Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/985Show full title

CHAPTER III U.K. TYPE-APPROVAL PROCEDURES

Article 6 U.K. EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle with regard to pollutant emissions

1. EU type-approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 shall only be granted to an agricultural and forestry vehicle, where it complies with the requirements with regard to pollutant emissions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 and in the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto with the adaptations laid down in Part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation; the specific requirements laid down in Part 2 of Annex I to this Regulation shall be also complied with.

2. In addition to the requirements under Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504(1), an application for EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle with an approved engine type or family shall be accompanied by a copy of the EU type-approval certificate or an approval certificate issued in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation for the engine type or engine family and, where applicable, for the systems, components and separate technical units which are installed in the agricultural and forestry vehicle.

3. In addition to the requirements under Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504, an application for EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle without an approved engine type or family shall be accompanied by an information document relating to EU type-approval of a type of (or a type of a vehicle with regard to) an installation of an engine/engine family system in accordance with Appendix 1 to Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 and an information document relating to EU type-approval of an engine, engine family as a component or a separate technical unit in accordance with Appendix 3 to Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504.

For the purposes of such an application, the manufacturer shall submit to the technical service responsible for conducting the approval tests an agricultural and forestry vehicle engine conforming to the characteristics of the engine type or, where applicable, parent engine.

Article 7 U.K. EU type-approval of an engine or an engine family with regard to pollutant emissions

EU type-approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 shall only be granted to an engine type or an engine family where it complies with the requirements with regard to pollutant emissions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 and in the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto with the adaptations laid down in Part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation; the specific requirements laid down in Part 2 of Annex I to this Regulation shall be also complied with. The application for EU type-approval shall be accompanied by the information folder in accordance with Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504.

Article 8 U.K. EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle with regard to external sound levels

1. EU type-approval in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 shall only be granted to an agricultural and forestry vehicle where it complies with the requirements with regard to external sound levels laid down in paragraphs 2 to 5 and in Annex II to this Regulation.

2. The technical services shall measure the external sound level of agricultural and forestry vehicles of category T equipped with pneumatic tyres and of category C equipped with track belts in motion, for type-approval purposes, in accordance with the test conditions and methods laid down in point 1.3.1 of Annex II.

3. The technical services shall measure the external sound level of stationary agricultural and forestry vehicles of categories T and C equipped with track belts, for type-approval purposes, in accordance with the test conditions and methods laid down in point 1.3.2 of Annex II. They shall record the results in accordance with the provisions laid down in point 1.3.2.4 of Annex II.

4. The technical services shall measure the external sound level of agricultural and forestry vehicles of category C equipped with track chains, for type-approval purposes, in accordance with the stationary test conditions and methods laid down in point 1.3.2 of Annex II.

5. The technical services shall measure the external sound level of agricultural and forestry vehicles of category C equipped with track chains in motion, for the type-approval purposes, in accordance with the test conditions and methods laid down in point 1.3.3 of Annex II. They shall record the results.

6. The application for type-approval shall be accompanied by the information folder in accordance with Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504.

Article 9 U.K. Extension of EU type-approvals

The EU type-approval regarding pollutant emissions and external sound level requirements may be extended by the type-approval authorities to different vehicle variants, versions and engine types and families, provided that those vehicle variants, versions, engine types and families satisfy the requirements on pollutant emissions and external sound levels set out in Article 19(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.

Article 10 U.K. Subsequent changes affecting the environmental and propulsion unit performance

The manufacturer shall notify to the approval authority without delay any changes to systems, components and separate technical units that may affect the environmental and propulsion unit performance of the agricultural and forestry vehicles of the approved type placed on the market in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.

The notification referred to in the first paragraph shall include the following:

(a)

evidence that the changes referred to in the first paragraph do not deteriorate the environmental performance of a vehicle compared to the environmental performance demonstrated at type-approval;

(b)

description of the engine type or the engine family, including the exhaust after-treatment system, in accordance with Article 11 of and Annex IX to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656(2);

(c)

information in accordance with Appendix 2 to Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504.

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 of 11 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 85, 28.3.2015, p. 1).

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 December 2016 laying down the administrative requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 364).