Commission Directive 2000/22/EC of 28 April 2000 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Directive 2000/22/EC
of 28 April 2000
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 87/402/EEC on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/2/EC(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 87/402/EEC of 25 June 1987 on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors(3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to improve safety, it is necessary to clarify the methods for testing protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors taking account of the wide range of equipment.
(2) The methods for testing these structures should be harmonised with those laid down in Code 6 of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on official tests of protection structures for agricultural tractors.
(3) Directive 87/402/EEC should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Article 12 of Directive 74/150/EEC,