Tractors and other agricultural and forestry vehicles will only be able to be marketed, registered, or put into operation if they are approved and accompanied by a certificate of conformity. The new rules are contained in a project drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry and approved by Parliament in the first reading, reports IPN.
The project establishes requirements for operational safety, environmental protection, and workplace security. Tractors, trailers, interchangeable towed machines, and their components must be designed, built, and assembled in such a way as to reduce the risk of injury to persons involved in the technological process.
Homologation in Moldova will be necessary for vehicles manufactured in the country or imported from states that do not apply international regulations, and for imported vehicles that already have homologation based on the UNECE regulations to which the state is a party, the procedure will not be repeated. An import license will not be necessary, but the vehicles will need to meet compliance requirements.
The government is set to designate or establish the homologation authority and the market surveillance authority. The implementation of the new mechanism will cost approximately 3.46 million lei, funds that will be used for the establishment and equipping of the responsible structures and the accreditation of the technical service. The expenses will be covered from the state budget and from external technical assistance.
According to the data presented in the project, 47% of the tractors and agricultural machinery imported into the Republic of Moldova come from China, 29% from Japan, and 13% from the member states of the European Union.
The project is set to be examined in the second reading.
