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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-519/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/519",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/519 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-519",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Regulation (EU) 2019/519 of the European Parliament and of the Council\nof 19 March 2019\namending Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nAfter transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,\nActing in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe descriptions of T1 and T2 category vehicles provided for in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council require clarification regarding the position of the axle closest to the driver for tractors with a reversible driving position and regarding the method of calculating the height of the centre of gravity. In order to accurately and uniformly establish the height of the centre of gravity for T2 category vehicles, reference should be made to internationally applicable standards which determine the centre of gravity of a tractor.\n(2)\nAn accurate definition of the different features of agricultural tractors based on the analysis of their technical characteristics is of the utmost importance for the correct and complete implementation of this Regulation and of the delegated and implementing acts adopted under it. Considering that discussions on the definitions of the categories take place in the relevant international fora, of which the Union is a party, such work should be taken into account by the Commission to prevent any disproportionate and negative effects on the application of technical requirements and test procedures, as well as any negative impacts for the manufacturers, in particular of highly specialised tractors.\n(3)\nIn Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, it should be made clear that the term ‘interchangeable machinery’ means ‘interchangeable equipment’, thereby ensuring that terminology is used consistently throughout that Regulation.\n(4)\nIn Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, importers are required to retain a copy of the certificate of conformity in respect of products that are not in conformity with that Regulation or which present a serious risk. It should be made clear that what is being referred to is an EU type-approval certificate. That Regulation should therefore be amended to refer to the appropriate document.\n(5)\nRegulation (EU) No 167/2013 requires that an EU type-approval certificate contains, as an attachment, the test results. It should be made clear that what is being referred to is the test results sheet. That Regulation should therefore be amended to refer to the appropriate attachment.\n(6)\nRegulation (EU) No 167/2013 empowered the Commission to adopt delegated acts for a period of five years, which expired on 21 March 2018. As there is a continuing need to update various elements of the type-approval process as laid down by that Regulation and the acts adopted pursuant to it, in particular to adapt them to technical progress or to introduce corrections, the period for the exercise of the delegation of power should be extended, with the possibility for further tacit extensions.\n(7)\nRegulation (EU) No 167/2013, refers to the repeal of Council Directive 74/347/EEC when it should refer instead to the repeal of Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which codified the former Directive. It is therefore necessary to amend the relevant reference in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.\n(8)\nAs this Regulation amends Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 without expanding its regulatory content, and since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.\n(9)\nRegulation (EU) No 167/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 440, 6.12.2018, p. 104."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Position of the European Parliament of 12 February 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of 4 March 2019."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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 and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Council Directive 74/347/EEC of 25 June 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (OJ L 191, 15.7.1974, p. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "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 (OJ L 24, 29.1.2008, p. 30)."
    }
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