Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st November, 2013.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 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 Commission Directive 2012/24/EU of 8 October 2012¹ , Commission Directive 2013/8/EU of 26 February 2013² and Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013³ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 531 of 2011 ) is amended by substituting for the definition of “separate directives” the following—

“ ‘separate directives’ means the directives listed in Annex II, Chapter B to the Tractor Directive and includes Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009⁴ (as amended by Commission Directive 2010/52/EU of 11 August 2010⁵ , Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010⁶ and Commission Directive 2013/8/EU of 26 February 2013) and Council Directive 86/297/EEC of 26 May 1986⁷ (as amended by Directive 97/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 1997⁸ , Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 and Commission Directive 2012/24/EU of 8 October 2012);”.

3. Where a Directive mentioned in the definition of “separate directives” or “Tractor Directive” in Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2011 is also mentioned in Article 1 of Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013, the definition of “separate directives” and “Tractor Directive” shall apply as amended in the Annex to Council Directive 2013/15/EU of 13 May 2013.

4. The European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 286 of 2000 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 October 2013.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directives 2012/24/EU and 2013/8/EU as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme and deals with Council Directive 2013/15/EU which provides for matters relating to the accession of the Republic of Croatia into the European Union.

1 OJ L 274, 9.10.2012, p.24

2 OJ L 56, 28.2.2013, p.8

3 OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p.172

4 OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p.33

5 OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p.37

6 OJ L 238, 9.9.2010, p.7

7 OJ L 186, 8.7.1986, p.19

8 OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p.24