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

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.

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.