L 24/30 Official Journal of the European Union 29.1.2008 DIRECTIVE 2008/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 January 2008 on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE approval  procedure, provided for in Directive EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), Whereas: (1) Council Directive 74/347[EEC of 25 June 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (}) has been substantially amended several times (%). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified. (2)  Directive 74/347EEC is one of the separate Directives of the EC type-approval system provided for in Council Directive  74/150/EEC as replaced by Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units (°), and lays down technical prescriptions concerning the design and construction of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors as regards the field of vision and windscreen wipers. These technical prescriptions concern the approximation of the laws of the Member States to enable the EC type- () O] C 161, 13.7.2007, p. 35. () Opinion of the European Parliament of 19 June 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 17 December 2007. () OJ L 191, 15.7.1974, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24). (%) See Annex II, Part A. () O] L 171, 9.7.2003, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Council Directive 2006/96/EC (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 81). 2003/37[EC, to be applied in respect of each type of tractor. Consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive 2003/37/EC relating to agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units, apply to this Directive. (3)  This Directive should be without prejudice to the obli- gations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives as set out in Annex II, Part B, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. ‘Agricultural or forestry tractor’ means any motor vehicle, fitted with wheels or endless tracks and having at least two axles, the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which is specially designed to tow, push, carry or power certain tools, machinery or trailers intended for agricultural or forestry use. It may be equipped to carry a load and passengers. 2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of between 6 and 40 km/h. Atrticle 2 No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a tractor on grounds relating to windscreen wipers if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex L Atrticle 3 No Member State may refuse the registration or prohibit the sale, entry into service or use of tractors on grounds relating to windscreen wipers, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex L Atrticle 4 The amendments necessary to adapt the requirements of An- nex I to technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(2) of Directive 2003/37/EC.