Article 4U.K.Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68 is amended as follows:
Article 2 is amended as follows:
the first sentence and the introductory sentence are replaced by the following:
‘For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 2 and Annexes XII and XXXIII to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/208(1) shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:’
point (5) is replaced by the following:
“transmission” means the combination of components comprised between the control device and the brake, excluding the control lines, supply lines and supplementary lines between tractors and towed vehicles, and linking them functionally through mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic or electric means or through the use of a combination of those means; where the braking power is derived from or assisted by a source of energy independent of the driver, the reserve of energy in the system is likewise part of the transmission;’
point (17) is deleted;
the following points (37) and (38) are added:
“energy source” means a device that provides the energy required to actuate the brakes, either directly or indirectly through an energy storage device;
“energy storage device” means a device that stores the energy provided by the energy source to apply or release the brakes.’
Annexes I to V, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII and XIII are amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/208 of 8 December 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle functional safety requirements for the approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 42, 17.2.2015, p. 1).’