{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-26/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-26/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/26",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 74/151/EEC, 77/311/EEC, 78/933/EEC and 89/173/EEC relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-26",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Directive 89/173/EEC is amended as follows:\n(1) Annex II is amended as follows:\n(a) In point 2.2., the following points are inserted:\n‘2.2.6.\n“Normal operation” means the use of the tractor for the purpose intended by the manufacturer and by an operator familiar with the tractor characteristics and complying with the information for operation, service and safe practices, as specified by the manufacturer in the operator’s manual and by signs on the tractor.\n2.2.7.\n“Inadvertent contact” means unplanned contact between a person and a hazard location resulting from the person’s action during normal operation and service of the tractor.’\n(b) In point 2.3.2., the following points are inserted:\n‘2.3.2.16.\nHot surfaces\nHot surfaces which can be reached by the operator during normal operation of the tractor shall be covered or insulated. This applies to hot surfaces which are near to steps, handrails, handholds and integral tractor parts used as boarding means and which may be inadvertently touched.\n2.3.2.17.\nBattery terminal cover\nNon-earthed terminals must be protected against unintentional short-circuiting.’\n(2) In point 1. of Annex III A, the following point is inserted:\n‘1.1.3.\nrigid plastic glazing is permitted for non-windscreen applications as approved in Council Directive 92/22/EEC or in UN-ECE Regulation 43, Annex 14.’\n(3) Annex IV is amended as follows:\n(a) In point 1.1., the second indent is replaced by the following:\n‘towing hook (see Figure 1 — “Hitch-hook dimensions” in ISO 6489-1:2001),’\n(b) In Section 2, the following point 2.9. is added:\n‘2.9.\nIn order to prevent unintentional uncoupling from the hitch ring, the distance between the towing hook tip and the keeper (clamping device) shall not exceed 10 mm at the maximum design load.’\n(c) In Appendix 1, Figure 3 and the related text are deleted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 129, 14.5.1992, p. 11.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/26/annex/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:37.903595+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}