S.I. No. 99/1999 - European Communities (Agricultural Or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1999.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1999.

2. The following Schedule is hereby substituted for Schedule I (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (No. 2) Regulations, 1988 (

S.I. No. 361 of 1988

) and amended by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 288 of 1989

) and by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1990 (

S.I. No. 338 of 1990

) and by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1997 (

S.I. No. 446 of 1997

) and by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1998 (

S.I. No. 372 of 1998

)) to the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1979 (

S.I. No. 137 of 1979

)

SCHEDULE 1

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 agricultural or forestry tractors.

79/694/EEC and

24 July 1979

OJ No. L 205/17 of 13.8.79

88/297/EEC and

3 May 1998

OJ No. L 126/52 of 20.5.88

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

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 as amended by

21 June 1998

OJ No. L 200/27 of 26.7.88

97/54/EC as amended by

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

98/38/EC

3 June 1998

OJ No. L 170/13 of 16.6.98

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 as amended by

22 June 1998

OJ No. L 200/31 of 26.7.88

97/54/EC as amended by

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

98/89/EC

20 November 1998

OJ No. L 322/40 of 1.12.98

4.

74/346/EEC as amended by

25 June 1974

OJ No. L 191/1 of 15.7.74

Rear-view mirrors.

97/54/EC as amended by

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

98/40/EC

8 June 1998

OJ No. L 171/28 of 17.6.98

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 as amended by

22 November 1979

OJ No. L 331/20 of 27.12.79

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

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 as amended by

21 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/30 of 26.7.88

97/54/EC as amended by

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

98/39/EC

5 June 1998

OJ No. L 170/15 of 16.6.98

7.

75/322/EEC as amended by

20 May 1975

OJ No. L 147/28 of 9.6.75

Suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

8.

76/432/EEC as amended by

6 April 1976

OJ No. L 122/1 of 8.5.76

Braking devices.

96/63/EC and

30 September 1996

OJ No. L 253/13 of 5.10.96

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

9.

76/763/EEC as amended by

27 July 1976

OJ No. L 262/135 of 27.9.76

Passenger seats.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

10.

77/311/EEC as amended by

29 March 1977

OJ No. L 105/1 of 28.4.77

Driver-perceived noise level.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

11.

77/536/EEC as amended by

28 June 1977

OJ No. L 220/1 of 29.8.77

Roll-over protection structures.

89/680/EEC

21 December 1989

OJ No. L 398/26 of 30.12.89

12.

77/537/EEC as amended by

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.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

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 109/12 of 26.4.83

88/465/EEC as amended by

30 June 1988

OJ No. L 228/31 of 17.8.88

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

14.

78/933/EEC as amended by

17 October 1978

OJ No. L 325/16 of 20.11.78

Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

15.

79/532/EEC as amended by

17 May 1979

OJ No. L 145/16 of 13.6.79

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

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

16.

79/533/EEC as amended by

17 May 1979

OJ No. L 145/20 of 13.6.79

Coupling device and reverse.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

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 (static testing).

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 as amended by

22 June 1988

OJ No. L 200/34 of 26.7.88

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

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 1,150 mm or more or a track width of 1,250 mm or more.

20.

86/297/EEC as amended by

26 May 1986

OJ No. L 186/19 of 8.7.86

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

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

21.

86/298/EEC as amended by

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.

89/682/EEC of 30.12.89

21 December 1989

OJ No. L 398/29

22.

86/415/EEC as amended by

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.

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

23.

87/402/EEC as amended by

25 June 1987

OJ No. L 220/1 of 8.8.87

Roll-over protection structures mounted in front of driver's seat on narrow- track wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

89/681/EEC

21 December 1989

OJ No. L 398/27 of 30.12.89

24.

89/173/EEC as amended by

21 December 1988

OJ No. L 67/1 of 10.3.89

Certain components and characteristics.”

97/54/EC

23 September 1997

OJ No. L 277/24 of 10.10.97

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of April, 1999.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations implement the provisions of a number of EU Directives which relate to certain parts and characteristics, maximum design speed and load platforms, rear-view mirrors and steering equipment of agricultural or forestry tractors and correct an error which occurs in the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1998 (

S.I. No. 372 of 1998

).

(1)

O.J. No. L. 170 of 16.6.1998.

(2)

O.J. No. L. 170 of 16.6.1998.

(3)

O.J. No. L. 171 of 17.6.1998.

(4)

O.J. No. L. 322 of 1.12.1998.

I, JOE WALSH, 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 Commission Directive 98/38/EC

(1)

of 3 June 1998, Commission Directive 98/39/EC

(2)

of 5 June 1998, Commission Directive 98/40/EC

(3)

of 8 June 1998 and Commission Directive 98/89/EC

(4)

of 20 November 1998, in so far as those Directives apply to the type approval of agricultural or forestry tractors and components, hereby make the following Regulations