2. Member States may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor, the operating space, access to the driving position, doors and windows of which do not comply with the provisions of this Directive.

refuse, for a type of tractor, to grant EC type-approval or to grant national type-approval;

2. Member States may refuse to grant national type-approval for a type of tractor if it does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive.

The distance between the centre of reference of the illuminating surface of the side direction-indicator lamp (arrangements B and C) and the transverse plane which marks the forward boundary of the tractor’s overall length shall not exceed 1 800 mm. If the structure of the tractor makes it impossible to comply with the minimum angles of visibility, this distance may be increased to 2 600 mm.

(k) "trailer" means any towed agricultural or forestry trailer intended mainly to carry loads and designed to be towed by a tractor for agricultural or forestry purposes; trailers of which part of the load is borne by the drawing vehicle fall within this category; any vehicle coupled to a tractor and permanently incorporating an implement shall be assimilated to an agricultural or forestry trailer if the ratio of the technically permissible gross mass to the unladen mass of that vehicle is equal to or greater than 3,0 and if the vehicle has not been designed to process materials;

- in Member States where tractors or a category of tractor are not subject to national type-approval, the sale, registration, entry into service or use of such tractors may not be refused or prohibited on the grounds that they comply with the harmonized technical requirements instead of the corresponding national requirements provided that the manufacturer or his authorized representative informs the competent authorities of those ...[+++]States that they do so comply;