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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/68 of 21 January 2016 on common procedures and specifications necessary for the interconnection of electronic registers of driver cards
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport(1), and in particular Article 31(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 provides for the obligation of Member States to exchange data electronically in order to ensure the uniqueness of the driver cards issued.
(2) In order to facilitate the exchange of electronic data on driver cards by Member States, the Commission set up the messaging system TACHOnet, which allows Member States to request information to the other Member States on the issuance of driver cards, as well as on their status.
(3) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 makes mandatory the interconnection of electronic national registers on driver cards throughout the Union, either using the TACHOnet messaging system or a compatible system. However, in case of a compatible system, the exchange of electronic data with all other Member States must be possible through the TACHOnet messaging system.
(4) It is necessary therefore to lay down the compulsory common procedures and specifications for TACHOnet, including the format of the data exchanged, the technical procedures for electronic consultation of the national electronic registers, access procedures and security mechanisms.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 42(3) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
This Regulation lays down the requirements regarding the obligatory connection of the national electronic registers on driver cards to the TACHOnet messaging system referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014.
In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, the following definitions shall apply:
‘asynchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on a new HTTP connection;
‘broadcast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to all other Member States;
‘card issuing authority’ (‘CIA’) means the entity empowered by a Member State for the issuing and management of tachograph cards;
‘central hub’ means the information system enabling the routing of TACHOnet messages between Member States;
‘national system’ means the information system set up in each Member State for the purpose of emitting, processing and responding to TACHOnet messages;
‘synchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on the same HTTP connection used for the request;
‘requesting Member State’ means the Member State emitting a request or a notification, which is then routed to the appropriate responding Member State(s);
‘responding Member State’ means the Member State to whom the TACHOnet request or notification is directed;
‘singlecast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to a single Member State;
‘tachograph card’, means either a driver card or a workshop card, as defined in Article 2(f) and (k) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014[F1;]
[F2‘ Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations system ( “ Testa ” ) ’ means a telecommunications interconnection platform for secure information exchange between the public administrations in the Union;
‘ direct access to TACHOnet ’ means the connection to the TACHOnet messaging system of a national electronic register via a Testa connection managed by the Member State hosting the register;
‘ indirect access to TACHOnet ’ means the connection to the TACHOnet messaging system of a national electronic register via a Testa connection managed by a Member State not hosting the register.]
Textual Amendments
Member States shall connect the national electronic registers referred to in Article 31(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, to TACHOnet messaging system.
Subject to the approval of the Commission, third countries may connect their electronic registers to the TACHOnet messaging system if they comply with this Regulation.
Textual Amendments
The connection of a national electronic register to the TACHOnet messaging system, be it through direct or indirect access, shall be established after the successful completion of connection, integration and performance tests in accordance with the instructions and under the supervision of the Commission.
In case of failure of the preliminary tests, the Commission may temporarily put on hold the testing phase. The tests shall resume once the responsible national authority has communicated to the Commission the adoption of the necessary technical improvements at national level allowing the successful performance of the preliminary tests.
The maximum duration of the preliminary tests shall be six months.]
Textual Amendments
TACHOnet messaging system shall fulfil the technical specifications laid down in Annexes I to VII.
Member States shall follow the procedures set out in Annex VIII.
Member States shall provide access to TACHOnet messaging system to their national card issuing authorities and control officers carrying out the duties referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, in order to facilitate effective checks of the validity, status and uniqueness of driver cards.
1. A national authority requesting indirect access to TACHOnet shall submit the following documents to the Commission:
(a) a letter signed by a representative of the national authority requesting the Commission to start the testing phase for providing indirect access to TACHOnet;
(b) an application for indirect access to TACHOnet in the format set out in Annex IX;
(c) the bilateral contract between the national authority requesting indirect access and the national authority providing that access through its Testa connection, signed by representatives of both national authorities.
2. No later than two months after the submission of the documents referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall request the national authority concerned to submit the technical information necessary to start the preliminary tests referred to in Article 3b.
3. Indirect access to TACHOnet shall not be provided until the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 have been fulfilled.]
