86/298/EEC  and
       the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications  of  the  European  Communities,  by  means  of  a  data-
       processing system. Where the Articles have been given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown in a table
       contained in Annex VIII to the codified Directive.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                          DIRECTIVE …/…/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                    on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors

                                                            (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles Ö 95 Õ thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[5],

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty[6],

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Council Directive 86/298/EEC of 26 May 1986 on rear-mounted roll-over  protection  structures  of  narrow-track  wheeled  agricultural  and
      forestry tractors[7] laid down technical prescriptions concerning the design and construction of  agricultural  and  forestry  tractors  as
      regards the rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track  wheeled  agricultural  and  forestry  tractors.  These  technical
      prescriptions concerned the approximation of the laws of the Member States to allow for  the  EC  type-approval  procedure  established  by
      Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of agricultural or forestry  tractors,  their  trailers
      and interchangeable towed machinery, together with  their  systems,  components  and  separate  technical  units  and  repealing  Directive
      74/150/EEC[8] to be applied in respect of each type of vehicle. Directive 86/298/EEC has been substantially amended  several  times[9].  In
      the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC recital 1 (adapted)

   2) Ö This Directive is one of the separate Directives of the EC type-approval system provided for in Directive  2003/37/EC.  Consequently  the
      provisions laid down in that Directive relating to agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable  towed  machinery,
      together with their systems, components and separate technical units of should apply to this Directive. Õ

                                            ê 86/298/EEC recital 6 (adapted)

   3) The requirements are intended principally to ensure safety on the road and at work  throughout  the  Community.  For  this  reason,  it  is
      necessary to introduce the obligation for tractors covered by this Directive to be fitted  with  roll-over  protection  structures  Ö and Õ
      entails reciprocal recognition by Member States of the checks carried out by each of them on the basis of the common requirements.

                                            ê 

   4) This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating  to  the  time-limits  for  transposition  into
      national law of the Directives set out in Annex VII, Part C,

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

                                                                    Article 1

This Directive shall apply to tractors Ö in the meaning of Õ Article Ö 2(j) Õ of Directive Ö 2003/37/EC Õ having the following characteristics:

(a)   ground clearance of not more than 600 mm measured beneath the lowest points of the front or rear axles, allowing for the differential,

                                            ê 89/682/EEC Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

(b)   fixed or adjustable minimum track width of less than 1 150 mm for the axles fitted with the widest tyres; since the axle  fitted  with  the
       widest tyres is assumed to be adjusted to a maximum track width of 1 150 mm, the other axle must be capable of being adjusted  in  such  a
       way that the outer edges of the narrowest tyres do not project beyond the outer edges of the tyres on the axle with the widest  tyres  Ö ;
       where Õ both axles are equipped with wheels and tyres of the same size, the fixed or adjustable track width of both  axles  must  be  less
       than 1 150 mm,

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

(c)   mass greater than 600 kilograms and corresponding to the unladen Ö mass Õ of the tractor as defined in Ö point  2.1 Õ  of  Ö Model  A  in Õ
       Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC , including the roll-over protection structure fitted in compliance with this Directive and tyres  of  the
       largest size recommended by the manufacturer.

                                                                    Article 2

1. Each Member State shall grant EC component type-approval for any type of roll-over protection  structure  and  its  tractor  attachment  which
satisfies the construction and testing requirements laid down in Annexes I and II .

2. A Member State which has granted EC component type-approval shall take the measures required to verify, in so far as is necessary and if  need
be in cooperation with the competent authorities in the other  Member  States,  that  production  models  conform  to  the  approved  type.  Such
verification shall be limited to spot checks.

                                                                    Article 3

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

Member States shall, for each type of roll-over protection structure and its tractor attachment which they approve pursuant to Article  2,  issue
to the manufacturer of the tractor or of the roll-over protection structure, or to his authorized representative, an EC  component  type-approval
mark conforming to the Ö example Õ shown in Annex III.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

Member States shall take all appropriate measures to prevent the use of marks liable to create confusion between roll-over protection  structures
which have been component type-approved pursuant to Article 2 and other devices.

