Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 4 U.K. Timetable

1. Member States may not after 30 September 2000:

• refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of an engine type or family, or

• prohibit the sale, entry into service or use of a new engine, or

• refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of tractor types, or

• prohibit the use, the sale, the initial entry into service of tractor types,

on grounds relating to air pollution if the pollutants emitted by those engines or the engines fitted to those tractors meet the requirements of this Directive.

2. Member States may no longer grant EC type-approval or national type-approval for a type or family of engines or a tractor type where the pollutants emitted by the engine do not meet the requirements of this Directive:

(a) in stage I

• (a) after 31 December 2000 for engines of categories B and C (power range as defined in Article 9(2) of Directive 97/68/EC);

(b) in stage II

• (b) after 31 December 2000 for engines of categories D and E (power range as defined in Article 9(3) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 31 December 2001 for engines of category F (power range as defined in Article 9(3) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 31 December 2002 for engines of category G (power range as defined in Article 9(3) of Directive 97/68/EC)[F1 ;]

[F2 (c) in stage III A

• [F2 (c) after 31 December 2005 for engines of categories H, I and K (power range as defined in Article 9(3a) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 31 December 2006 for engines of category J (power range as defined in Article 9(3a) of Directive 97/68/EC);

(d) in stage III B

• (d) after 31 December 2009 for engines of category L (power range as defined in Article 9(3c) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 31 December 2010 for engines of categories M and N (power range as defined in Article 9(3c) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 31 December 2011 for engines of category P (power range as defined in Article 9(3c) of Directive 97/68/EC);

(e) in stage IV

• (e) after 31 December 2012 for engines of category Q (power range as defined in Article 9(3d) of Directive 97/68/EC),

• after 30 September 2013 for engines of category R (power range as defined in Article 9(3d) of Directive 97/68/EC).]

3. Member States shall prohibit the initial entry into service of engines and tractors where the pollutants emitted by the engines do not meet the requirements of the Directive:

• after 30 June 2001 for engines of categories A, B, and C,

• after 31 December 2001 for engines of categories D and E,

• after 31 December 2002 for engines of category F,

• after 31 December 2003 for engines of category G[F1 ,]

• [F2 after 31 December 2005 for engines of category H,

• after 31 December 2006 for engines of categories I,

• after 31 December 2006 for engines of categories K,

• after 31 December 2007 for engines of category J,

• after 31 December 2010 for engines of category L,

• after 31 December 2011 for engines of categories M

• after 31 December 2011 for engines of categories N,

• after 31 December 2012 for engines of category P,

• after 31 December 2013 for engines of category Q,

• after 30 September 2014 for engines of category R.]

However, for tractors fitted with category E or F engines, the above dates shall be postponed for six months.

4. The requirements of paragraph 3 do not apply to engines intended to be installed in tractor types for export to third countries and the replacement of engines for tractors in service.

[F1 5. For engines of categories A to G Member States may postpone the dates laid down in paragraph 3 for two years with respect to engines with a production date prior to the said date. They may grant other exceptions under the conditions laid down in Article 10 of Directive 97/68/EC.]

[F2 6. For engines of categories H to R, the dates laid down in paragraph 3 shall be postponed for two years with respect to engines with a production date prior to the said date.

7. For engine types or engine families meeting the limit values set out in the table in section 4.1.2.4, 4.1.2.5 and 4.1.2.6 of Annex I to Directive 97/68/EC before the dates laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article, Member States shall allow special labelling and marking to show that the equipment concerned meets the required limit values before the dates laid down.

8. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(2) of Directive 2003/37/EC, the Commission shall align the limit values and dates of stages IIIB and IV with the limit values and dates decided following the revision procedure provided for in Article 2(b) of Directive 2004/26/EC, with a view to the needs of agricultural or forestry tractors and, in particular, tractors of categories T2, T4.1 and C2.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 amending Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors, and amending Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Inserted by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 amending Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors, and amending Annex I to Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance).