Fitting and demonstration requirements related to braking performance
1. Manufacturers shall equip agricultural and forestry vehicles with systems, components and separate technical units affecting their braking performance that are designed, constructed and assembled so as to enable the vehicle in normal use and maintained according to the prescriptions of the manufacturer to comply with the detailed technical requirements and testing procedures laid down in Articles 4 to 17.
2. Manufacturers shall demonstrate by means of physical demonstration testing to the approval authority that the agricultural and forestry vehicles made available on the market, registered or entering into service in the Union comply with the detailed technical requirements and test procedures laid down in Articles 4 to 17.
3. Manufacturers shall ensure that spare parts that are made available on the market or are entering into service in the Union comply with the detailed technical requirements and test procedures laid down in this Regulation.
4. Instead of complying with the requirements of this Regulation, the manufacturer may present in the information folder the test report of a component or relevant documentation that proves the compliance of a system or of a vehicle with the requirements of UNECE Regulation No 13, as referenced in Annex X.
5. Instead of complying with the requirements of this Regulation, the manufacturer may present in the information folder relevant documentation that proves the compliance of Anti-lock Braking Systems for towed vehicles, if fitted, with the requirements in Annex 19, paragraph 5 to UNECE Regulation No 13, as referenced in Annex X.
6. The components and systems mentioned in paragraphs 4. and 5. will be referenced in the implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.
Requirements applying to construction and fitting of braking devices and trailer braking couplings
The test procedures and requirements applying to the construction and fitting of braking devices and trailer braking couplings shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex I.
Requirements applying to testing and performance of braking systems and trailer braking couplings and of vehicles fitted with them
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to braking systems and trailer braking couplings and to vehicles fitted with them shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex II.
Requirements applying to the measurement of the response time
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to the response time of braking devices and trailer braking couplings shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex III.
Requirements applying to energy sources and energy storage devices of braking systems and trailer braking couplings and to vehicles fitted with them
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to energy sources and energy storage devices of braking systems and trailer braking couplings and to vehicles fitted with them shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex IV.
Requirements applying to spring brakes and to vehicles fitted with them
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to spring brakes and to vehicles fitted with them shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex V.
Requirements applying to parking braking systems equipped with a mechanical brake-cylinder locking device
The performance requirements applying to parking braking systems equipped with a mechanical brake-cylinder locking device shall be verified in accordance with Annex VI.
Alternative test requirements for vehicles for which Type-I, Type-II or Type-III tests are not mandatory
1. The conditions under which test Type I, Type II or Type III are not mandatory for certain types of vehicles are laid down in Annex VII.
2. The test procedures and performance requirements applying to vehicles and their braking devices for which Type-I, Type-II or Type-III tests are not mandatory in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex VII.
Requirements applying to the testing of inertia braking systems, braking devices and trailer braking couplings and of vehicles fitted with them as regards braking
The procedures and requirements applying to the testing of inertia braking systems, braking devices and trailer braking couplings and of vehicles fitted with them as regards braking shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex VIII.
Requirements applying to vehicles with hydrostatic drive and their braking devices and braking systems
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to vehicles with hydrostatic drive and their braking devices and braking systems shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex IX.
Requirements applying to the safety aspects of complex electronic vehicle control systems
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to the safety aspects of complex electronic vehicle control systems shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex X.
Requirements and test procedures applying to anti-lock braking systems and to vehicles fitted with them
The test procedures and requirements applying to anti-lock braking systems and to vehicles fitted with them shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex XI.
Requirements applying to EBS of vehicles with compressed-air braking systems or of vehicles with data communication via pin 6 and 7 of ISO 7638 connector and to vehicles fitted with such EBS
The test procedures and performance requirements applying to EBS of vehicles with compressed-air braking systems or of vehicles with data communication via pin 6 and 7 of ISO 7638 connector and to vehicles fitted with such EBS shall be conducted and verified in accordance with Annex XII.
Requirements applying to hydraulic connections of the single-line type and to vehicles fitted with them
1. The performance requirements applying to hydraulic connections of the single-line type of braking devices and trailer braking couplings and to vehicles fitted with hydraulic connections of the single-line type are laid down in Annex XIII.
2. Vehicle manufacturers shall not fit hydraulic connections of the single-line type to new types of vehicles of category T and C after 31 December 2019 and to new vehicles of those categories after 31 December 2020.
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