2000/361/EC: Commission Decision of 10 May 2000 on publication of the references of standards EN 1459:1999 'Safety of industrial trucks - Self-propelled variable reach trucks' and EN 1726-1:1999 'Safety of industrial trucks - Self-propelled trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity and industrial tractors with a drawbar pull up to and including 20 000 N - Part 1: General requirements' (notified under document number C(2000) 1174) (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 1

The publication attached to this Decision, is made in accordance with Article 5(2) of Directive 98/37/EC, as amended, of the following harmonised standards: EN 1459:1999 "Safety of industrial trucks - Self-propelled variable reach trucks" and EN 1726-1:1999 "Safety of industrial trucks - Self-propelled trucks up to and including 10000 kg capacity and industrial tractors with a drawbar pull up to and including 20000 N - Part 1: General requirements" and shall be accompanied by the following warning:"Users of the standard are informed that the standard does not cover the risks to which the operator is exposed in the event of the truck accidentally tipping over. The standard does not give a presumption of conformity in that respect."

Article 2

Where Member States, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 98/37/EC, as amended, publish the references of the national standards which transpose harmonised standards EN 1459:1999 and EN 1726-1:1999, they shall accompany such publication with a warning identical to that provided for in Article 1.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 May 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 207, 23.7.1999, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.

(4) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

Publication of the titles and references of harmonised standards pursuant to the Directive

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WARNING:

- Full information about the availability of the standards may be obtained either from the European Standardisation bodies or from the national standardisation bodies, lists of which are given in the Annexes to Directive 98/34/EC.

- Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not mean that the standards are available in all Community languages.

- The Commission updates this list(1).

(1) OJ C 183, 13.6.1998, p. 2.

OJ C 317, 15.10.1998, p. 5.

OJ C 346, 14.11.1998, p. 5.

OJ C 165, 11.6.1999, p. 4.

OJ C 318, 5.11.1999, p. 5.