WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.261
5August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3116)
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 canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Tractors
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Directive Relating to
theBraking Devices ofWheeled Agricultural orForestry Tractors (4pages -
11languages)
6. Description ofcontent: Newformula tocalculate thebraking distance oftractors witha
maximum design speed of40km./h.
7. Objective andrationale: Totakeintoaccount theincrease ofthemaximum design speed
oftractors fortheperformance ofthebraking system.
8. Relevant documents: Textoftheproposed Directive (III-5006/96-rev. 3)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 31October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1