Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/96 (repealed)Show full title

Appendix Marking of engines

1. Any engine approved as a separate technical unit must bear all of the following:

(a)

the trade mark or trade name of the engine's manufacturer;

(b)

the engine type, and if applicable engine family, and a unique engine identification number;

(c)

the EU type-approval mark in accordance with the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 68(h) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.

2. The marks referred to in point 1 must last throughout the useful life of the engine and remain clearly legible and indelible. If labels or plates are used, they must be affixed in such a way that they too last throughout the useful life of the engine, and the labels/plates cannot be removed without destroying or defacing them.

3. The marks referred to in point 1 must be secured to an engine part that is necessary for normal engine operation and not normally requiring replacement during engine life. Those marks must be located so as to be readily visible to the average person once the engine has been fitted to the agricultural and forestry vehicle, together with all the auxiliaries needed for engine operation. If a bonnet is to be removed in order to make the mark visible, this requirement shall be considered to have been met if removal of that bonnet is simple.

In case of doubt concerning the meeting of this requirement, it shall be considered to have been met if an additional mark containing at least the engine identification number and the name, trade name or logo of the manufacturer has been added. That additional mark shall be affixed to, or next to, a major component that would not normally have to be replaced during the service life of the engine, and be easily accessible, without the assistance of tools, during routine maintenance operations; otherwise, it must be located at a distance from the original mark on the engine crankcase. The original mark and, where appropriate, the additional mark shall both be clearly visible once all of the auxiliaries needed for the operation of the engine have been fitted. A bonnet meeting the requirements set out in the above paragraph shall be authorised. The additional mark shall be affixed in a durable manner preferably directly to the topside of the engine, for example by means of an engraving, or a sticker or plate that meets the requirements of point 2.

4. The engines must be classified by means of their identification numbers in such a way that the production sequence can be determined unambiguously.

5. Before leaving the production line, the engines must bear all of the required marks.

6. The exact location of the engine marks shall be declared in the information document, in accordance with the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 68 (h) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.

7. In the case of replacement engines, the text ‘REPLACEMENT ENGINE’ shall be attached to a label on the engine in the form of a metallic plate.