{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-3/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-3/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/3",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014 of 24 October 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle functional safety requirements for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-3",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Fitting and demonstration requirements related to functional safety",
  "text": "1. Manufacturers shall equip L-category vehicles with systems, components and separate technical units affecting functional safety 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. In accordance with Articles 6 to 22, manufacturers shall demonstrate by means of physical demonstration testing to the approval authority that the L-category vehicles made available on the market, registered or entering into service in the Union comply with the functional safety requirements of Articles 18, 20, 22 and 54 to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and comply with the detailed technical requirements and test procedures laid down in this Regulation.\n2. Manufacturers of parts and equipment shall demonstrate that spare parts and equipment that are made available on the market or are entering into service in the Union are approved in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013, as specified by the detailed technical requirements and test procedures referred to in this Regulation. An approved L-category vehicle equipped with such a spare part or equipment shall meet the same functional safety test requirements and performance limit values as a vehicle equipped with an original part or equipment satisfying endurance requirements up to and including those set out in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.\n3. Manufacturers shall submit to the approval authority a description of the measures taken to prevent tampering with, and modification of, the powertrain management system, including the functional safety control computers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1824 of 14 July 2016 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014, Delegated Regulation (EU) No 44/2014 and Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 with regard, respectively, to vehicle functional safety requirements, to vehicle construction and general requirements and to environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/3/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:00.535206+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."
}