S.I. No. 361/1988 - European Communities (Agricultural Or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (No. 2) Regulations, 1988.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (No. 2) Regulations, 1988 and shall come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1988.

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 11 of the Regulations of 1979 (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1988 (

S.I. No. 162 of 1988

)) is hereby amended by the substitution of "reference number 21" for "reference number 24".

4. The following Schedule is hereby substituted for Schedule I to the Regulations of 1979 (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1983 (

S.I. No. 270 of 1983

) and amended by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1987 (

S.I. No. 297 of 1987

) and the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1988)

"SCHEDULE I

Community Directives regarding Type Approval of Agricultural or Forestry

Tractors and Components.

Item No.

Reference No.

Date

Official Journal (OJ) Reference

Principal Subject Matter

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.

74/150/EEC as amended by

4 March 1974

OJ No. L 84/10 of 28.3.74

Type approval of wheeled

79/694/EEC and

24 July 1979

OJ No. L 205/17 of 13.8.79

agricultural or forestry tractors.

88/297/EEC

3 May 1988

OJ No. L 126/52 of 20.5.88

2.

74/151/EEC as adapted to technical progress by

4 March 1974

OJ No. L 84/25 of 28.3.74

Certain parts and characteristics.

88/410/EEC

21 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/27 of 26.7.88

3.

74/152/EEC as adapted to technical progress by

4 March 1974

OJ No. L 84/33 of 28.3.74

Maximum design speed and load platforms.

88/412/EEC

22 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/31 of 26.7.88

4.

74/346/EEC

25 June 1974

OJ No. L 191/1 of 15.7.74

Rear-view mirrors.

5.

74/347/EEC as adapted to technical progress by

25 June 1974

OJ No. L 191/5 of 15.7.74

Field of vision and windscreen wipers.

79/1073/EEC

22 Nov. 1979

OJ No. L 331/20 of 27.12.79

6.

75/321/EEC as adapted to technical progress by

20 May 1975

OJ No. L 147/24 of 9.6.75

Steering equipment.

88/411/EEC

21 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/30 of 26.7.88

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 as adapted to technical progress by

25 July 1978

OJ No. L 255/1 of 18.9.78

Driver's seat.

83/190/EEC and

28 March 1983

OJ No. L 109/13 of 26.4.83

88/465/EEC

30 June 1988

OJ No. L 228/31 of 17.8.88

14.

78/933/EEC

17 October 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 as adapted to technical progress by

25 June 1979

OJ No. L 179/1 of 17.7.79

Roll-over protection structures (statictesting).

82/953/EEC and

15 December 1982

OJ No. L 386/31 of 31.12.82

88/413/EEC

22 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/32 of 26.7.88

18.

80/720/EEC as adapted to technical progress by

24 June 1980

OJ No. L 194/1 of 28.7.80

Operating space, access to the driving position and the doors and windows.

88/414/EEC

22 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/34 of 26.7.88

19

82/890/EEC

17 December 1982

OJ No. L 378/45 of 31.12.82

Wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors equipped with pneumatic tyres and which have at least two axles, a maximum design speed of between 6 and 30 km/h and a minimum fixed or variable drive axle track width of 1150mm or more or a track width of 1250mm or more.

20.

86/297/EEC

26 May 1986

OJ No. L 186/19 of 8.7.86

Power take-offs of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and their protection.

21.

86/298/EEC

26 May 1986

OJ No. L 186/26 of 8.7.86

Rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

22.

86/415/EEC

24 July 1986

OJ No. L 240/1 of 26.8.86

Installation, location, operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of December, 1988.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and

Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations implement the provisions of a number of EC Directives which relate to the design, operational efficiency and safety features of agricultural or forestry tractors.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Council Directive 88/297/EEC of 3 May, 1988

(1)

, and to Commission Directives 88/410/EEC and 88/411/EEC of 21 June, 1988

(2)

, 88/412/EEC, 88/413/EEC and 88/414/EEC of 22 June, 1988

(2)

and 88/465/EEC of 30 June, 1988

(3)

, in so far as those Directives apply to the type approval of agricultural or forestry tractors and components, hereby make the following Regulations

(1)

OJ No. L 126 of 20.5.1988.

(2)

OJ No. L 200 of 26.7.1988.

(3)

OJ No. L 228 of 17.8.1988.