Keith J HawkenTechnical and Standards Director

AEA (Agricultural Engineers Association) (Established 1875)

� Trade Association (member companies)� Economic, Export, Legal, Services & Technical intelligence� Events e.g. Tillage-live, Scotgrass� National Sprayer Test Scheme� Power generation & milking equipment support� European Trade Association representation for members

(CEMA, EGMF, ATVEA)� Training and Education� BSI/CEN secretariat for Agriculture and Garden Equipment

committees (National Standard Bodies voting rights)� ISO/IEC chair/convenor� Machinery directive /WGAT stakeholder� Advice on new policy, regulation & best practice

AEA Technical Activities

� Tractors� Implements/trailed� Sprayers� ATV’s & SbS� Material Handlers� Outdoor Power Equipment� Events� Design & research with member input� Representation on bodies/committees (100>)

Technical Department

�Development of Standards

�Legislation Interface

�Design & Research

�Member Liaison

�1800 Standards in AEA library

�£125,000 Value (£250,000 to replace)

�160 Standards per year

�120 Legislative documents per year

�2,450 Technical documents per year

�13,500 Technical emails to action per year

�Split of document responsibilities

�Agricultural Technical = 69%

�Outdoor Power Technical = 16%

�Other Associated Committees = 15%

�Funding allocated by BIS/BSI (Travel)

�50 Man days to produce a Standard

Tractor mother regulation

� Final Status on the political process in co-decision:

� Council WP (finalisation of presidency document by technical level Council) 12/07/2012

� COREPER (approval of presidency document by political level Council) 28/09/2012

� Vote by European Parliament IMCO committee of the presidency document 11/10/2012

� European Parliament Plenary sitting (all Members present) 19/11/2012

Tractor mother regulation

� Final Status on the political process in co-decision: � Status (most probably the final results) on the political process

in co-decision: � The new regulation comes into force, not in 01-01-2014 but in 01-01-2016.� Type approval extension under 2003/37/EC is still possible until 31-12-2017

� New vehicles of types that were not subject to type approval under 2003/37/EC can still be approved under national law until 31-12-2017

� No more fast tractors T5 but fast sub-categories b (Ta 40 km/h)

� No national type approval for T1,T2, T3, T4.3 (a and b), from 01-01-2018 onwards.

� Still national type approval for C, R, S, T4.1 and T4.2 from 2018 onwards.

� Threat of blind copy paste of machinery Directive requirements is halted; � Timing for implementation: 2016-2018 for new types-new vehicles and extension

of existing approvals until 2018;

� No OECD monopoly for testing OECD codes� Recital included asking the Commission to assess the need for harmonization of

road safety requirements for non-road mobile machinery

Tractor mother regulation : delegated and implementing acts

� Next step is to finalise the technical and administrative content - deadline foreseen at end 2014)

Tractor mother regulation : delegated and implementing acts

� Work to be done on the delegated acts:

� Industry priority is to get legal certainty. Therefore focus on T1a, T2a, T3a, T4.3a, T1b.

� Industry convinced the Commission that for other categories new dates for finalising the technical content should be specified.

� Discussions will continue in the Commission ‘informal safety working group’on the remaining issues that need to be added in a first phase. Industry will stress that they should only concern the above categories.

� A new work TOPIC is in commence to deal with T2b and T3b (fast narrow track tractors and fast small tractors to accommodate ATV and SbS). Contacts with ATVEA (European association for ATV-SbS) are excellent.

� In a second phase industry will work on trailers and interchangeable towed equipment (R&S categories), track laying tractors (C categories) and special tractors (T4,1 and T4,2).

Harmonisation of road requirements for NRMM (Non Road Mobile Machinery)

� New CEMA Project team received approval by the Technical Board on 25 October 2012

� Two work TOPICS:

� Obtain the best regulatory path in collaboration with other EU associations (mainly CECE)

� Work in parallel on the possible technical content as it exists today. Three work documents are in preparation:

� Work doc on national requirements/acceptance/challenges

� Work doc on systems-components-functions to be covered

� Work doc on current standards, UN-ECE, tractor directives that apply already nationally.

Harmonisation of road requirements for NRMM

� Some interesting questions:� Should we require type approval or NLF (New legislative Framework)

legislation ((partly-) self-certification)? Type approval is dedicated automatically to the automotive unit.

� If NLF is the choice: is an amendment of the Machinery Directive or a separate regulation-directive preferred? This generates other questions:

� Do we want harmonised standards or more mandatory (less disputable) content (standards)?

� Do we want optional EU legislation? (also possibility to still apply national type approval)

� Is NLF suitable for component approval?

� Is there a strong enough push for an EU approval?� Would component-system approval not be a great step forward

already?� Would dimensions and weight halt any initiative (3m as indicated by

CECE or 3.5m as more preferred by CEMA)?

RMI ad-hoc expert group: Repair and maintenance provisions

� Chapter XVI on Repair and Maintenance Information has been altered to accommodate our industry:� Softened requirements (exhaustive lists, more appropriate)

� Exemption for small series � Exemption from a standardized format for small volumes;

� But be aware on the details:� RMI provisions needs to be proven to Type approval authorities for all

T,R & S vehicles whether under EU or national type approval, from 2016 onwards. COM indicated to use the EURO VI directive as a basis

� Interesting facts from discussions with the Commission:� Proof of compliance is not for older type approvals and their extensions;� Standardised format at CEN level (consideration of ISO too);

� Small volumes still to be decided;

� Issues like on warranty do not fall under this regulation but under the competition rules, which are different from the automotive sector.

� CEMA ad-hoc expert RMI group are in discussion.

UK Issues

� Tractor/trailer dimensions, speed, weight & use� Transposition of EU emission legislation� Braking requirements� Lighting� Health & Safety mandates� Overhead electricity power lines� Consumer compliance on Outdoor Power Equipment� Homologation requests from suppliers� Government resource

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