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Directive 2009/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (static testing) (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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Article 1.This Directive shall apply to tractors as defined in Article...
Article 2.(1) Each Member State shall grant EC component type-approval for...
Article 3.Member States shall, for each type of roll-over protection structure...
Article 4.No Member State may prohibit the placing on the market...
Article 5.The competent authorities of each Member State shall within one...
Article 6.(1) If the Member State which has granted EC component...
Article 7.Any decision taken pursuant to the provisions adopted in implementation...
Article 8.(1) No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval,...
Article 9.No Member State may refuse to register or prohibit the...
Article 10.For the purposes of EC type-approval, any tractor to which...
Article 11.Any amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements...
Article 12.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of...
Article 13.Directive 79/622/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex...
Article 14.This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day...
Article 15.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Conditions for EC component type-approval
Conditions for testing the strength of the protection structures and of their attachment to tractors
2.1. Horizontal loading tests (side and longitudinal)
2.1.1. Material, equipment and tie-down means adequate to ensure that the...
2.1.2. Means of applying a horizontal force on the protection structure...
2.1.3. Equipment for measuring as far as is technically possible the...
2.1.4. Means for proving that the zone of clearance has not...
2.2. The boundaries of the zone shall be taken as:
2.2.1. vertical planes 250 mm on either side of the reference plane...
2.2.2. parallel planes extending from the upper edge of the planes...
2.2.3. a horizontal plane 900 mm above the seat reference point;
2.2.4. an inclined plane perpendicular to the reference plane and including...
2.2.5. a surface, if necessary curved, with a series of straight...
2.2.6. a curvilinear surface, perpendicular to the reference plane, with a...
2.2.7. a curvilinear surface, perpendicular to the reference plane, having a...
2.2.8. an inclined plane perpendicular to the reference plane, joining surface...
2.2.9. a vertical plane, perpendicular to the reference plane, 40 mm forward...
2.2.10. a horizontal plane through the seat reference point;
2.2.11. in the case of a tractor with a reversible driving...
2.2.13. where a new seat option is proposed after the test...
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