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Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the component type-approval of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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Article 1U.K.

1.For the purposes of this Directive, ‘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 2U.K.

No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a tractor on grounds relating to the following lamps or reflectors, if these bear the EC component type-approval mark as provided for in Annex I and are installed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 2009/61/EC:

(a)

headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps or incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps;

(b)

end-outline marker lamps;

(c)

front position (side) lamps;

(d)

rear position (side) lamps;

(e)

stop lamps;

(f)

direction indicator lamps;

(g)

reflex reflectors;

(h)

rear registration-plate lamps;

(i)

front fog lamps and filament lamps for such lamps;

(j)

rear fog lamps;

(k)

reversing lamps;

(l)

parking lamps.

Article 3U.K.

No Member State may refuse the registration, or prohibit the sale, entry into service or use, of a tractor on grounds relating to the following lamps or reflectors, if these bear the EC component type-approval mark as provided for in Annex I and are installed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 2009/61/EC:

(a)

headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps or incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps;

(b)

end-outline marker lamps;

(c)

front position (side) lamps;

(d)

rear position (side) lamps;

(e)

stop lamps;

(f)

direction indicator lamps;

(g)

reflex reflectors;

(h)

rear registration-plate lamps;

(i)

front fog lamps and filament lamps for such lamps;

(j)

rear fog lamps;

(k)

reversing lamps;

(l)

parking lamps.

Article 4U.K.

The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annex I shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(3) of Directive 2003/37/EC.

Article 5U.K.

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 6U.K.

Directive 79/532/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Part A of Annex II, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Part B of Annex II.

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 III.

Article 7U.K.

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 8U.K.

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

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