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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-VII/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-VII/division-1.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/VII/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Annex:\n1.1. ‘ subject towed vehicle ’ means a towed vehicle representative of the towed vehicle type for which type-approval is sought;\n1.2. ‘ identical ’ means parts having identical geometric and mechanical characteristics and the materials used for the components of the vehicles;\n1.3. ‘ reference axle ’ means an axle for which there is a test report;\n1.4. ‘ reference brake ’ means a brake for which there is a test report;\n1.5. ‘ nominal test mass ’ means the mass of a disc or drum which the manufacturer specifies for the disc or drum, respectively, with which the relevant test is carried out by the Technical Service;\n1.6. ‘ actual test mass ’ means the mass measured by the Technical Service prior to the test;\n1.7. ‘ brake input threshold torque ’ means the input torque necessary to produce a measurable brake torque;\n1.8. ‘ declared brake input threshold torque ’ means the brake input threshold torque declared by the manufacturer and which is representative for the brake;\n1.9. ‘ declared external diameter ’ means the external diameter of a disc declared by the manufacturer which is representative external diameter for the disc;\n1.10. ‘ nominal external diameter ’ means the external diameter which the manufacturer specifies for the disc on which the relevant test is carried out by the Technical Service;\n1.11. ‘ actual external diameter ’ means the external diameter of a disc measured by the Technical Service prior to the test;\n1.12. ‘ effective length of the cam shaft ’ means the distance from the centre line of the S-cam to the centre line of the operating lever;\n1.13. ‘ brake factor ’ means the input to output amplification ratio of the brake.",
  "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/VII/division/1",
    "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."
}