Directive 2009/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

1. ‘Tractor’ (agricultural or forestry) means any motor vehicle, fitted with wheels or endless tracks and having at least two axles, the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which is specially designed to tow, push, carry or power certain tools, machinery or trailers intended for agricultural or forestry use. It may be equipped to carry a load and passengers.

2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of between 6 and 40 km/h.

Article 2

1. No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor on grounds relating to the following parts and characteristics, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annexes I to VI:

• the maximum permissible laden mass,

• the location and fitting of the rear registration plates,

• fuel tanks,

• ballast weights,

• audible warning devices,

• the permissible sound level and exhaust system (silencer),

2. With respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of this Directive, Member States:

• shall no longer grant EC type-approval,

• may refuse to grant national type-approval,

3. With respect to new vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of this Directive, Member States:

• shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany those new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1) of that Directive,

• may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of those new vehicles.

Article 3

No Member State may refuse registration, or prohibit the sale, entry into service or use of tractors on grounds relating to the parts and characteristics listed in Article 2(1) if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annexes I to VI.

Article 4

The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annexes I to VI, apart from those set out at points 1.1 and 1.4.1.2 of Annex VI, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(3) of Directive 2003/37/EC.

Article 5

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 6

Directive 74/151/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Part A of Annex VII, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States concerning the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives listed in Annex VII, Part B.

References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VIII.

Article 7

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Article 8

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2009.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. Pöttering

For the Council

The President

E. Erlandsson