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TC 23

Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry

• Secretariat: AFNOR
• Secretary: Mme Véronique Duranton
• Chairperson: M. Jonny Frolli (France) until end 2008
• Creation date: 1952

• Work programme
  (drafts and new work items of TC 23)

• Business plan (TC)
• Working area on ISOTC

Scope:

Standardization of tractors, machines, systems, implements and their equipment used in agriculture and forestry as well as gardening, landscaping, irrigation and other related areas in which such equipment is used, including electronic/electrical aspects and electronic identification of all categories of animals.

Total number of published ISO standards related to the TC and its SCs:	315
Number of published ISO standards under the direct responsibility of TC 23:	37
Participating countries:	26
Observing countries:	41

ISO committees in liaison:

TC 22, TC 110, TC 127

Organizations in liaison:

CEMA, COPA-COGECA, EC, FAO, IDF, ILO, OECD, UNECE, WHO

Subcommittees/Working Groups:

Subcommittee/Working Group	Title
TC 23/SC 2	Common tests
TC 23/SC 3	Safety and comfort
TC 23/SC 4	Tractors
TC 23/SC 6	Equipment for crop protection
TC 23/SC 7	Equipment for harvesting and conservation
TC 23/SC 13	Powered lawn and garden equipment
TC 23/SC 14	Operator controls, operator symbols and other displays, operator manuals
TC 23/SC 15	Machinery for forestry
TC 23/SC 17	Manually portable forest machinery
TC 23/SC 18	Irrigation and drainage equipment and systems
TC 23/SC 19	Agricultural electronics

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee:

TC 127/SC 2/WG 5

Tip-over protection structures (TOPS) for compact excavators - Laboratory tests and performance requirements (Revision of ISO 12117 for earth-moving machinery and forestry machines)

Meeting calendar

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

Month		Location
201002250000000000000February 2010	25	Paris (France)		TC 23/SC 2
201008310011020100830August-September 2010	30-2	(Europe)	**	TC 23/SC 17