S.I. No. 428/2009 - European Communities (Agricultural Or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2009


S.I. No. 428 of 2009

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AGRICULTURAL OR FORESTRY TRACTORS TYPE APPROVAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th October, 2009.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2009/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 1 , Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 2 , Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 3 , Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 4 , Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 5 , Directive 2009/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 6 , Directive 2009/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 7 , Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 8 , Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 9 , Directive 2009/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 10 and Directive 2009/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 11 , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 69 of 2005 ) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 123 of 2008 )) the following—

“‘Directive’ means Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 12 as amended by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 13 , Commission Directive 2005/67/EC of 18 October 2005 14 , Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 15 , Commission Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006 16 , Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 17 , Directive 2009/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, Directive 2009/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 and Directive 2009/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.”

3. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 123 of 2008 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 October 2009.

BRENDAN SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend existing legislation relating to

•the coupling device and reverse

•rear-view mirrors

•the maximum design speed of and load platforms

•the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices

•certain parts and characteristics

•the steering equipment

•the driver-perceived noise level

•the roll-over protection structures

of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

and the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (static testing).

They also amend existing legislation relating to the component type-approval of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and on the suppression of radio interference produced by agricultural or forestry tractors (electromagnetic compatibility).

1 O.J. No. L261 of 03.10.2009, p.1

2 O.J. No. L198 of 30.07.2009, p.4

3 O.J. No. L198 of 30.07.2009, p.9

4 O.J. No. L198 of 30.07.2009, p.15

5 O.J. No. L203 of 05.08.2009, p.19

6 O.J. No. L214 of 19.08.2009, p.23

7 O.J. No. L216 of 20.08.2009, p.1

8 O.J. No. L201 of 01.08.2009, p.11

9 O.J. No. L203 of 05.08.2009, p.52

10 O.J. No. L261 of 03.10.2009, p.40

11 O.J. No. L201 of 01.08.2009, p.18

12 O.J. No. L171 of 09.07.2003, p.1.

13 O.J. No. L55 of 01.03.2005, p.35

14 O.J. No. L273 of 19.10.2005, p.17

15 O.J. No. L65 of 07.03.2006, p.22

16 O.J. No. L363 of 20.12.2006, p.81

17 O.J. No. L24 of 29.01.2008, p.30