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Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) ‘Agricultural or forestry tractor’ means any motor vehicle, fitted...

  3. Article 2.No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national...

  4. Article 3.No Member State may refuse the registration or prohibit the...

  5. Article 4.The amendments necessary to adapt the requirements of Annex I...

  6. Article 5.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of...

  7. Article 6.Directive 74/347/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex...

  8. Article 7.This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day...

  9. Article 8.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

  10. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      1. FIELD OF VISION DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. DEFINITIONS

          1. 1.1. Field of vision

          2. 1.2. Reference point

          3. 1.3. Semi-circle of vision

          4. 1.4. Masking effect

          5. 1.5. Sector of vision

          6. 1.6. Swept area of the windscreen wipers

        2. 2. REQUIREMENTS

          1. 2.1. General

          2. 2.2. Checking of the field of vision

            1. 2.2.1. Procedure for determining masking effects

              1. 2.2.1.1. The tractor must be placed on a horizontal surface as...

              2. 2.2.1.2. Masking effects must not exceed 700 mm.

              3. 2.2.1.3. Masking effects due to adjacent structural components over 80 mm in...

              4. 2.2.1.4. There may be no more than six masking effects in...

              5. 2.2.1.5. Outside the sector of vision, masking effects exceeding 700 mm but...

              6. 2.2.1.6. Blind spots caused by type-approved rear-view mirrors may be disregarded...

            2. 2.2.2. Mathematical determination of masking effects for binocular vision:

              1. 2.2.2.1. as an alternative to the procedure set out in point...

              2. 2.2.2.2. for binocular vision with an inter-ocular distance of 65 mm, the...

          3. 2.3. The test methods referred to under point 2.2 may be...

          4. 2.4. Transparent area of the windscreen

          5. 2.5. Windscreen wipers

            1. 2.5.1. Tractors fitted with windscreens must also be equipped with motor-driven...

            2. 2.5.2. The rate of operation of the windscreen wipers must be...

    2. ANNEX II

    3. ANNEX III

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