Textual Amendments
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 2 March 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
TACHOnet messaging system shall be composed of the following parts:
A central hub, which shall be able to receive a request from the requesting Member State, validate it and process it by forwarding it to the responding Member States. The central hub shall wait for each responding Member State to answer, consolidate all the answers and forward the consolidated response to the requesting Member State.
[F1All TACHOnet messages shall be routed through the central hub.]
National systems of the Member States, which shall be fitted with an interface capable of both sending requests to the central hub and receiving the corresponding replies. National systems may use propriety or commercial software to transmit and receive messages from the central hub.
The setup and management of their national systems, including the interface with the central hub.
The installation and maintenance of their national system, both hardware and software, whether proprietary or commercial.
The correct interoperability of their national system with the central hub, including the management of error messages received from the central hub.
Taking all the measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information.
The operation of the national systems in accordance with the service levels set out in Annex VI.
The Commission shall provide a web based application with secured access, referred to as ‘MOVEHUB web portal’, providing at least the following services:
Member State availability statistics;
notification of maintenance on the central hub and Member State national systems;
aggregated reports;
contact management;
XSD schemas.
Textual Amendments
Check Issued Cards (CIC): allows the requesting Member State to send a Check Issued Cards Request to one or all responding Member States, to determine if a card applicant already possesses a driver card issued by the responding Member States. The responding Member States shall reply to the request by sending a Check Issued Cards Response.
Check Card Status (CCS): allows the requesting Member State to ask the responding Member State about the details of a card issued by the latter by sending a Check Card Status Request. The responding Member State shall reply to the request by sending a Check Card Status Response.
[F1Modify Card Status (MCS): allows the requesting Member State to notify the responding Member State, through a Modify Card Status Request, that the status of a card issued by the latter has changed. The responding Member State shall reply to the Modify Card Status request by sending a Modify Card Status response as soon as the register has been updated or the notification has been rejected, giving the result of the update and indicating the current card status (as recorded in the tachograph card register). This response shall be sent at the latest 10 calendar days after the notification request has been sent. In all cases, a Modify Card Status request or response shall be acknowledged with a Modify Card Status acknowledgment.]
Issued Card Driving License (ICDL): allows the requesting Member State to notify the responding Member State, through an Issued Card Driving Licence Request, that a card has been issued by the former against a driving licence issued by the latter. The responding Member State shall reply with an Issued Card Driving Licence Response.
Card Status | Definition |
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Application | The CIA has received an application to issue a driver card. This information has been registered and stored in the database with the generated search keys. |
Approved | The CIA has approved the application for the tachograph card. |
Rejected | The CIA did not approve the application. |
Personalised | The tachograph card has been personalised. |
Dispatched | The National Authority has dispatched the driver card to the relevant driver or delivering agency. |
Handed Over | The National Authority has handed over the driver card to the relevant driver. |
Confiscated | The driver card has been taken from the driver by the competent authority. |
Suspended | The driver card has been taken temporarily from the driver. |
Withdrawn | The CIA has decided to withdraw the driver card. The card has been permanently invalidated. |
Surrendered | The tachograph card has been returned to the CIA, and declared no longer needed. |
Lost | The tachograph card has been declared lost to the CIA. |
Stolen | The tachograph card has been reported stolen to the CIA. A stolen card is considered lost. |
Malfunctioning | The tachograph card has been reported as malfunctioning to the CIA. |
Expired | The period of validity of the tachograph card has expired. |
Replaced | The tachograph card, which has been reported lost, stolen or malfunctioning, has been replaced by a new card. The data on the new card is the same, with the exception of the card number replacement index, which has been increased by one. |
Renewed | The tachograph card has been renewed because of a change of administrative data or the validity period coming to an end. The card number of the new card is the same, with the exception of the card number renewal index, which has been increased by one. |
In Exchange | The CIA that issued a driver card has received a notification that the procedure to exchange that card for a driver card issued by the CIA of another Member State has started. |
Exchanged | The CIA that issued a driver card has received a notification that the procedure to exchange that card for a driver card issued by the CIA of another Member State has completed. |
Common header | Mandatory | |
