Council Directive 78/933/EEC of 17 October 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors
Modified by
Council Directiveof 17 December 1982amending the Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors(82/890/EEC), 382L0890, December 31, 1982
Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 September 1997amending, as regards the maximum design speed of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors, Council Directives 74/150/EEC, 74/151/EEC, 74/152/EEC, 74/346/EEC, 74/347/EEC, 75/321/EEC, 75/322/EEC, 76/432/EEC, 76/763/EEC, 77/311/EEC, 77/537/EEC, 78/764/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 79/532/EEC, 79/533/EEC, 80/720/EEC, 86/297/EEC, 86/415/EEC and 89/173/EEC, 397L0054, October 10, 1997
Commission Directive 1999/56/ECof 3 June 1999adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/933/EEC relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors(Text with EEA relevance), 399L0056, June 11, 1999
Commission Directive 2006/26/ECof 2 March 2006amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 74/151/EEC, 77/311/EEC, 78/933/EEC and 89/173/EEC relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors(Text with EEA relevance), 306L0026, March 7, 2006
Council Directiveof 17 October 1978on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors(78/933/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 Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European ParliamentOJ No C 5, 8. 1. 1975, p. 54.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 47, 27. 2. 1975, p. 43.,Whereas the technical requirements which tractors must satisfy pursuant to national laws relate inter alia to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices;Whereas those requirements differ from one Member State to another; whereas it is therefore necessary that all Member States adopt the same requirements, either in addition to or in place of their existing rules in order, in particular, to allow the EEC type-approval procedure, which was the subject 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 tractorsOJ No L 84, 28. 3. 1974, p. 10., to be applied in respect of each type of tractor;Whereas the common requirements for the construction of lighting and light-signalling devices will be the subject of further special Directives;Whereas the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to tractors entails mutual recognition by the Member States of the checks carried out by each of them on the basis of the common requirements; whereas, if the system is to function properly, these requirements must be applied by all Member States from the same date,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: