"Articles 4(2) and 10 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors with a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h" is replaced by the following text:

means, in relation to type-approval pursuant to this Annex (tyre/road noise emission), a range of tyres consisting of a list of tyre size designations (see section 2.17 in Annex II), brand names, trade marks and trade descriptions which do not differ in such essential characteristics as:

Technical measures for the type-approval, as separate technical units, of replacement catalytic converters to ensure both their emissions performance and, where appropriate, their compatibility with the on-board diagnostic (OBD) system of the vehicle for which they are designed, should be introduced.

With effect from 1 April 1991 Member States may refuse the national type approval of a type of vehicle and may no longer issue the document provided for in Article 10 (1), final indent, of Directive 70/156/EEC for a type of vehicle if the installation of said lighting and light-signalling devices does not comply with the provisions of this Directive, except in respect of the provisions relating to the category 1 a and 1 b front direction indicator lamps described in Annex I to Directive 76/756/EEC, item 4.5.3, for types of vehicle, the type approval of which is prompted neither by a new design nor by a change in design and/or body shape which could effect the dimensions of those front direction indicator lamps and their position in relation to the front dipped-beam headlamps and fog lamps.

Whereas, in the interests of clarity and of conformity with Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (5), the opportunity offered by this amendment should be taken in order to align the definition of the term 'motorcycle` in respect of design speed,

in the case of headlamps that comply with the provisions of this Directive and are so designed as to preclude any simultaneous lighting of the dipped-beam filament and the filament of any other light source with which it may be reciprocally incorporated, a stroke (/) after the dipped-beam symbol in the component type-approval mark;

If, in order to satisfy the provisions laid down for EEC type-approval, a tractor has to be fitted with ballast weights, these weights must be provided by the manufacturer, be made of metal, designed for fixing to the tractor, and bear the mark of the firm manufacturing them and an indication of their approximate weight in kilograms.

With regard to products that have a national type-certificate, or equivalent, and for which the approval process of a major repair design carried out by a Member State is not finalised at the time when the type-certificate is determined in accordance with this Regulation, compliance findings made under JAA or Member State procedures shall be deemed to have been made by the Agency for the purpose of complying with 21A.433(a) of Part 21.

Equivalent requirements must now be adopted on the suppression of radio interference produced by engines fitted to agricultural or forestry tractors, by establishing a specific directive within the framework of the type-approval procedure which provides for approvals granted by designated national authorities on the basis of harmonised technical requirements.

Whereas Article 1 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3), as amended by Directive 79/694/EEC (4), limits the scope of the said Directive to tractors equipped with pneumatic tyres and having two axles and a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h;

For the type-approval and verification of conformity of - vehicles other than those of category M1, - passenger vehicles of category M1 designed to carry more than six occupants including the driver or whose maximum mass exceeds 2 500 kg, - off-road vehicles as defined in Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC as last amended by Directive 87/403/EEC , the limit values shown in the tables in sections 5.2.1.1.4 (type-approval) and 7.1.1.1 (conformity check) of Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by Directive 83/351/EEC, are applicable as from 1 October 1989 in the case of new vehicle types and from 1 October 1990 in the case of vehicles entering into service for the first time.

For the type-approval and checking of production conformity of vehicles other than those of category M1 as well as of vehicles of category M1 designed to carry more than six occupants including the driver, the limits for the combined emissions of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen are those resulting from the multiplication of the values L2 given in the tables in 5.2.1.1.4 and 7.1.1.1 by a factor of 1,25.

To verify specific dimensions on or within a vehicle submitted for type-approval in accordance with this Directive, the relationship between the coordinates of the three-dimensional reference grid, defined in 2.3 of Annex I, which has been laid out at the initial vehicle-design stage, and the positions of the primary reference marks defined in 2.4 of Annex I, must be established accurately so that specific points on the vehicle manufacturer's drawings can be identified on an actual vehicle produced from those drawings.

The holder of a minor change approval to type design shall furnish at least one set of the associated variations, if any, to the instructions for continued airworthiness of the product on which the minor change is to be installed, prepared in accordance with the applicable type-certification basis, to each known owner of one or more aircraft, engine, or propeller incorporating the minor change, upon its delivery, or upon issuance of the first certificate of airworthiness for the affected aircraft, whichever occurs later, and thereafter make those variations in instructions available, on request, to any other person required to comply with any of the terms of those instructions.

Upon the date of application of the provisions of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery, at present European Commission proposal COM(95) 350, bodies in Australia which have been designated to issue type-approvals according to this Directive shall, either directly or through the authority responsible for their designation, fulfil the notification and other obligations placed upon approval authorities under the relevant provisions of this Directive.

Upon the date of application of the provisions of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery, at present European Commission proposal COM(95) 350, bodies in New Zealand which have been designated to issue type approvals according to this Directive will, either directly or through the authority responsible for their designation, fulfil the notification and other obligations placed upon approval authorities under the relevant provisions of this Directive.

The term `type approval` means written approval of a Contracting party (or competent authority designated by a Contracting Party)that a vehicle and/or any item of equipment and/or part that can be fitted and/or be used on a vehicle, satisfies specific technical requirements, and is used as a precondition to the introduction of the vehicle, equipment or part into commerce.