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Version | The official version of the XML specifications shall be specified through the namespace defined in the message XSD and in the version attribute of the Header element of any XML message. The version number (‘n.m’) shall be defined as fixed value in every release of the XML Schema Definition file (xsd). | Yes |
Test Identifier | Optional id for testing. The originator of the test shall populate the identifier and all participants in the workflow shall forward/return the same identifier. In production it shall be ignored and shall not be used if it is supplied. | No |
Technical Identifier | A UUID uniquely identifying each individual message. The sender shall generate a UUID and shall populate this attribute. This data shall not be used in any business capacity. | Yes |
Workflow Identifier | The workflowId is a UUID and shall be generated by the requesting Member State. This identifier shall be then used in all messages to correlate the workflow. | Yes |
Sent At | The date and time (in UTC format) that the message was sent. | Yes |
Timeout | This is an optional date and time (in UTC format) attribute. This value shall be set only by the central hub for forwarded requests and is calculated based on the date/time the initial request has been received by the hub. This shall inform the responding Member State of the time when the request shall be timed out. This value is not required in initial requests sent to the hub and all response messages. | No |
From | The ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 code of the Member State sending the message or ‘ EU ’ . | Yes |
To | The ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 code of the Member State to which the message is being sent or ‘ EU ’ . | Yes |
Check Issued Cards Request | Mandatory | |
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Family Name | Driver's family name. | Yes |
First Name | Driver's first/given name. | No |
Date of Birth | Driver's date of birth. | Yes |
Place of Birth | Driver's place of birth. | No |
Driving Licence Number | Driver's driving licence number. | No |
Driving Licence Issuing Country | The country that issued the driver's driving licence. | No |
Check Issued Cards Response | Mandatory | |
Status Code | The status code of the response. | Yes |
Status Message | An explanatory status description. | No |
Search Mechanism | Was the card found by the NYSIIS search or a custom search. | Yes |
Found Driver Details | Yes if the driver is found | |
Family Name | The family name of any found drivers. | Yes |
First Name | The first name of any found drivers. | No |
Date of Birth | The date of birth of any found drivers. | Yes |
Place of Birth | The place of birth of any found drivers. | No |
Card Details | Yes if the driver is found | |
Card Number | The found card number. | Yes |
Card Status | The found card status. | Yes |
Valid for driving | The found card is/is not valid for driving. | Yes |
Card Issuing Authority | The name of the authority that issued the found card. | Yes |
Card Start of Validity Date | The date of the start of validity of the found card. | Yes |
Card Expiry Date | The date of expiry of the found card. | Yes |
Card Status Modified Date | The date that the found card was last modified. | Yes |
Temporary Card | The found card is a temporary card. | No |
Driving Licence Details | Yes if a driver card is found | |
Driving Licence Number | The found driver's driving licence number. | Yes |
Driving Licence Issuing Country | The issuing country of the found driver's driving licence. | Yes |
Driving Licence Status | The status of the found driver's driving licence. | No |
Driving Licence Issuing Date | The issuing date of the found driver's driving licence. | No |
Driving Licence Expiry Date | The expiry date of the found driver's driving licence. | No |
Workshop Card Details | Yes if a workshop card is found | |
Workshop name | The name of the workshop to which the found workshop card was issued. | Yes |
Workshop address | The address of the workshop to which the found workshop card was issued. | Yes |
Check Card Status Request | Mandatory | |
Card Number | The number of the card for which details are required. | Yes |
Check Card Status Response | Mandatory | |
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Status Code | The status code of the response. | Yes |
Status Message | An explanatory status description. | No |
Requested Card Details | Yes if the requested card is found | |
Card number | The requested card number. | Yes |
Card Status | The status of the requested card. | Yes |
Valid for driving | The requested card is/is not valid for driving. | Yes |
Card Issuing Authority | The name of the authority that issued the requested card. | Yes |
Card Start of Validity Date | The date of the start of validity of the requested card. | Yes |
Card Expiry Date | The date of expiry the requested card. | Yes |
Card Status Modified Date | The date that the requested card was last modified. | Yes |
Temporary Card | The requested card is a temporary card. | No |
Workshop Card Details | Yes if a workshop card is found | |
Workshop Name | The name of the workshop to which the card was issued. | Yes |
Workshop Address | The address of the workshop to which the card was issued. | Yes |
Card Holder Details | ||
Family Name | The family name of the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
First Name | The first name of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Date of Birth | The date of birth of the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
Place of Birth | The place of birth of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Driving Licence Details | Yes if a driver card is found | |
