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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45/annex-I/division-3/division-1/division-1.2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/45",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45",
  "path": "annex/I/division/3/division/1/division/1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Service braking performance and efficiency",
  "text": "1.2.1.\nPerformance\nDuring a test on a brake tester or, if impossible, during a road test, apply the brakes progressively up to maximum effort.\n(a)\nInadequate braking effort on one or more wheels.\nX\nNo braking effort on one or more wheels.\nX\n(b)\nBraking effort from any wheel is less than 70 % of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. Or, in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line.\nX\nBraking effort from any wheel is less than 50 % of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle in the case of steered axles.\nX\n(c)\nNo gradual variation in brake effort (grabbing).\nX\n(d)\nAbnormal lag in brake operation of any wheel.\nX\n(e)\nExcessive fluctuation of brake force during each complete wheel revolution.\nX\nItem\nMethod\nReasons for failure\nAssessment of deficiencies\nMinor\nMajor\nDangerous\n1.2.2.\nEfficiency\nTest with a brake tester or, if one cannot be used for technical reasons, by a road test using a deceleration recording instrument to establish the braking ratio which relates to the maximum authorised mass or, in the case of semi-trailers, to the sum of the authorised axle loads.\nVehicles or a trailer with a maximum permissible mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes has to be inspected following the standards given by ISO 21069 or equivalent methods.\nRoad tests should be carried out under dry conditions on a flat, straight road.\nDoes not give at least the minimum figure as follows ( 1 ):\n1.. Vehicles registered for the first time after 1/1/2012 :\nCategory M 1 : 58 %\nCategories M 2 and M 3 : 50 %\nCategory N 1 : 50 %\nCategories N 2 and N 3 : 50 %\nCategories O 2 , O 3 and O 4 :\nfor semi-trailers: 45 % ( 2 )\nfor draw-bar trailers: 50 %\nX\n2.\nVehicles registered for the first time before 1/1/2012 :\nCategories M 1 , M 2 and M 3 : 50 % ( 3 )\nCategory N 1 : 45 %\nCategories N 2 and N 3 : 43 % ( 4 )\nCategories O 2 , O 3 and O 4 : 40 % ( 5 )\nX\n3.\nOther categories\nCategories L (both brakes together):\nCategory L1e: 42 %\nCategories L2e, L6e: 40 %\nCategory L3e: 50 %\nCategory L4e: 46 %\nCategories L5e, L7e: 44 %\nCategory L (rear wheel brake):\nall categories: 25 % of the total vehicle mass\nX\nLess than 50 % of the above values reached.\nX\nItem\nMethod\nReasons for failure\nAssessment of deficiencies\nMinor\nMajor\nDangerous",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 127 of 29 April 2014)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/45/annex/I/division/3/division/1/division/1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:46.121319+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}