John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can sell new tractors imported from Poland here with a 3A Emissions Certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46197/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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EU Directive 2003/37/EC sets down type-approval manufacturing standards for agricultural or forestry tractors. Standards with regard to emissions of certain gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines aimed to power agricultural or forestry tractors are laid down in a number of further EU Directives. In this regard the basic legislation is EU Directive 2000/25/EC.

Emission standards are banded in tiers or stages: I, II, III, IV and so on and are primarily specified according to engine family, with rules specific to certain tractor categories and duration of validity for each tier.

With regard to the importation of tractors or placing on the market of existing supplies, the importer or dealer should seek verification from the manufacturer that the type approval certification for the relevant vehicles complies with all relevant EU directives in force concerning placing on the market of such tractors. The onus is on the manufacturer to provide the type approval certification.