Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799Show full title

6. CHECKS, INSPECTIONS AND REPAIRS

Requirements on the circumstances in which seals may be removed, as referred to in Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, are defined in Chapter 5.3 of this annex.

6.1 Approval of fitters, workshops and vehicle manufacturers

The Member States approve, regularly control and certify the bodies to carry out:

• installations,

• checks,

• inspections,

• repairs.

Workshop cards shall be issued only to fitters and/or workshops approved for the activation and/or the calibration of recording equipment in conformity with this annex and, unless duly justified:

• who are not eligible for a company card;

• and whose other professional activities do not present a potential compromise of the overall security of the system as required in Appendix 10.

6.2 Check of new or repaired instruments

(407) Every individual device, whether new or repaired, shall be checked in respect of its proper operation and the accuracy of its reading and recordings, within the limits laid down in Chapter 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.3 by means of sealing in accordance with Chapter 5.3 and calibration.

6.3 Installation inspection

(408) When being fitted to a vehicle, the whole installation (including the recording equipment) shall comply with the provisions relating to maximum tolerances laid down in Chapter 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.3.

6.4 Periodic inspections

(409) Periodic inspections of the equipment fitted to the vehicles shall take place after any repair of the equipment, or after any alteration of the characteristic coefficient of the vehicle or of the effective circumference of the tyres, or after equipment UTC time is wrong by more than 20 minutes, or when the VRN has changed, and at least once within two years (24 months) of the last inspection.

(410) These inspections shall include the following checks:

• that the recording equipment is working properly, including the data storage in tachograph cards function and the communication with remote communication readers,

• that compliance with the provisions of chapter 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 on the maximum tolerances on installation is ensured,

• that compliance with the provisions of chapter 3.2.3 and 3.3 is ensured,

• that the recording equipment carries the type approval mark,

• that the installation plaque, as defined by Requirement 396, and the descriptive plaque, as defined by Requirement 225, are affixed,

• the tyre size and the actual circumference of the tyres,

• that there are no manipulation devices attached to the equipment,

• that seals are correctly placed, in good state, that their identification numbers are valid (referenced seal manufacturer in the EC database) and that their identification numbers correspond to the installation plaque markings (see requirement 401).

(411) If one of the events listed in Chapter 3.9 (Detection of Events and/or Faults) is found to have occurred since the last inspection and is considered by tachograph manufacturers and/or national authorities as potentially putting the security of the equipment at risk, the workshop shall:

a.

make a comparison between the motion sensor identification data of the motion sensor plugged into the gearbox with that of the paired motion sensor registered in the vehicle unit;

b.

check if the information recorded on the installation plaque matches with the information contained within the vehicle unit record;

c.

check if the motion sensor serial number and approval number, if printed on the body of the motion sensor, matches the information stored in the recording equipment data memory;

d.

compare identification data marked on the descriptive plaque of the external GNSS facility, if any, to the ones stored in the vehicle unit data memory;

(412) Workshops shall keep traces in their inspection reports of any findings concerning broken seals or manipulations devices. These reports shall be kept by workshops for at least 2 years and made available to the Competent Authority whenever requested to do so.

(413) These inspections shall include a calibration and a preventive replacement of the seals whose fitting is under the responsibility of workshops.

6.5 Measurement of errors

(414) The measurement of errors on installation and during use shall be carried out under the following conditions, which are to be regarded as constituting standard test conditions:

• vehicle unladen, in normal running order,

• tyre pressures in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions,

• tyre wear, within the limits allowed by national law,

• vehicle movement:

• the vehicle shall advance under its own engine power in a straight line on level ground and at a speed of 50 ± 5 km/h. The measuring distance shall be at least 1 000 m.

• provided that it is of comparable accuracy, alternative methods, such as a suitable test bench, may also be used for the test.

6.6 Repairs

(415) Workshops shall be able to download data from the recording equipment to give the data back to the appropriate transport company.

(416) Approved workshops shall issue to transport companies a certificate of data un-downloadability where the malfunction of the recording equipment prevents previously recorded data to be downloaded, even after repair by this workshop. The workshops will keep a copy of each issued certificate for at least two years.