Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/504 of 11 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles Text with EEA relevance

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.