The person named below declares that

Machine Type:

Lawn and Garden Tractor

Model:

X749

Serial Number:

See Product Identification Page

fulfills all relevant provisions and essential requirements of the following directives:

Machinery Directive

2006/42/EC

Self-Certification

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

2004/108/EC

Self-Certification

Noise Directive

2000/14/EC (Annex VI, Procedure 2)

Third-Party Certification

Measured Sound Power Level

AV Technology Limited

X749 Lawn Tractor with 48 in. (121.9 cm) Mower Deck 103 dB(A)

AVTECH House, Arkle Avenue

X749 Lawn Tractor with 48 in. (121.9 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 103 dB(A)

Stanley Green Trading Estate

X749 Lawn Tractor with 54in. (137.2 cm) Mower Deck 103 dB(A)

Handforth Cheshire

X749 Lawn Tractor with 54 in. (137.2 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 104 dB(A)

SK9 3RW United Kingdom

X749 Lawn Tractor with 62 in. (157.5 cm) Mower Deck 104 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 62 in. (157.5 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 104 dB(A)

Guaranteed Sound Power Level

X749 Lawn Tractor with 48 in. (121.9 cm) Mower Deck 105 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 48 in. (121.9 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 105 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 54 in. (137.2 cm) Mower Deck 105 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 54 in. (137.2 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 105 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 62 in. (157.5 cm) Mower Deck 105 dB(A)

X749 Lawn Tractor with 62 in. (157.5 cm) Mower Deck and Powerflow 105 dB(A)

Name and address of the person in the community authorized to compile the technical construction file:

Henning Oppermann

Deere & Company European Office

John Deere Strasse 70

Mannheim, Germany D-68163

EUConformity@JohnDeere.com

Signed:

Place of declaration: Horicon, Wi. USA

Name: Reinhard Frank

Date of declaration: September 3, 2010

Title: Manager European Product Conformity Turf & Utility Platform

Manufacturing unit: John Deere Horicon Works