The power take-off must be protected by a guard mounted on the tractor which covers at least the top part and the two sides of the PTO as shown in Figure 2 below, or by other means providing a similar degree of protection such as the location of the PTO in a recess that is part of the tractor or is formed by a separate part (tow-hook mounts, coupling cover, etc.).
Priključna gred mora imeti okrov, ki je pritrjen na traktorju in pokriva vsaj vrhnji del in obe strani priključne gredi, kakor je prikazano na sliki 2. Tudi drugi načini so dovoljeni, vendar mora biti zagotovljena ista stopnja zaščite, kot na primer: pri priključni gredi tam, kjer je ugreznjena v konstrukcijo traktorja ali pa v prigrajeni del (ogrodje za vlečni kavelj, okrov vlečne sklopke itd.).