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Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title
Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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Article 1U.K.
1.‘Tractor’ (agricultural or forestry) means any motor vehicle, fitted with wheels or endless tracks and having at least two axles, the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which is specially designed to tow, push, carry or power certain tools, machinery or trailers intended for agricultural or forestry use. It may be equipped to carry a load and passengers.
2.This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of between 6 and 40 km/h.
Article 2U.K.
1.No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval, to issue the document provided for in Article 2(u) of Directive 2003/37/EC, or to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor on grounds relating to the rear-view mirrors, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex I.
2.Member States may no longer issue the document referred to in Article 2(u) of Directive 2003/37/EC for any type of tractor that does not meet the requirements of this Directive.
Member States may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor that does not meet the requirements of this Directive.
Article 3U.K.
No Member State may refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, initial entry into service or use of tractors on grounds relating to the rear-view mirrors, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex I.
Article 4U.K.
The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annex I shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(3) of Directive 2003/37/EC.
Article 5U.K.
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 6U.K.
Directive 74/346/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Part A of Annex II, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Part B of Annex II.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 7U.K.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
Article 8U.K.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2009.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. Pöttering
For the Council
The President
E. Erlandsson
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