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.
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