31. 12. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 386/31 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 15 December 1982 adabting to technical progress Council Directive 79/622/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (static testing) ‘ (82/953/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, Having regard to 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 (1), as last amended by Directive 79/694/EEC (2) and by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas, as a result of experience gained in this field, and bearing in mind the present state of the affairs, it is now possible to render certain provi- sions of Council Directive 79/622/EEC (3) more complete and bring them more into line with real testing conditions; Whereas the provisions of this Directive shall be without prejudice to those of Council Directive 77/536/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approxima- tion of the laws of the Member States relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agri- cultural or forestry tractors (4); whereas, to this end, tractors may, until a date to be specified, be fitted with a roll-over protection structure which complies either with Directive 77/536/EEC or with this Directive; Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Direc- . tives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Agricultural and Forestry Tractors Sector, . (1) OJF No L 84, 28. 3. 1974, p. 10. (3) OJ No L 205, 13.8.1979, p. 17. () OJ No L 179, 17.7. 1979, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 220, 29.8.1977, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Article 1 Annexes II, III and IV to Directive 79/622/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 1. With effect from 1 October 1983, no Mem- ber State may : — refuse to grant EEC type-approval, to issue the documents referred to in the last indent of Article 10(1) of Directive 74/150/EEC or to grant national type-approval, in respect of a type of tractor, or — prohibit the entry into service of tractors, if the roll-over protection structure for this type of tractor or these tractors complies with the provi- sions of this Directive. 2. With effect from 1 October 1984, a Member State : — shall no longer issue the document referred to in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 74/150/EEC in respect of a type of tractor on which the roll-over protection structure does not comply with the provisions of this Direc- tive, — may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor on which the roll- over protection structure does not comply with the provisions of this Directive. 3. With effect from 1 October 1985, Member States may prohibit the entry into service of trac- tors on which the roll-over protection structure does not comply with the provisions of this Direc- tive.