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ANNEX IX Requirements applying to vehicles with hydrostatic drive and their braking devices and braking systems

2. Scope

This Annex applies to vehicles with maximum design speed up to 40 km/h, equipped with a hydrostatic drive which cannot be disengaged during travel and is declared by the vehicle manufacturer to act as a braking system or braking device which may be either:

2.1.

a service braking system and a secondary braking system or one of those two systems.

A service braking system may be one of the braking systems mentioned below under the condition that the service braking performance as specified in point 6.3.1 is fulfilled:

2.1.1.

‘Hydrostatic braking system’,

2.1.2.

‘Combination hydrostatic braking system’,

2.1.3.

‘Combination friction braking system’,

2.1.4.

‘Friction braking system’;

or

2.2.

a part of the braking systems mentioned under 2.1.