In the event of a failure (e.g. breakage) in one of the pneumatic connecting lines, interruption or def
ect in the electric control line, it shall nevertheless be possible for the driver, fully or partia
lly, to actuate the brakes of the towed vehicle by means either of the service braking control device or of the secondary braking contr
ol device or of the parking braking control device, unless the failure automatically causes the to
...[+++]wed vehicle to be braked with the performance prescribed in point 3.2.3 of Annex II.