                                                                    Article 4

No Member State may prohibit the placing on the market of roll-over protection structures or their attachment to the tractors for which they  are
intended on grounds relating to their construction if they bear the EC component type-approval mark.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

Ö However Õ , a Member State may prohibit the placing on the market of roll-over protection structures bearing  the  EC  component  type-approval
mark which consistently fail to conform to the approved type.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

That State shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission of the measures taken, specifying the reasons for its decision.

                                                                    Article 5

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)
                                            è1 Corrigendum 86/298/EEC (OJ L 173, 5.7.1988, p. 20)

The competent authorities of each Member State shall, within one month, send to the competent authorities of the è1 other Member States ç a  copy
of the EC component type-approval certificates, Ö the model Õ of which is given in Annex IV, completed for  each  type  of  roll-over  protection
structure which they approve or refuse to approve.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

1. If the Member State which has granted EC component type-approval finds that a number of roll-over  protection  structures  and  their  tractor
attachments bearing the same EC component type-approval mark do not conform to the type which it  has  approved,  it  shall  take  the  necessary
measures to ensure that production models conform to the approved type.

The competent authorities of that State shall advise those of the other Member States of the measures taken which may, if necessary, where  there
is serious and repeated failure to conform, extend to withdrawal of EECEC component type-approval.

Ö Those Õ authorities shall take the same measures if they are informed by the competent authorities of another Member State of such  failure  to
conform.

2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall within one month inform each other of any withdrawal of EC  component  type-approval  and
of the reasons for any such measure.

                                                                    Article 7

Any decision taken pursuant to the provisions adopted in implementation of this Directive to refuse or withdraw EC  component  type-approval  for
roll-over protection structures and their tractor attachments, or to prohibit their placing on the market or their use, shall set out  in  detail
the reasons on which it is based.

Such decisions shall be notified to the party concerned, who shall at the same time be informed of the remedies available to him under  the  laws
in force in the Member States and of the time limits allowed for the exercise of such remedies.

                                                                    Article 8

No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval  in  respect  of  a  tractor  on  grounds  relating  to  roll-over
protection structures or their tractor attachment if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and if the requirements laid down in Annex  V
have been satisfied.

                                                                    Article 9

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

No Member State may refuse Ö registration Õ or prohibit the sale, entry into service or use of any tractor on grounds relating to  the  roll-over
protection structure and its tractor attachment if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and if the requirements laid down  in  Annex  V
have been met.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

                                                                    Article 10

This Directive shall not affect the right of Member States to specify — in due compliance with the Treaty — the requirements they deem  necessary
to ensure that workers are protected when using the tractors in question, provided  this  does  not  mean  that  the  protection  structures  are
modified in a way unspecified in this Directive.

                                                                    Article 11

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

1. In connection with EC type-approval, any tractor to which Article 1 refers Ö shall Õ be fitted with a roll-over protection structure.

2. Where the protection structure is not one having two pillars mounted in front of the driver's seat, the structure referred to in  paragraph  1
Ö shall Õ comply with the requirements laid down in Annexes I and II to this Directive or in Ö Annexes I to IV Õ to  Directives  [77/536/EEC]  or
[79/622/EEC].

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

                                                                    Article 12

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

Ö The Õ amendments necessary to adapt the requirements of Annexes I to VI Ö to this Directive to take account of Õ technical  progress  shall  be
adopted in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 20(2) Õ of Directive Ö 2003/37/EC Õ [10].

                                                                    Article 13

Ö Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in  the  field  covered  by
this Directive. Õ

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 14

Directive 86/298/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex VII, is repealed without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States  relating
to the time-limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex VII, Part C.

References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read  in  accordance  with  the  correlation
table in Annex VIII.

                                                                    Article 15

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from [...].

