{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-V/division-2/division-2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-V/division-2/division-2.2.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/V/division/2/division/2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On vehicles with a maximum design speed not exceeding 30 km/h, a spring braking system may be used as a service braking system, provided that the driver can graduate its braking action.\nIn the case of a spring braking system used as a service braking system, the following additional requirements shall be fulfilled:\n2.2.1. response time requirements as laid down in section 6 of Annex III;\n2.2.2. with the spring brakes adjusted as closely as possible, it shall be possible to actuate:\n2.2.2.1. the brake 10 times within a minute with the engine running at idle speed (brake applications distributed evenly within this period);\n2.2.2.2. the service braking system 6 times starting with a pressure not higher than the cut-in pressure of the energy source. During this test the energy storage devices shall not be fed. In addition, any energy storage for auxiliary equipment shall be isolated.\n2.2.3. The spring brakes shall be designed in such a way that they are not subject to failure under fatigue. Thus, the manufacturer shall provide the Technical Service with appropriate endurance test reports.",
  "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/V/division/2/division/2.2",
    "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."
}