ENTAM
The history of ENTAM
1997: signing of an agreement with two European agricultural machinery certification bodies: DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft) in Germany and BLT (Bundesanstalt für Landtechnik) in Austria.
1998: other European bodies - FAT (Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft und Landtechnik) in Switzerland, Cemagref (Centre National du Machinisme Agricole du Genie Rural des Eaux et Forests) in France, DIAS RCB (Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences - Research Centre of Bygholm) in Denmark and HIAE (Hungarian Institute of Agricultural Engineering) in Hungary - sign up to the initiative, giving rise to ENTAM (European Network for Testing of Agricultural Machines).
2005: 19 bodies (not all of them in Europe) have now signed up to the ENTAM mark.
The agreement prescribes the comparison of various methodologies for the testing of agricultural machinery. This means that when testing in carried out in response to a request made using the established procedure, machines that have been ENAMA-certified may also display the marks of ENTAM members. Similarly, machines certified by these institutes can display the ENAMA mark.
Thanks to the agreement, it will be possible to conduct functional tests on agricultural machinery at ENAMA test centres in Italy and then to request recognition from the other countries of the fact that the machinery has passed the test. Once this recognition is granted, the model may be marketed in those countries through the use of an already respected quality/safety mark, with positive consequences for the entire Italian industry in terms of image and technical prestige.
This aspect is also important for Italian users, since it gives them as assurance that the machinery corresponds to same regulations as those used by the farming industries in other European countries.