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

                                                                    Article 16

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the European Parliament  For the Council
The President    The President
[…]   […]

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

                                                                 LIST OF ANNEXES

|ANNEX I                  |Conditions for EC component type-approval                                                                      |
|ANNEX II                 |Conditions for testing the strength of the protection structures and of their attachment to tractors           |
|                         |                                                                                                               |
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|ANNEX III                |Marks                                                                                                          |
|ANNEX IV                 |Model: EC component type-approval certificate.                                                                 |
|ANNEX V                  |Conditions for EC type-approval                                                                                |
|ANNEX VI                 |Model: Annex to the EC type-approval certificate for a tractor type with regard to the strength of the         |
|                         |protection structures and the strength of their attachment to the tractor                                      |
|Ö ANNEX VII Õ            |Ö Part A: Repealed Directive with its successive amendments Õ                                                  |
|                         |Ö Part B: Non-repealed successive amendments Õ                                                                 |
|                         |Ö Part C: List of time-limits for transposition into national law Õ                                            |
|Ö ANNEX VIII Õ           |Ö Correlation Table Õ                                                                                          |

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                    CONDITIONS FOR EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL

                                            ê 2005/67/EC Art. 2 and Annex II, pt. 1

1.    The definitions and requirements of point 1 of Code 7 of OECD Decision C(2005) 1 of 29 March 2005, with the exception of point  1.1,  shall
       apply.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

2.    GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

2.1.  Every protection structure and its attachment to a tractor must be so designed and constructed as to  fulfil  the  essential  purpose  laid
       down in point 1 above.

2.2.  This condition is considered to be fulfilled when the requirements of Annex II are complied with.

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

3.    APPLICATION FOR EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL

3.1.  The application for EC component type-approval with regard to the strength of a protection structure and the strength of its attachment  to
       a tractor shall be submitted by the tractor manufacturer or by the manufacturer  of  the  protection  structure  or  by  their  authorized
       representatives.

3.2.  The application for EC component type-approval shall be accompanied by the undermentioned documents in  triplicate  and  by  the  following
       particulars:

         – general arrangement drawing either to a scale marked on the drawing or giving the main dimensions of the protection  structure.  This
           drawing must, in particular, show details of the mounting components,

         – photographs from side and rear showing mounting details,

         – brief description of the protection structure including type  of  construction,  details  of  mounting  on  the  tractor  and,  where
           necessary, details of cladding, means of access and escape, details of interior padding and features to  prevent  continuous  rolling
           and details of heating and ventilation,

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

3.3.  A tractor representative of the tractor type for which the protection structure to be approved  is  intended  shall  be  submitted  to  the
       technical service responsible for conducting the EC component type-approval tests. This  tractor  shall  be  fitted  with  the  protection
       structure.

3.4.  The holder of EC component type-approval may request its extension to other tractor types. The competent authority which  has  granted  the
       original EC component type-approval shall grant the extension if the approved protection structure and the type(s) of  tractor  for  which
       the extension is requested comply with the following conditions:

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

     – the mass of the unballasted tractor, as defined in Ö point 2.1 of Model A of Annex I of Directive 2003/37/EC Õ , does not exceed  by  more
       than 5 % the reference mass used in the tests,

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

         – the wheelbase or the moment of inertia in relation to the rear-wheel axle is not more than  the  reference  wheelbase  or  moment  of
           inertia,

         – the method of attachment and the points of attachment to the tractor are identical,

         – any components, such as mudguards and bonnet which may provide support for the protection structure have identical strength  and  are
           identically situated with respect to the protection structure,

         – the critical dimensions and the position of the seat and steering wheel relative  to  the  protection  structure,  and  the  position
           relative to the protection structure of the points deemed rigid and taken into account for the purpose of verifying that the zone  of
           clearance is protected, are such that the zone of clearance continues to be protected by the structure after the latter has undergone
           the deformation resulting from the various tests.

4.    MARKINGS

4.1.  Every protection structure conforming to the approved type shall bear the following markings:

4.1.1.      The trade mark or name.

4.1.2.      An EC component type-approval mark conforming to the model in Annex III.

4.1.3.      Serial number of the protection structure.

4.1.4.      Make and type(s) of tractor(s) for which the protection structure is intended.

4.2.  All these particulars must appear on a small plate.

4.3.  These markings must be visible, legible and indelible.

                                            ê 2005/67/EC Art. 2 and Annex II, pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                              TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The technical requirements for the EC Ö component Õ type-approval  of  rear-mounted  roll-over  protection  structures  of  narrow-track  wheeled
agricultural or forestry tractors shall be those set out in point 3 of Code 7 of the  OECD  Decision  C(2005)  1  of  29  March  2005,  with  the
exception of points 3.1.4 (Test reports), 3.4 (Minor modifications), 3.5 (Labelling) and 3.6 (Seat belt anchorage performance).

