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Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 amending, for the purpose of adapting their technical provisions, Council Directives 80/720/EEC and 86/297/EEC and Directives 2003/37/EC, 2009/60/EC and 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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ANNEX II

ANNEX I General provisions and requirements for power take-offs

1.Definition and scope

1.1.“Power take-off” (PTO) means an external shaft of the tractor to provide rotational power to implements.
1.2.The provisions of this Directive apply only to power take-offs as defined in point 1.1 and located at the rear or the front of the tractor.

2.Application for EC type-approval

2.1.The application for the type approval of a tractor type as regards the power take-off and its protection must be submitted by the tractor manufacturer or his authorised representative, using the information document, the model of which appears in Annex II, Part 1.
2.2.It must be accompanied by drawings, in triplicate, on an appropriate and suitably detailed scale, of those parts of the tractor subject to the requirements of this Directive.
2.3.A tractor representative of the type submitted for approval or those part(s) of the tractor considered essential for the execution of the tests required by this Directive must be supplied to the technical service responsible for conducting the type-approval tests.

3.EC type-approval certificate

A certificate conforming to the model which appears in Annex II, Part 2 must be completed for each approval granted or refused.

4.General Provisions

Where tractors are equipped with power take-offs, these must comply with the requirements of this Annex.

For the purposes of this Directive, the standards referred to in points 4.1 and 4.2 apply.

4.1.Provisions for rear power take-offs

The specifications of ISO 500-1:2004 together with Technical Corrigendum 1:2005 and ISO 500-2:2004 apply to tractors with rear power take-offs according to Table 1.

Table 1

Application of standards for rear power take-offs of the different tractor categories

a

In the standard ISO 500-1:2004, the last sentence in section 6.2 is not applicable.

b

For the purposes of this Directive, this standard also applies to tractors with a power take-off, the power of which exceeds 20 kW, measured in accordance with ISO 789-1:1990.

c

For power take-offs of type 3 and where it is possible to reduce the dimension of the opening of the protective guard in order to adapt to the coupling elements to be used, the user manual must contain the following elements:

  • warning relating to the consequences and risks caused by the reduced dimension of the protective guard,

  • instructions and specific warnings relating to coupling and releasing the power take-offs,

  • instructions and specific warnings relating to the use of tools or machines coupled to the rear power take-off.

X

Standard applicable.

--

Standard not applicable.

X1)

Standard applicable for tractors with a track width of more than 1 150 mm.

X2)

Standard applicable for tractors with a track width of 1 150 mm or less.

Standard applicableT1C1T2C2T3C3T4.1C4.1T4.2C4.2T4.3C4.3T5C5
ISO 500-1:2004a cX--X1)X1)X1)XX1)
ISO 500-2:2004b--XX2)X2)X2)--X2)
4.2.Provisions for front power take-offs

The specifications of ISO 8759-1:1998 apply to tractors with front power take-offs according to Table 2.

Table 2

Application of standards for front power take-offs of the different tractor categories

X

Standard applicable.

X3)

Standard applicable when the tractor is equipped with power take-offs as specified in this standard.

X4)

Standard applicable, except clause 4.2.

Standard applicableT1C1T2C2T3C3T4.1C4.1T4.2C4.2T4.3C4.3T5C5
ISO 8759-1:1998XXX3)X4)XX4)X

ANNEX II

Part 1 INFORMATION DOCUMENT No […]pursuant to Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC relating to EC type-approval of a tractor with respect to the power take-offs of tractors

The following information, if applicable, shall be supplied in triplicate and include a list of contents.

Any drawings shall be supplied in appropriate scale and in sufficient detail in A4 format. Photographs, if any, shall show sufficient detail.

0.GENERAL

0.1.Make(s) (trade mark registered by the manufacturer):
0.2.Type (specify any variants and versions):
0.3.Means of identification of type, if marked on the vehicle:
0.3.1.

Manufacturer’s plate (location and method of affixing):

0.4.Category of vehicle(1):
0.5.Name and address of manufacturer:
0.8.Name(s) and address(es) of assembly plant(s):
4.12.Power take-off(s) (revolutions per minute and ratio of this figure to that of the engine) (number, type and position)
4.12.1.

Main power take-off(s):

4.12.2.

Other(s):

4.12.3.

Power take-off guard(s) (description, dimensions, drawings, photographs):

Part 2 TYPE-APPROVAL DOCUMENTATION

MODEL (maximum format: A4 (210 × 297 mm))

EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

Stamp of administration

Communication concerning the

  • type approval(2)

  • extension of type approval(2)

  • refusal of type approval(2)

  • withdrawal of type approval(2)

of a type of tractor with regard to Directive 86/297/EEC,

Type-approval number: …

Reason for extension: …

Section I
0.1.Make (trade name of manufacturer):
0.2.Tractor type:
0.3.Means of identification of tractor type if marked on the tractor(3):
0.3.1.Location of that marking:
0.4.Category of vehicle(4):
0.5.Name and address of manufacturer:
0.8.Name(s) and address(es) of assembly plant(s):
Section II
1.Additional information (where applicable): See Addendum
2.Technical service responsible for carrying out the tests:
3.Date of test report:
4.Number of test report:
5.Remarks (if any): See Addendum
6.Place:
7.Date:
8.Signature:
9.The index to the information package lodged with the approval authority, which may be obtained on request, is attached.
(1)

As defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC.

(2)

Delete where not applicable.

(3)

Where the means of identification of tractor type contains characters not relevant to describe the tractor types covered by this type-approval certificate, such characters are represented in the documentation by the symbol “?” (e.g. ABC?123?).

(4)

As defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC.

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