REGULATION (EC) No 561/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/8.  Came fully into force on 11th of April 2007.  Under this Regulation changes were made to Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 part of which  relates to the charts/printouts to be carried by drivers.

Below highlighted in yellow are the changes that come into effect from 01/01/2008, which basically mean that the driver needs to carry his current chart and any charts/printouts/driver cards, used within the PREVIOUS 28 DAYS.

Article 26 paragraph 7.

(a) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I, the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:

(i) the record sheets for the current week and those used by the driver in the previous 15 days;

(ii) the driver card if he holds one, and (iii) any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 days as required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

However, after 1 January 2008, the time periods referred to under (i) and (iii) shall cover the current day and the previous 28 days.

(b) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex IB,
the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:
(i) the driver card of which he is holder;

(ii) any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 days as
required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, and

(iii) the record sheets corresponding to the same period as the one referred to in the previous
subparagraph during which he drove a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity
with Annex I.

However, after 1 January 2008, the time periods referred to under (ii) shall cover

the current day and the previous 28 days.