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                      MARKS

The EC component type-approval mark shall consist of:

                                            ê 2000/19/EC Art. 1 and Annex pt. 4 (adapted)
                                            è1 2003 Act of Accession Art. 20 and Annex I, pt. (1)(A)(30), p. 62

     – a rectangle surrounding the lower case letter «e» followed by the distinguishing number of the Member  State  which  has  granted  the  EC
       component type-approval:

      1 for Germany, 2 for France, 3 for Italy, 4 for the Netherlands, 5  for  Sweden,  6  for  Belgium,  è1 7  for  Hungary,  8  for  the  Czech
       Republic, ç 9 for Spain, 11 for the United Kingdom, 12 for Austria, 13 for Luxembourg, 17 for Finland, 18 for Denmark, è1 20 for Poland, ç
       21 for Portugal, 23 for Greece, 24 for Ireland, è1 26 for Slovenia, 27 for Slovakia, 29 for Estonia, 32  for  Latvia,  36  for  Lithuania,
       Ö 49 Õ for Cyprus, Ö 50 Õ for Malta, ç

                                            ê 86/298/EEC

     – the EC component type-approval number which corresponds to the number of the EC component type-approval certificate issued with regard  to
       the strength of the type of protection structure and its attachment to the tractor placed under and in the vicinity of the rectangle,

     – the letters V or SV, depending on whether a dynamic (V) or static (SV) test was conducted, followed by the number 1, indicating that  this
       is a protection structure within the meaning of this Directive.

                                                    Example of EC component type-approval mark

                                                                      [pic]

The protection structure bearing the EC component type-approval mark shown above is a structure of the rear-mounted rollbar, frame  or  cab  type
which has been subjected to a dynamic test, is intended for a narrow-track tractor (V1) and for which EC component type-approval was  granted  in
France (e2) under the number 431.

                                                                     ANNEX IV

                                                   MODEL EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

|Name of competent authority                      |

|Notification concerning the granting, refusal, withdrawal or extension of EC component type-approval with regard to the strength of a    |
|protection structure (rear-mounted rollbar, frame or cab) and to the strength of its attachment to the tractor                           |
|EC component type-approval No: ..............................................................................                            |
|...................................................................................................................extension (1)         |
|1.           |Trade name or mark and type of protection structure: ..............................................                        |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.........                                                                                                                  |
|2.           |Name and address of manufacturer of protection structure: ......................................                           |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|3.           |If applicable, name and address of authorised representative of manufacturer of protection structure:                      |
|             |....................................................................................................                       |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|4.           |Trade mark or name, type and commercial description of tractor for which protection structure is intended:                 |
|             |.................................................................................                                          |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|5.           |Extension of EC component type-approval for tractors of the following type(s) and, where appropriate, commercial           |
|             |description: ...................................................                                                           |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |......                                                                                                                     |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.......                                                                                                                    |
|5.1.         |The mass of the unballasted tractor, as defined in Ö point 2.1 of Model A of Annex I of Directive 2003/37/EC Õ ,           |
|             |exceeds/does not exceed (2) the reference mass used for the test by more than 5%.                                          |
|5.2.         |The method of attachment and points of attachment are/are not (2) identical.                                               |
|5.3.         |All the components likely to serve as supports for the protection structure are/are not (2) identical.                     |
|6.           |Submitted for EC component type-approval on: ....................................................                          |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|7.           |Test station:                                                                                                              |
|             |...............................................................................................................            |
|8.           |Date and number of the report of the test station: .......................................................                 |
|9.           |Date of granting/refusal/withdrawal of EC component type-approval (2): ..............                                      |
|10.          |Date of granting/refusal/withdrawal of the extension of EC component type-approval (2): ..............                     |
|11.          |Place:                                                                                                                     |
|             |........................................................................................................................   |
|12.          |Date:                                                                                                                      |
|             |.........................................................................................................................  |
|13.          |The following documents, bearing the component EC type-approval number shown above, are annexed to this certificate (e.g.  |
|             |report of the test station). These documents must be sent to the competent authorities of the other Member States if so    |
|             |requested: ..............................................                                                                  |
|14.          |Remarks, if any: ......................................................................................................    |
|15.          |Signature: ..............................................................................................................  |
|                           |                                                                                                             |
|(1) If applicable, state whether this is the first, etc. extension of the original EC component type-approval.                           |
|(2) Delete where inapplicable.                                                                                                           |

