#AGRS2612978AFrance updates approval rules for agricultural and forestry tractors
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This order updates France’s national approval rules for certain agricultural and forestry tractors. It changes one numeric reference in the 2022 framework and replaces the technical annexes used to assess conformity for national type approval and individual approval. The practical effect is mainly for tractor manufacturers, importers, testing bodies, and approval authorities. They will need to use the revised conformity tables when checking safety and technical requirements such as rollover protection, driver seats, noise, controls, braking, towing links, manuals, and protection against falling or penetrating objects.
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Key Changes
- Replaces the conformity assessment annexes for national type approval of covered agricultural and forestry tractors.
- Replaces the conformity assessment annexes for individual approval of covered tractor categories.
- Updates a numeric reference in Article 15 of the 2022 order from 5 to 8.
Obligations
What this law requires
For national type approval of covered agricultural or forestry tractors, conformity assessments must apply the replaced Annex II criteria, including the applicable technical requirements for rollover protection, driver seat, noise level, driving-position access, power take-offs, controls, engine-element protection, towing links, braking, user manual, passenger seat, falling-object protection, penetrating-object protection, and hazardous-substance contact prevention.
For individual approval of covered agricultural or forestry tractors, conformity assessments must apply the replaced Annex III criteria rather than the prior annex criteria.
Approval assessments for covered tractor categories must use the updated category-specific applicability markings in Annex II, distinguishing requirements marked applicable, not applicable, or component-only for T4.1, T4.2, C4.1, and other C-category vehicles.
When assessing mechanical towing links for covered tractors, conformity checks must apply Regulation (EU) 2015/208 Annex XXXIV for both component approval where indicated and installation requirements where applicable.
When assessing braking for covered tractors, conformity checks must apply Regulation (EU) 2015/68 as listed in the revised conformity table.