Driving Licence Number | The driving licence number of the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
Driving Licence Issuing Country | The country that issued driving licence number to the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
Driving Licence Status | The status of the driving licence of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Driving Licence Issuing Date | The issuing date of the driving licence of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Driving Licence Expiry Date | The expiry date of the driving licence of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Modify Card Status Request | Mandatory | |
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Card Number | The number of the card of which the status has changed. | Yes |
New Card Status | The status to which the card has been changed. | Yes |
Card Status Modified Date | The date and time that the card status was modified. | Yes |
Declared by | ||
Authority | The name of the authority that made the card status change. | Yes |
Authority address | The address of the authority that made the card status change. | Yes |
Family Name | The family name of the person who made the card status change. | No |
First Name | The first name of the person who made the card status change. | No |
Phone | The phone number of the person who made the card status change. | No |
The email address of the person who made the card status change. | No |
Modify Card Status Acknowledgement | Mandatory | |
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Status Code | The status code of the acknowledgement. | Yes |
Status Message | An explanatory status description. | No |
Acknowledgement type | The type of the acknowledgment: for request or response. | Yes |
Modify Card Status Response | Mandatory | |
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Status Code | The status code of the response. | Yes |
Status Message | An explanatory status description. | No |
Card Number | The requested driver card number. | Yes |
Card Status | The status of the requested card as it exists in the tachograph card register. | Yes |
Issued Card Driving Licence Request | Mandatory | |
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Card Number | The number of the card that has been issued. | Yes |
Driving Licence Number | The number of the foreign driving licence that was used to apply for the driver card. | Yes |
Family Name | The family name of the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
First Name | The first name of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Date of Birth | The date of birth of the driver to whom the card was issued. | Yes |
Place of Birth | The place of birth of the driver to whom the card was issued. | No |
Issued Card Driving Licence Response | Mandatory | |
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Status Code | The status code of the response. | Yes |
Status Message | An explanatory status description. | No] |
An availability of | means an unavailability of | ||
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Daily | Monthly | Yearly | |
98 % | 0,5 hours | 15 hours | 7,5 days |
Member States are encouraged to respect the daily availability rate, however it is recognised that certain necessary activities, such as system maintenance, require a down time of more than 30 minutes. However, the monthly and yearly availability rates remain mandatory.
The global request timeout (time within which the requestor may wait for a response) shall not exceed 20 seconds.
loss of connection to the central hub;
no response to a request;
receipt of responses after message timeout;
receipt of unsolicited messages;
receipt of invalid messages.]
[F2The escalation procedure shall be detailed to the Commission upon request.]
Member States shall notify other Member States and the Commission of any routine maintenance activities via the web application, at least one week before the beginning of those activities if technically possible.
[F2This Annex provides details of logging, statistical and routing data collected at the central hub, not at the Member States.]
the requesting Member State;
the responding Member State;
the type of message;
the status code of the response;
the date and time of the messages;
the response time.
[F1check the actual status of the card by sending a CCS request to the issuing Member State. If the number of the card is not known, a singlecast CIC request shall be sent instead;]
send a MCS notification through the TACHOnet messaging system to the issuing Member State.
The [short name of the national authority requesting indirect access to TACHOnet] of [name of the country requesting indirect access to TACHOnet] has signed a contract with [short name of the national authority providing indirect access to TACHOnet] in order to get indirect access to TACHOnet through [name of the country providing indirect access to TACHOnet].
The contract whereby [name of the country providing indirect access to TACHOnet] provides indirect access to TACHOnet to [name of the country requesting indirect access to TACHOnet], is attached to this application.
The following information is provided:
national authority responsible for the access to TACHOnet in [name of the country requesting indirect access to TACHOnet];
contact person for TACHOnet in the [national authority referred to in point (a)] (name, role, email address, telephone number and postal address);
name and role of other responsible entities with respect to TACHOnet;
contact persons in the responsible entities referred to in point (c) (name, role, email address, telephone number).
Signed
[Representative of the national authority requesting indirect access to TACHOnet]]
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