CELEX: 51987FC0402
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-21
Title: Proposal for a Directive …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM

                                                                  Proposal for a

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

                                                                      of […]

       on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on 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  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].  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 87/402/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 IX to the codified Directive.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

                                                                  Proposal for a

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

                                                                      of […]

       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 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 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[7] laid down technical prescriptions concerning the design and construction of agricultural  and
      forestry tractors as regards the roll-over protection structures mounted in front of  the  driver's  seat.  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 87/402/EEC has been substantially amended several times[9]. In the interests of
      clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC Recital 3 (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 should apply to this Directive. Õ

                                            ê 87/402/EEC Recitals 6 and 7 (adapted)

   3) The requirements are intended principally to ensure safety at work and safety on the road 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 This  EC
      component type-approval procedure should entail reciprocal recognition by Member States of the checks carried out by each of  them  on  the
      basis of the common requirements. Õ

                                            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 VIII, Part C,

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

                                                                    Article 1

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

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

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

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

(b)   fixed or adjustable minimum track width with one of the axles less than 1 150 mm fitted with tyres of a larger size.  It  is  assumed  that
       the axle mounted with the wider tyres is set at a track width of not more than 1 150 mm. It must be possible to set the track width of the
       other axle in such a way that the outer edges of the narrower tyres do not go beyond the outer edges of the tyres of the other axle. Where
       the two axles are fitted with rims and tyres of the same size, the fixed or adjustable track width of the two  axles  must  be  less  than
       1 150 mm,

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

(c)   mass Ö greater than Õ 600 Ö and not more than Õ 3 000 kilograms, corresponding to the  unladen  Ö mass Õ  of  the  tractor  as  defined  in
       Ö point 2.1 of Model A in Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC Õ , including the roll-over protection structure fitted in compliance with  this
       Directive and tyres of the largest size recommended by the manufacturer.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

                                                                    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 87/402/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 IV.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

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 tractor attachments  on  grounds  relating  to
their construction if they bear the EC component type-approval mark.

                                            ê 87/402/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 fail to conform to the approved type.

                                            ê 87/402/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 87/402/EEC (adapted)

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

                                            ê 87/402/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,  where  there  is  serious
and repeated failure to conform, extend to withdrawal of EC component type-approval.

Those 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 decision 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  the  roll-over
protection structure or its tractor attachment if these bear the EC component type-approval mark and if the requirements laid down  in  Annex  VI
have been satisfied.

                                                                    Article 9

1. No Member State may refuse Ö registration Õ or prohibit the sale, entryinto 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 VI have been met.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

However, Member States may, in compliance with the Treaty, impose restrictions on the use of tractors referred to in  Ö Article  1 Õ  in  certain
areas where safety so dictates, owing to the specific nature of certain terrains or crops. Member States shall inform the Commission of any  such
restrictions before they are implemented and of the reasons for their adoption.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

2. 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 10

                                            ê 87/402/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. The structure, referred to in paragraph 1, unless it is a rear-mounted protection structure, Ö shall Õ comply with the requirements laid  down
in Annexes I and II, or in Directives [77/536/EEC] or [79/622/EEC].

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

                                                                    Article 11

Ö The Õ amendments necessary to adapt the requirements of Annexes I to VII 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 .

                                                                    Article 12

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.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 13

Directive 87/402/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex VIII, 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 VIII, 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 IX.

                                                                    Article 14

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 87/402/EEC

                                                                    Article 15

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

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

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                    CONDITIONS FOR EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL

                                            ê 2005/67/EC Art. 3 and Annex III, pt. 1

1.    The definitions and requirements of point 1 of Code 6 of OECD Decision C(2005) 1 of 29 March 2005, with the exception of point  1.1,  shall
       apply.

                                            ê 87/402/EEC (adapted)

2.    GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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.

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

                                            ê 87/402/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 must be submitted by the tractor manufacturer or by the  manufacturer  of  the  protection  structure  or  by  their  authorized
       representatives.

3.2.  The application must be accompanied by the undermentioned documents in triplicate and by the following particulars:

         – a drawing, either to scale or with indication of the  principal  dimensions,  showing  the  general  arrangement  of  the  protection
           structure. This drawing must, in particular, show details of the mounting components,

         – photographs from side and front showing mounting details,

         – a brief description of the protection structure, including type of construction,  method  of  mounting  on  the  tractor  and,  where
           necessary, details of cladding and interior padding,

         – details of materials used in the structure and in the roll-over protection structure mountings (see Annex III).

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

      Furthermore, the manufacturer must indicate the sizes of tyres fitting or able to fit the front and rear axles.

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 must 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 87/402/EEC (adapted)

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

                                            ê 87/402/EEC

         – 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 consideration 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 must 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 IV;

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. 3 and Annex III, pt. 2 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                              TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The technical requirements for the EC Ö component Õ 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 OECD Decision C(2005) 1 of 29  March  2005,
with the exception of points 3.2.4 (Test reports), 3.5 (Minor modifications), 3.6 (Labelling) and 3.7 (Seat belt anchorage performance).

