Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

This Regulation provides for the implementing measures referred to in Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 to establish uniform conditions for the implementation of the administrative requirements for the approval of new agricultural and forestry vehicles, as well as systems, components and separate technical units designed and constructed for such vehicles and for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle of for its environmental performance.

Article 2 U.K. Template for the information document and for the information folder

Manufacturers applying for EU type-approval shall provide the information document and the information folder referred to in Article 22(1) and Article 22(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the basis of the template set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 3 U.K. Template for the manufacturer's certificate on access to vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) and to vehicle repair and maintenance information

Manufacturers concerned by Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 applying for EU type-approval shall provide the approval authority with a certificate on access to vehicle OBD and vehicle repair and maintenance information in accordance with Article 53(8) of that Regulation on the basis of the template set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 4 U.K. Templates for the certificate of conformity

Manufacturers shall issue the certificate of conformity referred to in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in accordance with the templates set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 5 U.K. Models for the statutory plate and EU type-approval mark

Manufacturers shall issue the statutory plate and the EU type-approval mark referred to in Article 34(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in accordance with the models set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 6 U.K. Templates for the EU type-approval certificate

Approval authorities shall issue the EU type-approval certificates referred to in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in accordance with the templates set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

Article 7 U.K. Numbering system of EU type-approval certificates

EU type-approval certificates shall be numbered in accordance with Annex VI.

Article 8 U.K. Template for the test results sheet

Approval authorities shall issue the test results sheet referred to in Article 25(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in accordance with the template set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.

Article 9 U.K. Format of test reports

1. The format of the test reports referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 shall comply with the general requirements set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

2. Existing test reports for components and separate technical units issued under Directive 2003/37/EC, Directive 2007/46/EC, Directive 97/68/EC, Regulation (EU) No 595/2009 or international regulations referred to in Chapter XIII of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant that Regulation, shall be accepted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test. Test reports fulfilling these conditions shall be listed in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 10 U.K. List of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of essential systems

The list of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle or for its environmental performance referred to in Article 45(2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 is set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.

Article 11 U.K. Template for the certificate for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of essential systems

Approval authorities shall issue the certificate for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle or for its environmental performance referred to in Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in accordance with the template set out in Annex X to this Regulation.

Article 12 U.K. Numbering system of certificates for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of essential systems

Certificates for the placing on the market and entry into service of parts or equipment which may pose a serious risk to the correct functioning of systems that are essential for the safety of the vehicle or for its environmental performance shall be numbered in accordance with Annex XI.

[F1 Article 12a U.K. Transitional provisions in respect of engines

With respect to engines type-approved before 1 January 2018 , or before 1 January 2019 in the case of engines of sub-categories NRE-v-5 and NRE-c-5, the following provisions of this Regulation, in its version applicable on 6 August 2018 , shall continue to apply:

• Annex I, Part A;

• Annex I, Part B, point 4.2.;

• Annex I, Part B, point 5, entries 2.2.2., 2.5. to 2.5.4.2., 5.2. to 5.5. and 6. to 8.22.4.2.;

• Annex I, Appendices 1 to 9;

• Annex I, Appendix 10, entry 2.2.2.;

• Annex I, Appendices 11 to 14;

• Annex I, Appendix 15, entry 2.2.2.;

• Annex I, Appendices 16 to 23;

• Annex I, explanatory notes relating to the information document (6), (7), (9), (12), (24), (26), (29), (39), (40), (49) and (56);

• Annex II, point 2.1.1.;

• Annex II, explanatory note relating to Annex II (4);

• Annex III, Appendix 1, Model 1 of Section 2, the entries under the heading ‘ General powertrain characteristics ’ ;

• Annex III, Appendix 1, Model 1 of Section 2, the entries under the heading ‘ Engine ’ ;

• Annex III, Appendix 1, Model 1 of Section 2, the text under the heading ‘ Results of exhaust emission tests (inclusive of Deterioration Factor) ’ , the second and fourth indents of the first paragraph;

• Annex III, Appendix 1, Model 1 of Section 2, the text under the heading ‘ Results of exhaust emission tests (inclusive of Deterioration Factor) ’ , the table;

• Annex III, Appendix 1, explanatory notes relating to Appendix 1, with the exception of explanatory note (32);

• Annex IV;

• Annex V, Appendix 2, explanatory notes relating to Appendix 2;

• Annex V, Appendix 4;

• Annex V, Appendix 5;

• Annex VII, Appendix 1, with the exception of point 1. and the first indent of the text under point 2.;

• Annex VIII, with the exception of point 3.2., table 8-1, second row.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/986 of 3 April 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 as regards the adaptation of the administrative provisions for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles to Stage V emission limits (Text with EEA relevance).

Article 13 U.K. Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2016.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.