Introductory text

United Kingdom

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/986

of 3 April 2018

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 as regards the adaptation of the administrative provisions for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles to Stage V emission limits

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural or forestry vehicles^f1, and in particular Article 22(4), paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 of Article 25, Article 27(1), Article 33(2) and Article 34(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504^f2 lays down, inter alia, the templates for certain documents to be drawn up in the context of the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles.

(2)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3 repeals Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4 and introduces new gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits (Stage V) for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery.

(3)

In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, the Stage V emission limits set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 will also apply to agricultural and forestry vehicles. The application of those limits is deferred in accordance with the timetable set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

(4)

It is, therefore, necessary to amend the templates set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 in order to adapt those templates and align them with those set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656^f5.

(5)

For the purposes of refining the administrative requirements, additional minor amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 should be made to allow for the approval of electrical/electronic sub-assemblies as a component and to require more comprehensive information for the purposes of the type-approval of the transmission and the braking devices for towed vehicles.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013,

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1.
f2: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 of 11 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 85, 28.3.2015, p. 1).
f3: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013 and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53).
f4: Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1).
f5: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 December 2016 laying down the administrative requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 102, 13.4.2017, p. 364).