                                            ê 87/402/EEC
                                            è1 89/681/EEC Art. 1 pt. 2

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                      MODEL

  REPORT RELATING TO THE EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL TEST OF A PROTECTION STRUCTURE (FRONT-MOUNTED BAR) WITH REGARD TO ITS STRENGTH AS WELL AS TO
                                                  THE STRENGTH OF ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE TRACTOR

                                                                      [pic]

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è1(1)ç

                                                                     ANNEX IV

                                                                      MARKS

The EC component type-approval mark consists of:

                                            ê 2000/22/EC Art. 1 and Annex pt. 4 (adapted)
                                            è1 2003 Act of Accession Art. 20 and Annex I, pt. (1)(A)(31), 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 87/402/EEC (adapted)

     – 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 2, indicating that  this
       is a protection structure within the meaning of the Directive.

                                                  EXAMPLE OF AN EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL MARK

                                                                      [pic]

Legend:     The protection structure bearing the EC component type-approval mark shown above is a structure  of  the  bar  type  subjected  to  a
       dynamic test with two front-mounted uprights intended for a narrow-track tractor (V2), for which EC component type-approval was granted in
       Belgium (e6) under the number 43.

                                                                     ANNEX V

                                                   MODEL EC COMPONENT TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

|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 (front-mounted bar) 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 and type of tractor for which protection structure is intended:                                         |
|             |.................................................................................                                          |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|5.           |Extension of EC component type-approval for the following tractors type(s): .............                                  |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.......                                                                                                                    |
|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.           |Date of submission for EC component type-approval: ....................................................                    |
|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): ..............................................                                                |
|14.          |Remarks, if any: ......................................................................................................    |
|15.          |Signature: ..............................................................................................................  |
|                           |                                                                                                             |
|(1) If applicable, state whether this is the first, second, etc. extension of the original EC component type-approval.                   |
|(2) Delete where inapplicable.                                                                                                           |

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                         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 is 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, must be submitted to the technical services responsible for conducting the type-approval tests.

3.    The technical service responsible for conducting the type-approval test checks  whether  the  approved  type  of  protection  structure  is
       intended to be mounted on the type of tractor for which the type-approval  is  requested.  In  particular,  it  must  ascertain  that  the
       attachment of the protection structure corresponds to that which was used when the EC component type-approval was granted.

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

5.    The competent authorities 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.  It is 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 VII, is 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 roll-over protection structure intended to be mounted on the type of tractor for which EC type-approval  is  requested,  the
       checks laid down in 2 and 3 are not applicable.

                                                                    ANNEX VII

                                                                      MODEL

|Name of competent authority                      |

|ANNEX TO THE EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR A TRACTOR TYPE WITH REGARD TO THE STRENGTH OF PROTECTION STRUCTURES (FRONT-MOUNTED BAR) 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: ...................................................................................................          |
|3.           |Name and address of tractor manufacturer: .................................................................                |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|4.           |If applicable, name and address of manufacturer’s authorised representative: ...........                                   |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|5.           |Trade name or mark of protection structure: ................................................                               |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |..........                                                                                                                 |
|6.           |Extension of EC type-approval for the following type(s) of protection structure: ....                                      |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.......                                                                                                                    |
|7.           |Date tractor submitted for EC type-approval: ....................................................                          |
|             |...........................................................................................................................|
|             |.........                                                                                                                  |
|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, second, etc. extension of the original EC type-approval.                             |
|(2) Delete where inapplicable.                                                                                                           |

                                                                    ANNEX VIII

                                                                      Part A

                                                Repealed Directive with its successive amendments
                                                           (referred to in Article 13)

|Council Directive 87/402/EEC                                                  |(OJ L 220, 8.8.1987 p. 1)                            |
|Council Directive 89/681/EEC                                                   |(OJ L 398, 30.12.1989, p. 27)                        |
|Commission Directive 2000/22/EC                                                |(OJ L 107, 4.5.2000, p. 26)                          |
|Commission Directive 2005/67/EC                                                |(OJ L 273, 19.10.2005, p. 17)                        |

                                                                      Part B

                                                        Non-repealed successive amendments
                                                           (referred to in Article 13)

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

                                                                      Part C

                                             List of time-limits for transposition into national law
                                                           (referred to in Article 13)

|Directive                                                          |Time-limit for transposition                                           |
|87/402/EEC                                                         |26 June 1989                                                           |
|89/681/EEC                                                         |3 January 1991                                                         |
|2000/22/EC                                                         |30 June 2001(*)                                                        |
|2005/67/EC                                                         |31 December 2005                                                       |

(*) In accordance with Article 2 of Directive 2000/22/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 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.

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                                                                     ANNEX IX

                                                                Correlation Table

|Directive 87/402/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 11                                                     |Articles 8 to 11                                                     |
|Article 12                                                           |-                                                                    |
|Article 13(1)                                                        |-                                                                    |
|Article 13(2)                                                        |Article 12                                                           |
|-                                                                    |Articles 13 and 14                                                   |
|Article 14                                                           |Article 15                                                           |
|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 X                                                              |Annex VII                                                            |
|                                                                     |Annex VIII                                                           |
|                                                                     |Annex IX                                                             |

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[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 VIII, Parts A and B of this proposal.
[5]   OJ C
[6]   OJ C
[7]   OJ L 220, 8.8.1987, p. 1. 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 VIII, Parts A and B.