(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Regulations, which apply throughout the United Kingdom, consolidate and further amend Schedule 2 to the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988 which specifies the Community directives establishing type approval requirements with respect to the design, construction, equipment and marking of tractors and tractor components. The Regulations implement on the dates specified in regulation 4–

  • The amendments to various directives occasioned by the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;

  • Commission Directive 96/63/EC;

  • Commission Decision 96/627/EC;

  • Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;

  • Commission Directive 98/38/EC;

  • Commission Directive 98/39/EC;

  • Commission Directive 98/40/EC;

  • Commission Directive 99/40/EC;

  • Commission Directive 99/55/EC;

  • Commission Directive 99/56/EC;

  • Commission Directive 99/57/EC;

  • Commission Directive 99/58/EC;

  • Council Directive 99/86/EC.