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Background
The first Standard Code for the Official Testing of Agricultural Tractors was approved on 21st April 1959, by the Council of the OEEC (Organisation for European Economic Co-operation) which became the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). This Code has since been extended to cover forestry tractors and other features of performance, safety and noise.
It was agreed at the 2009 Annual Meeting that both the February 2008 and February 2009 editions of the Codes will be valid until the end of the 2009 calendar year.
Rules and Directions:
The current RULES and DIRECTIONS for tractor testing according to the OECD Codes can be found below:
General texts (all Codes)
Code 1
Repealed - for the record.
Code 2
Repealed and replaced by testing of agricultural and forestry tractor performance.
Code 3
Testing of the strength of protective structures for agricultural and forestry tractors (dynamic test).
Code 4
Testing of the strength of protective structures for agricultural and forestry tractors (static test).
Code 5
Noise measurement at the driver's position(s).
Code 6
Testing of front-mounted protective structures on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors.
Code 7
Testing of the rear-mounted protective structures on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors.
Code 8
Testing of protective structures on tracklaying tractors.
Code 9
Protective structures for telehandlers (testing of falling-object and roll-over protective structures fitted to self-propelled variable reach all-terrain trucks for agricultural use).
Code 10
Testing of Falling object protective structures
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