Mr. Maurice Treacy:

I will make a few comments. Overall, the whole package here is about road safety. Therefore, anything that comes back to that is important. I will try to answer the questions that have arisen, but will do so in no particular order.

On the position with regard to tractors or agricultural vehicles used on roads, the original Commission document included such tractors for roadworthiness testing on an annual basis. Our position, and that of a number of member states, has been that we are not in favour of that. We are not in favour of such testing for tractors that are used solely for agricultural or horticultural work. We will continue to argue that position.