{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-II/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.3/division-3.1.3.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-II/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.3/division-3.1.3.4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/68",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68 of 15 October 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle braking requirements for the approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68",
  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.3/division/3.1.3.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1.3.4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On tractors to which the coupling of towed vehicles is authorised, the parking braking system of the tractor shall be capable of holding the vehicle combination, at the maximum permissible mass as specified by the tractor manufacturer, stationary on a 12 % up or down gradient.\nIn the case that this requirement cannot be met due to physical limitations (e.g. limited available tyre/road adhesion for the tractor to generate sufficient braking forces or in the case that the purely mechanical parking braking system performance of the tractor as prescribed in point 3.1.3.1 is not sufficient to hold the combination) it is deemed to be fulfilled when the alternative requirement set out in point 3.1.3.4.1 of this Annex in connection with point 2.2.1.20 of Annex I is complied with.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1788 of 14 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of requirements for vehicle EU type-approval, and amending and correcting Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1322/2014, (EU) 2015/96, (EU) 2015/68 and (EU) 2015/208 with regard to vehicle construction and general requirements, to environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements, to vehicle braking requirements and to vehicle functional safety requirements (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/68/annex/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.3/division/3.1.3.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:56.586941+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."
}