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Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title
Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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1.DEFINITIONS
1.1. ‘Steering equipment’
‘Steering equipment’ means all the equipment the purpose of which is to alter the direction of movement of the tractor.
The steering equipment may be considered to include:
the steering control,
the steering gear,
the steered wheels,
where applicable, special equipment to produce additional or independent power,
1.1.1. Steering control
‘Steering control’ means the part directly operated by the driver in order to steer the tractor.
1.1.2. Steering gear
‘Steering gear’ means all the components between the steering control and the steered wheels, with the exception of the special equipment defined in point 1.1.4. The steering gear may be mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electric or a combination of any of these.
1.1.3. Steered wheels
‘Steered wheels’ means:
the wheels the alignment of which may be altered directly or indirectly in relation to that of the tractor in order to obtain a change in the direction of movement of the tractor,
all wheels of articulated tractors,
wheels on the same axle, the speed of which may be varied in order to obtain a change in the direction of movement of the tractor,
Self-tracking castor wheels are not steered wheels.
1.1.4. Special equipment
‘Special equipment’ means that part of the steering equipment by which additional or independent power is produced. Additional or independent power may be produced by any mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic or electrical system, or by any combination of these (for example by an oil pump, air pump or battery, etc.).
1.2. ‘Different types of steering equipment’
1.2.1.Depending on the source of power which is necessary for the deflection of the steered wheels, the following types of steering equipment are identified:
1.2.1.1.
Manual steering equipment, in which the steering power is provided solely by the muscular power of the driver;
1.2.1.2.
Assisted steering equipment, in which the steering power is provided both by the muscular power of the driver and by the special equipment defined in point 1.1.4;
Steering equipment where the steering power is normally provided solely by the special equipment defined in point 1.1.4, but which in the event of failure of the special equipment enables the muscular power of the driver to be used for steering, shall be considered as ‘assisted steering equipment’.
1.2.1.3.
Servo-steering equipment, in which the steering power is provided solely by the special equipment defined in point 1.1.4.
1.3. Steering effort
‘Steering effort’ means the force exerted by the driver on the steering control in order to steer the tractor.
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