Air pollution: gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines, agricultural tractors (amend. Directive 74/150/EEC)

PURPOSE: to put in place legislation on the emission of pollutants by agricultural or forestry tractors.

COMMUNITY MEASURE: Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agriculture or forestry tractors and amending Council Directive 74/150/EEC.

CONTENT: the Directive concerns requirements applicable to emissions from agriculture or forestry tractors. They particularly concern the definition of the type approval procedures by type of engine intended to be fitted to tractors, and also the definition of type approval procedures by type of vehicle from the point of view of emission pollutants. In the interests of consistency and industrial logic, the decision incorporates the same testing requirements as were adopted for off-road mobile machinery and the corresponding emission limit values. As far as the timetable is concerned, the specific dates have been included for all categories of engines in order to allow manufacturers greater flexibility.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 12.07.2000.

DEADLINE FIXED FOR THE TRANSPOSITION: Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 29.09.2000. They shall apply these provisios from 31.12.2000.