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"Foreword

The text of ISO 4254-5:2008 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 23 "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry", Subcommittee SC 3, 'Safety and comfort' of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO 4254-5:2009 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry" the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2010.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 708:1996.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. It is intended to be used together with EN ISO 4254-1:2009, Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements (ISO 4254-1:2008) and EN 15811:2009, Agricultural machinery - Guards for moving parts of power transmission - Guard opening with tool (ISO/TS 28923:2007 modified).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (EN 708:1996 and EN 708/A1:2000), which has been technically revised.

The following major changes were introduced:

-  deletion of the reference to EN 1553:1999, Agricultural machinery -  Agricultural self-propelled, mounted, semi-mounted and trailed machines -  Common safety requirements, and replacement with EN ISO 4254-1:2009, Agricultural machinery -  Safety -  Part 1: General requirements (ISO 4254- 1:2008);

- deletion of the requirements related to the guarding of moving parts for power transmission dealt with in EN 15811:2009, Agricultural machinery -  Guards for moving parts of power transmission -  Guard opening with tool (ISO/TS 28923:2007 modified);

- deletion of the requirements related to handling and transport dealt with in EN ISO 4254-1:2009, Agricultural machinery -  Safety - Part 1: General requirements (ISO 4254-1:2008);

- addition of a noise clause (4.2);

- revision of the requirements related to the protection against inadvertent contact with power-driven tools (4.3).

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.".