Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85Show full title

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport

[F1 [F24.1.2. User identification and authentication U.K.

[UIA_207] The VU shall permanently and selectively track the identity of two users, by monitoring the tachograph cards inserted in respectively the driver slot and the co-driver slot of the equipment.

[UIA_208] The user identity shall consist of:

  • a user group:

    • DRIVER (driver card),

    • CONTROLLER (control card),

    • WORKSHOP (workshop card),

    • COMPANY (company card),

    • UNKNOWN (no card inserted),

  • a user ID, composed of:

    • the card issuing Member State code and of the card number,

    • UNKNOWN if user group is UNKNOWN.

UNKNOWN identities may be implicitly or explicitly known.

[UIA_209] The VU shall authenticate its users at card insertion.

[UIA_210] The VU shall re-authenticate its users:

  • at power supply recovery,

  • periodically or after occurrence of specific events (TBD by manufacturers and more frequently than once per day).

[UIA_211] Authentication shall be performed by means of proving that the card inserted is a valid tachograph card, possessing security data that only the system could distribute. Authentication shall be mutual and triggered by the VU.

[UIA_212] In addition to the above, workshops shall be required to be successfully authenticated through a PIN check. PINs shall be at least 4 characters long.

Note: In the case the PIN is transferred to the VU from an outside equipment located in the vicinity of the VU, PIN confidentiality need not be protected during the transfer. U.K.

[UIA_213] The VU shall detect and prevent use of authentication data that has been copied and replayed.

[UIA_214] After 5 consecutive unsuccessful authentication attempts have been detected, the SEF shall:

  • generate an audit record of the event,

  • warn the user,

  • assume the user as UNKNOWN, and the card as non valid (definition z) and requirement 007).] ]