EN 17745:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2025
Kmetijski in gozdarski stroji - Okoljevarstvene zahteve za trosilnike granulatov
fitofarmacevtskih sredstev
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Environmental requirements for granule applicator
of Plant Protection Products
Land- und forstwirtschaftliche Maschinen - Umweltanforderungen für
Granulatstreugeräte für Pflanzenschutzmittel
Matériel agricole et forestier - Exigences environnementales relatives aux épandeurs de
granulés pour l’application de produits de protection des plantes
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 17745:2025
ICS:
65.060.40 Oprema za nego rastlin Plant care equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 17745
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 65.060.40
English Version
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Environmental
requirements for granule applicator of Plant Protection
Products
Matériel agricole et forestier - Exigences Land- und forstwirtschaftliche Maschinen -
environnementales relatives aux épandeurs de Umweltanforderungen für Granulatstreuer für
granulés pour la protection des plantes Pflanzenschutzmittel
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 June 2025.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Requirements . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Hoppers . 7
4.2.1 Filling opening . 7
4.2.2 Level indicator . 7
4.2.3 Lid . 7
4.2.4 Accessibility . 7
4.2.5 Emptying system . 7
4.2.6 Material output continuity. 7
4.3 Metering system . 8
4.3.1 General . 8
4.3.2 Activation system . 8
4.3.3 Flow rate setting . 8
4.4 Distribution systems, controls and regulation systems . 8
4.4.1 General . 8
4.4.2 Flow rate uniformity (only for Type A) . 8
4.4.3 Broadcast distribution (only for Type B) . 8
5 Test methods . 9
5.1 Test materials and equipment . 9
5.1.1 Materials . 9
5.1.2 Test equipment needed . 9
5.2 Verification of hopper volume and the graduation scale . 9
5.3 Residual amount in the hopper .10
5.4 Flow rate .10
5.5 Flow rate uniformity .10
5.6 Material output continuity.11
5.7 Broadcast distribution (only for Type B) .11
6 Operator’s manual .11
Annex A (informative) Example of testing material for the tests .13
A.1 Main features of the material.13
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered .14
Bibliography .15
European foreword
This document (EN 17745:2025) has been prepared 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 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by March 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations 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, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
The Amendment of the Machinery Directive considers also the environmental requirements of the
equipment for the pesticide application (PAE).
To allow the fulfilment of these requirements, the harmonized standard series EN ISO 16119 has been
produced. However, these standards do not include the granule applicators of Plant Protection Products
(PPP) that are widely distributed in Europe and abroad.
This document defines the environmental requirements of the granule applicators of PPP and the
methods to measure them.
Therefore, this document will have the following major benefits to the manufacturers and authorities.
It will help granule applicator manufacturers in fulfilling the environmental requirements mentioned in
the amendment of the Machinery Directive.
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100. This document is of relevance, in
particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to
machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document. The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous
situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document. When
requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
1 Scope
This document specifies general constructive and functional requirements and their test methods for
granule applicator with regard to minimizing the potential risk of environmental contamination during
use.
This document deals with all the significant environmental hazards related to the granule applicators.
This document does not deal with safety requirements for protection of the operator only.
NOTE General safety requirements are covered by EN ISO 4254-1:2015 and EN ISO 4254-1:2015/A1:2021.
This document is not applicable to granule applicators manufactured before the date of its publication.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 13739-2:2011, Agricultural machinery — Solid fertilizer broadcasters and full width distributors —
Environmental protection — Part 2: Test methods
ISO 5681:2020, Equipment for crop protection — Vocabulary
ISO 8524:1986, Equipment for distributing granulated pesticides or herbicides — Test method
ISO 9357:1990, Equipment for crop protection — Agricultural sprayers — Tank nominal volume and filling
hole diameter
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 5681:2020 and ISO 8524:1986
and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
granule applicator
appliance for applying granules
[SOURCE: ISO 5681:2020, 3.4.1.2]
3.2
granule band applicator (Type A)
granule applicator that applies in bands or rows
[SOURCE: ISO 5681:2020, 3.4.1.4]
3.3
granu
...