157° Session of the Committee for Agriculture Codes and Schemes – Tractor Codes

1. 157° Session of the Committee for Agriculture Codes and Schemes – TractorCodes 30 November 2011 Sandro Liberatori – Chair of the OECD TractorCodes

3. 27 Participating countries National Designated Authorities (NDAs) implement the Codes Testing Stations to perform tractor tests according to the Codes • Non-OECD Members: • China • India • RussianFederation • Serbia

4. OBJECTIVES - simplify existing international trade procedures - establish specifications and basic performance criteria - ensure an acceptable level of quality for trade - enhance transparency

5. in order to providebetter LABOUR ENVIRONMENT FOOD PRODUCTION SAFETY = GLOBALISATION WITH COMMON RULES

6. PROGRAM Increase the number of countries participating with special attention to Southern countries

7. PROGRAM Promote agreements with other International Organisations: UNIDO,UNESCAP, FAO,UE Commission, Manufacturers and Farmers Organisations in order to activate important synergies with the activities carried out

8. PROGRAM Improvement of the codes and new codes for other machinery Codes need improvement to follow the new technologies as well as the new safety requirements and can be adopted with the proper changes to other agricultural machinery

9. All this in a frame of transparency and agreement among all involved parties (governments, industry and farmers) and the improvement of LABOUR ENVIRONMENT FOOD PRODUCTION . SAFETY

11. MANY THANKS