17. 8. 88 Officiai Journal of the European Communities No L 228/31 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE ' of 30 June 1988 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/764/EEC on the laws of the Member States relating to the driver’s-seat on wheeled .agricultural or forestry tractors (88/465/EEC) THE' COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type approval of wheeles agricultural or forestry tractors ('), as last amended by Directive 88/297/EEC (3, and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas, in view of the experience acquired and taking account of the current state of the art, it is now possible to amend the classification of the standard tractors provided for in Council Directive 78/764/EEC (), as last amended by Directive 87/354/EEC (%), and to make certain provisions of that Directive more precise and complete ; Whereas this new classification has also been accepted by the ISO on the basis of the results of research carried out in Europe and the United States of America; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives aimed () OJ No L 84, 28. 3. 1974, p. 10. () OJ No L 126, 20. S. 1988, p. S2. () OJ No-L 255, 18. 9. 1978, p. 1. () OJ No L 192, 11. 7. 1987, p. 43. at the removal of technical barriers to trade in the agricultural ‘or forestry tractor sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : ’ Article 1 Annexes I and II to Directive 78/764/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Ditective. Article 2 1. From 1 October 1988, no Member State may : (@) — refuse, in respect of a type of tractor, to grant EEC type approval, to issue the document referred to in Artticle 10 (1), final indent, of Directive 74/150/EEC, or to grant national type approval, or — prohibit. the entry into service of tractors, if the driver’s seat on this type of tractor or tractors complies with the provisions of this Directive ; (b) — refuse, in respect of a type of driver’s seat, to grant EEC component type approval or national type-approval if seats of that type comply with the provisions of this Directive, or — prohibit the placing on the market of driver’s seats which bear the EEC component type approval mark issued in accordance with the provisions of this Directive.