DIGITAL TACHOGRAPHS - PRINTOUTS
Relevant Legislation
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
3820/85
CHAPTER VI FINAL
PROVISIONS
Article 26 Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 is hereby amended as follows:
Article 15 shall be amended
as follows:
— in paragraph 1, the
following subparagraph shall
be added:
Where a driver card is
damaged, malfunctions, or is
not in the possession of the
driver, the driver shall:
(a) at the start of his
journey, print out the
details of the vehicle the
driver is driving, and shall
enter onto that printout:
(i) details that enable the
driver to be identified
(name, driver card or
driver's licence number),
including his signature;
(ii) the periods referred to
in paragraph 3, second
indent (b), (c) and (d) as
follows;
(b) under the sign : all other periods of work;
(c) under the sign : other periods of availability, namely:
- waiting time, i.e. the period during which drivers need remain at their posts only for the purpose of answering any calls to start or resume driving or to carry out other work,
- time spent beside the driver while the vehicle is in motion,
- time spent on a bunk while the vehicle is in motion;
(d) under the sign : breaks in work and daily rest periods.
(b) at the end of his
journey, print out the
information relating to
periods of time recorded by
the recording equipment,
record any periods of other
work, availability and rest
undertaken since the
printout that was made at
the start of the journey,
where not recorded by the
tachograph, and mark on that
document details that enable
the driver to be identified
(name, driver card or
driver's licence
number), including the
driver's signature.’,
You only need to produce a printout when the driver card is damaged, malfunctions, or is not in the possession of the driver