31.12.82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 378/45 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 17 December 1982 amending the Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (82/890/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas Article 1 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3), as amended by Directive 79/694/EEC (4), limits the scope of the said Directive to tractors equipped with pneumatic tyres and having two axles and a maxi- mum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h; Whereas the same Directive provides that, where necessary, tractors with a maximum design speed in excess of 25km/h shall be subject to special requirements; whereas such tractors form part of the tractor fleet manufactured and used in the Com- munity and offer advantages as regards the effi- ciency of agricultural holdings; Whereas an increase of 20 % of the maximum design speed, which has hitherto been prescribed, is reason- able considering road safety and safety of working conditions on the land; Whereas Member States may, nevertheless, restrict the speed at which a tractor may be driven on the road by imposing speed limits; () OJNoC 182,19.7.1982, p. 112. () OJ NoC 77,29.3.1982, p. | () OJ No L 84,28.3. 1974, p. 10. (*) OJ No L205, 13.8. 1979, p. 17. Whereas, moreover, tractors having more than two axles can be treated in the same way as those having two axles only, and can therefore be made subject to the same provisions; Whereas it is therefore not necessary to lay down the specific rules envisaged by the framework Directive 74/150/EEC; whereas it is sufficient that the field of application of that Directive be extended, together with that of the specific Directives contain- ing an express definition of their field of application in relation to tractors with more than two axles and to tractors having a maximum design speed of between 25 and 30 km/h, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. Article 1(2) of Directives 74/150/EEC, 74/ 151/EEC (%), 74/152/EEC (%), 74/346/EEC ('), 74/ 347/EEC (3), 75/321/EEC (%), 75/322/EEC (1Y), 76/432/EEC (1), 77/311/EEC (1), 71/537/ EEC (%), 78/933/EEC (%), 79/532/EEC (%), 79/ 533/EEC ('%), and Article 9 (2) of Directive 78/ 764/EEC (17) shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have at least two axles and a maximum design speed of between 6 and 30 km/h’ 2. Article 1 (2) of Directive 80/720/EEC ('8) shall be replaced by the following: () OJ NoL84,28.3.1974, p. 25. () OJ No L84, 28.3. 1974, p. 33. () OJNoL191,15.7.1974,p. 1. (*) OJNoL 191,15.7.1974. p. 5. *) OJ No L 147,9.6. 1975, p. 24. (19) OJ No L 147,9.6. 1975, p. 28. (") OJ NoL122,8.5.1976, p. I. (') OJNo L 105,28.4.1977,p. I. (%) OJ No L 220,29.8. 1977, p. 38. () OJ No L325,20. 11. 1978, p. 16. (%) OJ No L 145, 13. 6. 1979, p. 16. (%) OJ No L 145, 13. 6. 1979, p. 20. (") OJ No L255,18.9.1978, p. 11. (**) OJ No L 194, 28. 7. 1980, p. 1.