WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.124
5March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0876)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: European Commission, ECWTO-TBT Enquiry
Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Agricultural orforestry tractors
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Proposal fora
Directive Adapting toTechnical Progress Directive 75/321/EEC Relating totheSteering
Equipment
6. Description ofcontent: Technical specification forthetypeapproval ofagricultural or
forestry tractors.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Adaptation totechnical progress andenhancement ofsecurity
8. Relevant documents: (Document III/5344/97)
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 3April 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: November 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 31March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: ECWTO-TBT Enquiry Point, DGIII-A-1