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“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 applicable	T1C1	T2C2	T3C3	T4.1C4.1	T4.2C4.2	T4.3C4.3	T5C5
ISO 500-1:2004a c	X	--	X1)	X1)	X1)	X	X1)
ISO 500-2:2004b	--	X	X2)	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 applicable	T1C1	T2C2	T3C3	T4.1C4.1	T4.2C4.2	T4.3C4.3	T5C5
ISO 8759-1:1998	X	X	X3)	X4)	X	X4)	X