Fitting and demonstration requirements related to braking performance
Article 3
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.