CELEX: 51988PC0629
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Date: 1988-11-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the drivers seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(88) 629 final - SYN 164
                                                   Brussels , 11 November 1988
                               Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
  amending Directive 87 / 402 / EEC on roll-over protection          structures
        mounted in front of the drivers seat on narrow-track
              wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors
                     ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.   GENERAL
When , on 25 June 1987 , Council Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection
structures mounted in front of the driver 's seat on narrow-track wheeled
agricultural and forestry tractors was adopted , the Commission proposal
concerning the additional impact test within the dynamic test procedure could
not be adopted because of the opposition of a Member State which considered
that the proposed additional dynamic test was not sufficiently reliable ,
having regard to the purely theoretical considerations and calculations on
which , in its opinion , that proposal was based .
Just as it had decided on adopting , in May 1986 , Directive 86/298 /EEC on the
same protective structures , but mounted at the rear , the Council also decided
that it would adopt , on a proposal from the Commission , a further Directive
introducing provisions concerning additional dynamic impact tests . This
decision is incorporated in Article 12 of said Directive .
In implementation of that article the Commission has drawn upon the results of
and conclusions drawn from the tests that it had been prompted to carry out on
rear-mounted protection structures , and which have caused it to resubmit the
originally proposed test method . Since the result of and conclusions drawn
from these tests can be transposed to front -mounted protection structures , the
Comm:i5sion feels that the same test method fully satisfies the relevant safety
requirements and that its severity is entirely adequate .
The Commission is consequently resubmitting the originally proposed text in a
form such that the two procedures , relating respectively to static testing ( in
which an additional crushing test is already provided for ) and to dynamic
testing , are rendered equivalent and that the present imbalance is eliminated .
 In addition the proposal is intended to replace the Regulatory Committee
 procedure by that of the Advisory Committee .
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Following the entry into force of the Single European Act and of the
guidelines laid down in that Act in respect of the rules governing the
conditions applying to the executive powers conferred upon the Commission by
the Council , the Commission feels that the Advisory Committee procedure is the
most appropriate in the field covered by Directive 87 / 402 /EEC and has
therefore proposed that Article 11 , on the use of the Committee procedure for
the management and adaptation to technical progress of the annexes , should be
amended .
II .  CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL
The proposed amendments are designed to supplement the dynamic test procedure
by the requirement to carry out an additional test if the first impact test
causes significant tearing or cracking of the roll-over protection structure .
Furthermore , the amendment of Article 11 is intented to replace the Regulatory
Committee procedure by that of the Advisory Committee .
III . COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND CONSULTATION OF THE ECONOMIC
      AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The procedures for cooperation with the European Parliament and opinion of the
Economic and Social Committee are required under Article 100A ( 1 ) and 149 ( 2 ),
and Article 100(A ) ( 1 ), respectively .
IV .  LEGAL BASIS AND IMPACT ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES AND ON
      EMPLOYMENT
The legal basis is Article 100A .
The measures referred to in this draft proposal for a directive are without
consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises or for employment .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposai for a
                                  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                            AMENDING DIRECTIVE 87 / 402 /EEC
    ON ROLL-OVER PROTECTION STRUCTURES MOUNTED IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT
           ON . NARROW-TRACK WHEELED AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY TRACTORS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 100a thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
In cooperation with the European Parliament , 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee , 2
Whereas it is necessary to adopt . measures which are intended gradually to
establish the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992 ;
whereas the internal market consists of an entity without internal frontiers
within which the free movement of goods , persons , services and capital is
ensured ;
Whereas Article 12 of Council Directive 87/402 / EEC ^ lays down that the
previsions at present in force shall be supplemented by provisions introducing
additional impact tests into the dynamic test procedure ;
Whereas , since provision is already made for an additional test in the case of
the static test procedure , it is necessary also in that of the dynamic test
procedure to provide for an additional test - which more accurately reflects
the situation in the event of tractor roll-over - in order that these two test
procedures may be rendered equivalent and the present imbalance between them
eliminated ;
1 OJ N 0
2 OJ N0
3 OJ N° L 228 , 8.8.1987 , p. 1 .
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     Whereas, in respect of the reliability of the parameters and calculations, the results of the practical
     experiments carried out on rear-mounted structures may be transposed to the same type of
     structure , but mounted on the front ;
     Whereas Article 11 of Directive 87 / 402 /EEC lays down the procedure governing
     the adaptation to technical progress of the Annexes to that Directive ; whereas
     however , technical progress makes it necessary promptly to adapt the require ¬
     ments set out in the Annexes to the Directive and the technical requirements
     defined in the separate Directives ; whereas the Commission should be made res ¬
     ponsible for the adoption thereof in order to simplify and expedite this proc ¬
     edure ; whereas , in all         cases       where the Council empowers the Commission
     to implement rules established in the agricultural or forestry tractor sector ,
     it is necessary to provide for a procedure or prior consultation , within an
     Advisory Committee , between the Commission and the Member States ,
     HA ? ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                                 Article 1
     Directive 87 / 402 /EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1 . Article 11 is replaced by the following :
     "                                          Article 11
     Any amendments needed in order to adapt the Annexes to this Directive to
     technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
     in Article     11a ."
 2 . The following new Article '11 a is inserted :
     "                                          Article 11 a
     Where use is made of the procedure defined in this Article the Commission
     shall reach its decisions after consulting the Committee . The Committee shall
     consider the requests for opinions drawn up by the Commission . When
     requesting an opinion from the Committee the Commission may set a deadline
     within which that opinion must be delivered . The activities of the Committee
     shall not be followed by a vote . However , each member of the Committee may
     require that his opinion be entered in the minutes ."
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3 . Annex IV-A is amended as set out in the Annex hereto.’
                                        Artide 2
    Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to comply with this Directive
    before 1 October 1989 , and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
                                        Artide 3
    This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
    Done at Brussels , .                                For the Council
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 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX
Item 1.6 of Annex IV-A is hereby replaced by the following :
" 1.6  Additional tests
1.6.1  If cracks or tears which cannot be considered negligible appear during
       an impact test , a second , similar test , but with a height of fall of :
                                    H    12 ♦ 4a
                               H = -- x .
                                   10     1 + 2a
       shall be performed immediately after the impact tests causing these
       tears or cracks to appear , " a" being the ratio of the permanent
       deformation to the elastic deformation (a = D /D ) as measured at the
                                                       P  e
       point of impact .
       The additional permanent deformation due to the second impact must not
       exceed 30% of the permanent deformation due to the first impact .
       In order to be able to carry out the additional test , it is necessary
       to measure the elastic deformation during all of the impact tests .
1.6.2  If , during a crushing test , significant cracks or tears appear , a
       second , similar , crushing test , but with a force equal to 1.2 F , shall
       be performed immediately after the crushing test which caused these
       tears or cracks to appear ."
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 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
  I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
      Eliminer le déséquilibré actuel entre les deux procédures relatives
      aux essais statiques ( ou un essai additionnel d' écrasement est déjà
      prévue ) et aux essais dynamiques .
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées
       En particulier :
       - y -a-t- il un grand nombre de PME ? Non
      - note t' on des concentrations dans des régions :
         . éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. 1 Non
         . éligibles au Feder ? Non
III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées aux entreprises ?
      Aucune obligation supplémentaire
 IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées
       indirectement aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
      Aucune obligation supplémentaire
  V. Y-a-t- il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ? Non
       - lesquelles ?
 VI . Quel est l' effet prévisible :
       - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ? Pas d' effet prévisible
       - sur l' emploi ? Pas d' effet prévisible
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ? Oui
       - Avis des partenaires sociaux : Favorable