
Article 1 

1. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘tractor’ (agricultural or forestry) means any motor vehicle, fitted with wheels or endless tracks and having at least two axles, the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which is specially designed to tow, push, carry or power certain tools, machinery or trailers intended for agricultural or forestry use. It may be equipped to carry a load and passengers.
2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of between 6 and 40 km/h.
Article 2 
No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval of a tractor on grounds relating to the following lamps or reflectors, if these bear the EC component type-approval mark as provided for in Annex I and are installed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 2009/61/EC:

((a)) headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps or incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps;
((b)) end-outline marker lamps;
((c)) front position (side) lamps;
((d)) rear position (side) lamps;
((e)) stop lamps;
((f)) direction indicator lamps;
((g)) reflex reflectors;
((h)) rear registration-plate lamps;
((i)) front fog lamps and filament lamps for such lamps;
((j)) rear fog lamps;
((k)) reversing lamps;
((l)) parking lamps.
Article 3 
No Member State may refuse the registration, or prohibit the sale, entry into service or use, of a tractor on grounds relating to the following lamps or reflectors, if these bear the EC component type-approval mark as provided for in Annex I and are installed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 2009/61/EC:

((a)) headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps or incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps;
((b)) end-outline marker lamps;
((c)) front position (side) lamps;
((d)) rear position (side) lamps;
((e)) stop lamps;
((f)) direction indicator lamps;
((g)) reflex reflectors;
((h)) rear registration-plate lamps;
((i)) front fog lamps and filament lamps for such lamps;
((j)) rear fog lamps;
((k)) reversing lamps;
((l)) parking lamps.
Article 4 
The amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annex I shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(3) of Directive 2003/37/EC.
Article 5 
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 6 
Directive 79/532/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Part A of Annex II, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Part B of Annex II.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 7 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
Article 8 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2009.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
E. ERLANDSSON
ANNEX I
1. 

 The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to motor-vehicle headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps and to light sources (filament lamps and others) for use in approved lamp units of motor vehicles and of their trailers.
 The provisions of Directive 76/761/EEC also apply to the component type-approval of special headlamps for agricultural or forestry tractors designed to provide both a main beam and a dipped beam of less than 160 mm, diameter D, with the following amendments:
((a)) the minimum illumination values fixed in point 2.1 of Annexes II to VI, VIII and IX to Directive 76/761/EEC are reduced according to the ratio
((D – 45)/(160 – 45))2
subject to the following absolute lower limits:

— 3 lux, either at point 75 R or at point 75 L,
— 5 lux, either at point 50 R or at point 50 L,
— 1,5 lux, in Zone IV.Note: If the apparent surface of the reflector is not circular, the diameter is that of a circle with the same area as the apparent useful surface of the reflector.
((b)) the symbol M inside an inverted triangle is affixed on the headlamp instead of the symbol CR provided for in point 5.2.3.5 of Annex I to Directive 76/761/EEC.

2. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps, stop lamps, daytime running lamps and side marker lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.

3. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/759/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to direction indicator lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.

4. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/757/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to retro-reflectors for motor vehicles and their trailers.

5. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/760/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear registration plate lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.

6. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 76/762/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to front fog lamps for motor vehicles.

7. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 77/538/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear fog lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.

8. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 77/539/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to reversing lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers.

9. 
The EC component type-approval mark is that laid down in Council Directive 77/540/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to parking lamps for motor vehicles.

ANNEX II

PART A

Council Directive 79/532/EEC(OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 16) 
Council Directive 82/890/EEC(OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 45) Only as regards the reference to Directive 79/532/EEC in Article 1(1)
Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24) Only as regards the reference to Directive 79/532/EEC in Article 1, first indent

PART B

Directive Time-limit for transposition Date of application
79/532/EEC 21 November 1980 —
82/890/EEC 21 June 1984 —
97/54/EC 22 September 1998 23 September 1998

ANNEX III
Directive 79/532/EEC This Directive
Article 1 Article 1
Article 2, introductory sentence and final wording Article 2, introductory sentence
Article 2, indents Article 2(a)-(l)
Article 3, introductory sentence and final wording Article 3, introductory sentence
Article 3, indents Article 3(a)-(l)
Article 4 Article 4
Article 5(1) —
Article 5(2) Article 5
— Article 6
— Article 7
Article 6 Article 8
Annex Annex I
— Annex II
— Annex III