21.8.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 277/5
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Proceedings brought by ‘Agrodetalė’ UAB
(Case C-513/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market - EC type-approval - Directive 2003/37/EC - Scope - Agricultural or forestry tractors - Placement on the market and registration in the European Union of used or second-hand vehicles imported from a third country - Concepts of ‘new vehicle’ and ‘entry into service’))
(2017/C 277/05)
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Referring court
Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas
Party to the main proceedings
‘Agrodetalė’ UAB
Operative part of the judgment
1.
Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/44/EU of 18 March 2014, must be interpreted as meaning that the first placing on the market and the registration in a Member State of used or second-hand tractors imported from a third country are subject to compliance with the technical requirements laid down by that directive.
2.
Article 23(1)(b) of Directive 2003/37, as amended by Directive 2014/44, must be interpreted as meaning that the provisions of that directive apply to second-hand vehicles coming under categories T1, T2 and T3 and imported into the European Union from a third country, where they are entered into service in the European Union for the first time on or after 1 July 2009.
(1) OJ C 414, 14.12.2015.
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