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It is not mandatory for trailers with a maximum authorized total mass less than 750 kg to be equipped with braking equipment. Although it is not mandatory, equipping them with their own braking system is recommended.

The correct answer is: A

Recommendations:

Obligations and prohibitions when towing vehicles - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Code - Obligations and prohibitions in case of technical failure or when towing vehicles

RNTR 7 *** - Chapter IV - 2. Conditions regarding masses

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2.3.3. The maximum technically admissible mass of the trailer without a braking device cannot exceed 750 kg. The towable mass without a braking device of a motor vehicle cannot exceed half of its unladen mass.
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RNTR 7 *** - Chapter V - 3. Braking system

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3.1.1.3. Vehicles in categories R1a, S1a (trailers) do not have to be equipped with a service braking system. Vehicles in categories R1b and S1b (trailers), whose sum of the technically admissible masses on the axles does not exceed 750 kg, do not have to be equipped with a service braking system. However, if the vehicles in these categories are equipped with a service braking system, they must meet the same requirements as those corresponding to category R2 or S2 (trailers and towed equipment), as applicable.
3.1.1.4. Vehicles in categories R1b and S1b (trailers), whose sum of the technically admissible masses on the axles exceeds 750 kg, and R2 (trailers) must be equipped with a service braking system of the continuous, semi-continuous or inertial type. However, if the vehicles in these categories have a service braking system of the continuous or semi-continuous type, they must meet the same requirements as those in category R3 (trailers).
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*** RNTR 7 = REGULATIONS of December 8, 2005 regarding individual approval, issuance of the identity card and certification of the authenticity of road vehicles - RNTR 7 updated.