
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/96 of 1 October 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 

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CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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Definitions
Article 2 
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CHAPTER II
OBLIGATIONS OF MANUFACTURERS
General obligations
Article 3 
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General requirements on pollutant emissions and external sound levels
Article 4 
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Specific obligations with respect to type approval of vehicles or engines
Article 5 
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Requirements for type-approval of engines as a separate technical unit
Article 6 
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CHAPTER III
OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES
Equivalence of alternative type-approvals
Article 7 
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Measurement of pollutant emissions
Article 8 
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Measurement of the external sound level
Article 9 
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Requirements on propulsion unit performance
Article 10 
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Specific provisions concerning Type approval of vehicles or engines
Article 11 
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EU type-approval procedures
Article 12 
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Making available on the market or installation on a vehicle of replacement pollution control devices
Article 13 
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Flexibility scheme
Article 14 
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CHAPTER IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Entry into force and application
Article 15 
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ANNEX I
Requirements for the EU type-approval of a type of engine or engine family for an agricultural and forestry vehicle type as a separate technical unit regarding the pollutants emitted
1. General 

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2. Application for EU type-approval of a type or engine family as a separate technical unit. 

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3. Specifications and Tests 

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4. Type-approval of systems, components and separate technical units 

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5. Engine marking 

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6. Conformity of production 

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7. Notification on the issue of approvals 

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8. Market surveillance 

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9. Engine family 
 9.1. Parameters defining the engine family 

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 9.2. Choice of parent engine 

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

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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. 

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ANNEX II
Requirements for the EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle type equipped with an engine type or engine family regarding the pollutants emitted
1. General 

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2. Application for EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle type 
 2.1. Application for the EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle type in respect of the pollutants emitted 

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 2.2. Application for EU type-approval of an agricultural and forestry vehicle type with an approved engine 

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3. Specifications and Tests 
 3.1. General 

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 3.2. Engine installation on the vehicle 

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4. Approval 

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ANNEX III
External sound emission requirements
1. Permissible external sound levels. 
 1.1. Measuring Instruments 

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 1.2. Conditions of measurement 

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 1.3. Method of measurement 
 1.3.1. Measurement of external sound level of agricultural and forestry vehicles in motion 

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 1.3.1.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 1.3.1.2. Interpretation of results 

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 1.3.2. Measurement of external sound with agricultural and forestry vehicle stationary 
 1.3.2.1. Position of sound-level meter 

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 1.3.2.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 1.3.2.3. Agricultural and forestry vehicle test conditions 

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 1.3.2.4. Interpretation of results 

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 1.3.3. External sound testing provisions for C-category vehicles with track chains in motion 

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2. Exhaust System (Silencer) 
 2.1. If the agricultural and forestry vehicle is fitted with a device designed to reduce the exhaust noise (silencer), the requirements of this section shall apply. If the inlet of the engine is fitted with an air filter which is necessary in order to ensure compliance with the permissible sound level, the filter shall be considered to be part of the silencer, and the requirements of this point 2 shall also apply to that filter. 

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 2.4. The use of fibrous absorbent material is permitted in the construction of silencers only if the following conditions are fulfilled: 

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ANNEX IV
Recognition of alternative type-approvals

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ANNEX V
Provisions for agricultural and forestry vehicles and engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme established under Article 14
1. Actions by the agricultural and forestry vehicle manufacturer. 
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 1.1.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. Actions by the engine manufacturer 
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3. Actions by the approval authority 

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