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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-45/annex-I/division-3/division-1/division-1.4",
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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/1.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.4",
  "heading": "Parking braking performance and efficiency",
  "text": "1.4.1.\nPerformance\nApply the brake during a test on a brake tester.\nBrake inoperative on one side or, in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line.\nX\nLess than 50 % of the braking effort values as referred to in point 1.4.2 reached in relation to the vehicle mass during testing.\nX\nItem\nMethod\nReasons for failure\nAssessment of deficiencies\nMinor\nMajor\nDangerous\n1.4.2.\nEfficiency\nTest with a brake tester. If not possible, then by a road test using either an indicating or deceleration recording instrument or with the vehicle on a slope of known gradient.\nDoes not give, for all vehicles, a braking ratio of at least 16 % in relation to the maximum authorized mass or, for motor vehicles, of at least 12 % in relation to the maximum authorised combination mass of the vehicle, whichever is the greater.\nX\nLess than 50 % of the above braking effort values reached.\nX\n1.5.\nEndurance braking system performance\nVisual inspection and, where possible, test whether the system functions.\n(a)\nNo gradual variation of efficiency (not applicable to exhaust brake systems).\nX\n(b)\nSystem not functioning.\nX\n1.6.\nAnti-lock braking system (ABS)\nVisual inspection and inspection of warning device and/or using electronic vehicle interface.\n(a)\nWarning device malfunctioning.\nX\n(b)\nWarning device shows system malfunction.\nX\n(c)\nWheel speed sensors missing or damaged.\nX\n(d)\nWirings damaged.\nX\n(e)\nOther components missing or damaged.\nX\n(f)\nSystem indicates failure via the electronic vehicle interface.\nX\nItem\nMethod\nReasons for failure\nAssessment of deficiencies\nMinor\nMajor\nDangerous\n1.7.\nElectronic brake system (EBS)\nVisual inspection and inspection of warning device and/or using electronic vehicle interface.\n(a)\nWarning device malfunctioning.\nX\n(b)\nWarning device shows system malfunction.\nX\n(c)\nSystem indicates failure via the electronic vehicle interface.\nX\n1.8.\nBrake fluid\nVisual inspection\nBrake fluid contaminated or sedimented.\nX\nImminent risk of failure.\nX",
  "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/1.4",
    "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."
}