                                            ê 86/298/EEC (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX V

                                                         CONDITIONS FOR EC TYPE-APPROVAL

1.    The application for EC type-approval of a tractor with regard to the strength of a protection structure and the strength of its  attachment
       to the tractor shall be submitted by the tractor manufacturer or by his authorized representative.

2.    A tractor representative of the tractor type to be approved, on which a  protection  structure  and  its  attachment,  duly  approved,  are
       mounted, shall be submitted to the technical services responsible for conducting the EC type-approval tests.

3.    The technical service responsible for conducting the EC type-approval tests shall check whether the approved type of  protection  structure
       is intended to be mounted on the type of tractor for which the EC type-approval is requested. In particular, it  shall  ascertain  whether
       the attachment of the EC component type-approval was granted.

4.    The holder of the EC type-approval may ask for its extension to other types of protection structures.

5.    The competent authorities shall grant such extension on the following conditions:

5.1.  The new type of protection structure and its tractor attachment must have received EC component type-approval.

5.2.  The new type of protection structure must be designed to be mounted on the type of tractor for which the extension of the EC  type-approval
       is requested.

5.3.  The attachment of the protection structure to the tractor must correspond to that which was tested  when  EC  component  type-approval  was
       granted.

6.    A certificate, of which a model is shown in Annex VI , shall be annexed to the EC type-approval certificate for each type-approval or type-
       approval extension which has been granted or refused.

7.    If the application for EC type-approval for a type of tractor is introduced at the same time as the request for EC component  type-approval
       for a type of protection structure intended to be mounted on the type of tractor for which EC type-approval is requested, the checks  laid
       down in points 2 and 3 are not applicable.

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                                      MODEL

|Name of competent authority                      |

|ANNEX TO THE EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR A TRACTOR TYPE WITH REGARD TO THE STRENGTH OF PROTECTION STRUCTURES (REAR MOUNTED ROLLBAR, |
|FRAME OR CAB) AND THE STRENGTH OF THEIR ATTACHMENT TO THE TRACTOR                                                                        |
|(Article 4(2) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or   |
|forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical    |
|units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC)                                                                                                |
|EC component type-approval No: ..............................................................................                            |
|...................................................................................................................extension (1)         |
|1.           |Trade name or mark of tractor: .................................................................................           |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.........                                                                                                                  |
|2.           |Tractor type and commercial description: ..................................................................                |
|3.           |Name and address of tractor manufacturer: .................................................................                |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|4.           |If applicable, name and address of manufacturer’s authorised representative: ...........                                   |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|5.           |Trade name or mark and type of protection structure: ................................................                      |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|6.           |Extension of EC type-approval for the following type(s) of protection structure: ....                                      |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.......                                                                                                                    |
|7.           |Tractor submitted for EC type-approval on: ....................................................                            |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.........                                                                                                                  |
|8.           |Technical service responsible for EC type-approval conformity control: ...................                                 |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.............                                                                                                              |
|9.           |Date of report issued by that service:....................... .......................................................      |
|10.          |Number of report issued by that service:....................... .......................................................    |
|11.          |EC type-approval with regard to the strength of the protection structures and the strength of their attachment to the      |
|             |tractor has been granted/refused (2):                                                                                      |
|12.          |The extension of EC type-approval with regard to the strength of the protection structures and the strength of their       |
|             |attachment to the tractor has been granted/refused (2):                                                                    |
|13.          |Place:                                                                                                                     |
|             |........................................................................................................................   |
|14.          |Date:                                                                                                                      |
|             |.........................................................................................................................  |
|15.          |Signature: ..............................................................................................................  |
|                           |                                                                                                             |
|(1) If applicable, state whether this is the first, etc. extension of the original EC type-approval.                                     |
|(2) Delete where inapplicable.                                                                                                           |

