Agricultural machinery

For more than 30 years, CEN/TC 144 ‘Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry’ has been producing standards in the service of agriculture, forestry and gardening activities.

CEN/TC 144 develops the projects that are geared towards machine safety and operator protection, taking into account the protection of the environment, technological innovations and the need for efficiency. About 50% of the standards published by CEN/TC were developed in cooperation with the corresponding ISO/TC 23.

Most of these existing European Standards, or those currently being developed, are related to machinery-safety for agriculture. However, some also address environmental aspects, such as the application of pesticides. These activities support the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, as well as the Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable use of pesticides.

For more information contact Joanna Frankowska.

Technical Bodies

CEN/TC 144 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry

EU legislation and mandates

Mandates under the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

M/396 (2006) Mandate addressed to CEN, CENELEC for Standardization in the field of machinery;
M/471 (2010) - Mandate addressed to CEN for standardization in the field of machinery for pesticide application;

Mandate under the Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable use of pesticides