Wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors: maximum design speed

1996/0129(COD)
The Council's common position largely reflects the initial proposal, taking account of the amendments adopted by Parliament and accepted by the Commission in its amended proposal. However, the common position stipulates that the Member States should adopt, publish and implement the provisions required to comply with the directive by a date within 12 months of its publication. The Council took account of the spirit of a Parliament amendment, which was not incorporated into the Commission's amended proposal, in a declaration calling on the Commission to consider the issue of the extension of the Community type-approval system for agricultural and forestry tractors to cover trailers and tractors with a maximum design speed in excess of 40 km/h, laying down the requisite safety and environmental protection rules to govern these vehicles and, if necessary, to put forward proposals without delay.