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                                                                    ANNEX VII

                                                                      Part A

                                                Repealed Directive with its successive amendments
                                                           (referred to in Article 14)

|Council Directive 86/298/EEC                                                  |(OJ L 186, 8.7.1986, p. 26)                          |
|Council Directive 89/682/EEC                                                   |(OJ L 398, 30.12.1989, p. 29)                        |
|Commission Directive 2000/19/EC                                                |(OJ L 94, 14.4.2000, p. 31)                          |
|Commission Directive 2005/67/EC                                                |(OJ L 273, 19.10.2005, p. 17)                        |

                                                                      Part B

                                                        Non-repealed successive amendments
                                                           (referred to in Article 14)

|1994 Act of Accession                                                                                                              |
|2003 Act of Accession                                                                                                              |

                                                                      Part C

                                             List of time-limits for transposition into national law
                                                           (referred to in Article 14)

|Directive                                                          |Time-limit for transposition                                           |
|86/298/EEC                                                         |2 June 1988                                                            |
|89/682/EEC                                                         |3 January 1991                                                         |
|2000/19/EC                                                         |30 June 2001(*)                                                        |
|2005/67/EC                                                         |31 December 2005                                                       |

(*) In accordance with Article 2 of Directive 2000/19/EC:

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  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 86/298/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 as type of  tractor  if  it
       does not comply with the requirements of Directive 86/298/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  86/298/EEC,  as
       amended by this Directive.

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                                                                    ANNEX VIII

                                                                Correlation Table

|Directive 86/298/EEC                                                 |This Directive                                                       |
|Article 1, introductory sentence                                     |Article 1, introductory sentence                                     |
|Article 1, first indent                                              |Article 1, point a)                                                  |
|Article 1, second indent                                             |Article 1, point b)                                                  |
|Article 1, third indent                                              |Article 1, point c)                                                  |
|Articles 2 to 5                                                      |Articles 2 to 5                                                      |
|Article 6(1), first sentence                                         |Article 6(1), first subparagraph                                     |
|Article 6(1), second sentence                                        |Article 6(1), second subparagraph                                    |
|Article 6(1), third sentence                                         |Article 6(1), third subparagraph                                     |
|Article 6(2)                                                         |Article 6(2)                                                         |
|Article 7, first sentence                                            |Article 7, first paragraph                                           |
|Article 7, second sentence                                           |Article 7, second paragraph                                          |
|Articles 8 to 12                                                     |Articles 8 to 12                                                     |
|Article 13                                                           |-                                                                    |
|Article 14(1)                                                        |-                                                                    |
|Article 14(2)                                                        |Article 13                                                           |
|-                                                                    |Articles 14 and 15                                                   |
|Article 15                                                           |Article 16                                                           |
|Annexes I and II                                                     |Annexes I and II                                                     |
|Annex VI                                                             |Annex III                                                            |
|Annex VII                                                            |Annex IV                                                             |
|Annex VIII                                                           |Annex V                                                              |
|Annex IX                                                             |Annex VI                                                             |
|                                                                     |Annex VII                                                            |
|                                                                     |Annex VIII                                                           |

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d[1]  COM(87) 868 PV.
[2]   See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.
[3]   Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the  Council  –  Codification  of  the  Acquis
      communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final.
[4]   See Annex VII, Parts A and B of this proposal.
[5]   OJ C
[6]   OJ C
[7]   OJ L 186, 8.7.1986, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2005/67/EC (OJ L 273, 19.10.2005, p. 17).
[8]   OJ L 171, 9.7.2003, p. 1. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
[9]   See Annex VII, Parts A and B.
[10]  OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970.