Commission Directive 2010/62/EU (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

Directive 80/720/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. For the purposes of this Directive, “tractor” means a tractor as defined in Article 2(j) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1),

For the purposes of this Directive, the tractor categories defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC shall apply.

2. This Directive shall apply to tractor categories T1, T3 and T4 as defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC.

This Directive shall not apply to tractors of category T4.3 where the driver’s seat index point, as determined in Annex II to Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) is more than 100 mm from the median longitudinal plane of the tractor.’;

2.

Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2

Directive 86/297/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

The title is replaced by the following:

‘Council Directive 86/297/EEC of 26 May 1986 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the power take-offs of tractors and their protection’;

2.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. For the purposes of this Directive, “tractor” means a tractor as defined in Article 2(j) of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(3).

2. For the purposes of this Directive, the tractor categories defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC shall apply.’;

3.

Annexes I and II are replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Directive.

Article 3

Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.

Article 4

Directive 2009/60/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. For the purposes of this Directive, “tractor” means a tractor as defined in Article 2(j) of Directive 2003/37/EC.

2. For the purposes of this Directive, the tractor categories defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC shall apply.

3. This Directive shall apply only to tractors which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of not more than 40 km/h.’;

2.

Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Directive.

Article 5

Directive 2009/144/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1. For the purposes of this Directive, “tractor” means a tractor as defined in Article 2(j) of Directive 2003/37/EC.

2. For the purposes of this Directive, the tractor categories defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC shall apply.

3. This Directive shall apply to tractor categories T1, T2, T3 and T4.’;

2.

Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Directive.

Article 6

1. For tractor categories T1, T2 and T3 as defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC, Member States shall apply the provisions referred to in Article 7(1) of this Directive to new types of vehicles from 29 September 2011 and to new vehicles from 29 September 2012.

2. For tractors of category T4.3 as defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC, Member States shall apply the provisions referred to in Article 7(1) of this Directive to new types of vehicles from 29 September 2013 and to new vehicles from 29 September 2016.

3. For vehicle categories T4.1, T4.2, T5, C, R and S as defined in Annex II to Directive 2003/37/EC, Member States shall apply the provisions referred to in Article 7(1) of this Directive to new types of vehicles and to new vehicles from the dates laid down in Article 23(2) of Directive 2003/37/EC.

Article 7

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 29 September 2011 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. 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 8

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 9

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 September 2010.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso