S.I. No. 101/1980 - European Communities (Agricultural Or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1980.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1980, and shall come into operation on the 15th day of April, 1980.

2. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1979" means the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1979 (

S.I. No. 137 of 1979

).

3. Regulation 2 of the Regulations of 1979 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "component"

" 'Component' in relation to a tractor, means a part, aspect or feature (including a system or part which forms a separate technical unit) which is the subject of a scheduled Directive and includes any part of the equipment of a tractor and anything intended for the protection of a person in a tractor, whether or not it forms part of the tractor;".

4. The following Regulation is hereby substituted for Regulation 8 of the Regulations of 1979

" 8. (1) The manufacturer (or his authorised representative) of a type tractor in respect of which a type approval certificate has been issued and is in force shall, in respect of each tractor manufactured in conformity with the type tractor, complete a certificate of conformity.

(2) The manufacturer (or his authorised representative) of a separate technical unit of a type which has been granted type approval shall affix to each unit manufactured in conformity with the approved type the trade name or mark, the type and (if the appropriate scheduled directive so requires) the type approval number.".

5. The following Regulation is hereby substituted for Regulation 11 of the Regulations of 1979

" 11. The manufacturer of a tractor approved under Regulation 5 of these Regulations shall cause it to be fitted with a roll-over protection structure which satisfies the relevant provisions of either the Directive referred to at reference number 11 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations or the Directive referred to at reference number 17 of that Schedule.".

6. The following Schedule is hereby substituted for Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1979

" SCHEDULE 1

Community Directives regarding Type Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Components.

Item No.

Reference Number

Date

Official Journal (OJ) Reference

Principal Subject Matter

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

74/150/EEC As amended by 79/694/EEC

4 March 1974

24 July 1979

OJ No. L 84/10 of 28.3.74

OJ No. L 205/17 of 13.8.79

Type Approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

2

74/151/EEC

4 March 1974

OJ No. L 84/25 of 28.3.74

Certain parts and characteristics.

3

74/152/EEC

4 March 1974

OJ No. L 84/33 of 28.3.74

Maximum design speed and load platforms.

4

74/346/EEC

25 June 1974

OJ No. L 191/1 of 15.7.74

Rear-view mirrors.

5

74/347/EEC as amended by 79/1073/EEC

25 June 1974

22 Nov. 1979

OJ No. L 191/5 of 15.7.74

OJ No. L 331/20 of 27.12.79

Field of vision and windscreen wipers.

6

75/321/EEC

20 May 1975

OJ No. L 147/24 of 9.6.75

Steering equipment.

"SCHEDULE 1

Community Directives regarding Type Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Components

Item No.

Reference Number

Date

Official Journal (OJ) Reference

Principal Subject Matter

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

7

75/322/EEC

20 May 1975

OJ No. L 147/28 of 9.6.75

Suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines.

8

76/432/EEC

6 April 1976

OJ No. L 122/1 of 8.5.76

Braking devices.

9

76/763/EEC

27 July 1976

OJ No. L 262/135 of 27.9.76

Passenger seats.

10

77/311/EEC

29 March 1977

OJ No. L 105/1 of 28.4.77

Driver-perceived noise level.

11

77/536/EEC

28 June 1977

OJ No. L 220/1 of 29.8.77

Roll-over protection structures.

12

77/537/EEC

28 June 1977

OJ No. L 220/38 of 29.8.77

Emission of pollutants from diesel engines used in wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

13

78/764/EEC

25 July 1978

OJ No. L 255/1 of 18.9.78

Driver's seat.

14

78/933/EEC

17 Oct. 1978

OJ No. L 325/16 of 20.11.78

Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices.

15

79/532/EEC

17 May 1979

OJ No. L 145/16 of 13.6.79

Component type-approval of lighting and light—signalling devices.

16

79/533/EEC

17 May 1979

OJ No. L 145/20 of 13.6.79

Coupling device and reverse.

17

79/622/EEC

25 June 1979

OJ No. L 179/1 of 17.7.79

Roll-over protection structures (static testing)

"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of April, 1980.

RAY MacSHARRY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Regulations amend the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1979 which implement those provisions of certain EEC Directives (listed in Regulation 6) relating to the type approval of agricultural or forestry tractors having a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 Km/h and components of such tractors.

I, RAY MAC SHARRY, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to the Community Directives referred to in Regulation 6 of the following Regulations, in so far as those Directives apply to the type approval of agricultural or forestry tractors and components, hereby make the following Regulations