Council Directive 86/415/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the installation, location, operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 24 July 1986
on the  installation, location, operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or  forestry tractors
(86/415/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the technical requirements with which wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors must comply  pursuant to national laws relate, inter alia, to the installation, location, operation and  identification of controls;
Whereas those requirements differ from one Member State to another; whereas it is therefore  necessary that all Member States adopt the same requirements, either in addition to or in place of  their existing rules, in particular in order to allow the EEC type-approval procedure which was the  subject of 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 (3) as  last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to be applied in respect of each tractor  type;
Whereas the harmonization of these requirements is an obvious safety factor and, where the location  of the controls and the symbols used for them are concerned, makes it possible to surmount the  problem associated with indications in the various languages;
Whereas the approximation of the national laws relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry  tractors entails recognition
(1) OJ N° C 172, 13. 7. 1981, p. 108.
(2) OJ N° C 189, 30. 7. 1981, p. 15.
(3) OJ N° L 84, 28. 3. 1974, p. 10.
by Member States of the checks carried out by each of them on the basis of common requirements,