S.I. No. 123 of 2008

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AGRICULTURAL OR FORESTRY TRACTORS TYPE APPROVAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2008.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ¹ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

2. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 69 of 2005) are amended, in Regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” (inserted by the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 162 of 2007 )) the following-

“ ‘Directive’ means Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 ² as amended by Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 ³ , Commission Directive 2005/67/EC of 18 October 2005 ⁴ , Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 ⁵ , Commission Directive 2006/96/EC of 20 November 2006 ⁶ and Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.”

3. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 162 of 2007 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 April 2008

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend existing legislation relating to the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

1 O.J. No. L24 of 29.01.2008 p. 30.

2 O.J. No. L171 of 09.07.2003, p. 1.

3 O.J. No. L55 of 01.03.2005, p. 35.

4 O.J. No. L273 of 19.10.2005, p. 17.

5 O.J. No. L65, of 07.03.2006, p. 22.

6 O.J. No. L363 of 20.12.2006, p. 81.