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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport
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Each printout is built up by chaining various data blocks, possibly identified with a block identifier.
A data block contains one or more records, possibly identified with a record identifier.
[PRT_001] When a block identifier immediately precedes a record identifier, the record identifier is not printed.
[PRT_002] In the case where a data item is unknown, or must not be printed for data access rights reasons, spaces are printed instead.
[PRT_003] If the content of a complete line is unknown, or need not to be printed, then the complete line is omitted.
[PRT_004] Numerical data fields are printed right aligned, with a space separator for thousands and millions, and without leading zeros.
[PRT_005] String data fields are printed left aligned and filled up with spaces to data item length, or truncated to data item length when needed (names and addresses).
In this chapter the following format notation conventions have been used:
characters printed in bold denote plain text to be printed (printing remains in normal characters),
normal characters denote variables (pictograms or data) to be replaced by their values for printing,
variable names have been padded with underscores to show the data item length available for the variable,
dates are specified with a ‘ dd/mm/yyyy ’ (day, month, year) format. A ‘ dd.mm.yyyy ’ format may also be used,
the term ‘ card identification ’ denotes the composition of: the type of card through a card pictograms combination, the card issuing Member State code, a forward slash character and the card number with the replacement index and the renewal index separated with a space:
[PRT_006] [F3Printouts shall use the following data blocks and/or data records, in accordance with the following meanings and formats:
Textual Amendments
Block or record number Meaning | Data Format |
2 Type of printout | |
Block identifier | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Printout pictogram combination (see App. 3), Speed limiting device setting (Over speeding printout only) | Picto xxx km/h |
3 Card holder identification | |
Block identifier. P= people pictogram | - - - - - - - - -P- - - - - - - - - |
Card holder surname | P Last_Name |
Card holder first name(s) (if any) | First_Name |
Card identification | Card_Identification |
Card expiry date (if any) | dd/mm/yyyy |
In the case where the card is a non-personal card, and holds no card holder surname, the company or workshop or control body name shall be printed instead. |
4 Vehicle identification | |
Block identifier | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
VIN | VIN |
Registering Member State and VRN | Nat/VRN |
5 VU identification | |
Block identifier | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
VU manufacturer’s name | VU_Manufacturer |
VU part number | VU_Part_Number |
8a Out of scope condition in the beginning of this day (leave blank if no out of scope condition open) | - - - - - - - - OUT - – - - - - - |
8.3 Activity (while card was inserted) | |
Activity pictogram, start time, duration, crew status (crew pictogram if CREW, blanks if SINGLE) | A: hh:mm hh h mm |
8.3a Specific condition . Time of entry, specific condition pictogram (or pictogram combination). | hh:mm - - - pppp - - - |
8.4 Card withdrawal | |
Vehicle odometer and distance travelled since last insertion for which odometer is known | x xxx xxx km; x xxx km |
10.1 Period where no card is inserted in slot S | |
Record identifier. | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
No Card inserted | - - - |
Vehicle odometer at beginning of period | x xxx xxx km |
10.3 Activity | |
Activity pictogram, start time, duration, crew Status (crew pictogram if CREW, blanks if SINGLE) | A ÷ hh:mm hhhmm |
10.3a Specific condition . Time of entry, specific condition pictogram (or pictogram combination). | hh:mm - - - pppp - - - |
10.4 Card withdrawal or End of ‘ No Card ’ period | |
Vehicle odometer at card withdrawal or at end of ‘ no card ’ period and distance travelled since insertion, or since beginning of the ‘ No Card ’ period. | x xxx xxx km; x xxx km |
11.3 VU daily summary per driver | |
Record identifier | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Driver’s surname | Last_Name |
Driver’s first name(s) | First_Name |
Driver’s card identification | Card_Identification |
11.4 Entry of place where a daily work period begins and/or ends | |
pi=location begin / end pictogram, time, country, region, | pihh:mm Cou Reg |
Odometer | x xxx xxx km |
11.7 Activity totals (periods without card co-driver slot) | |
Total working and availability duration | hh h mm hh h mm |
Total resting duration | hh h mm |
12 Events and/or faults stored on a card | |
12.1 Block identifier last 5 ‘ Events and Faults ’ from a card | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
13 Events and/or faults stored or on-going in a VU | |
13.1 Block identifier last 5 ‘ Events and Faults ’ from VU | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
13.2 Block identifier all recorded or on-going ‘ Events ’ in a VU | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
13.3 Block identifier all recorded or on-going ‘ Faults ’ in a VU | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
In this chapter the following notation conventions have been used:
[PRT_007] The driver activities from card daily printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
1 | Date and time at which the document is printed |
2 | Type of printout |
3 | Controller identification (if a control card is inserted in the VU) |
3 | Driver identification (from card subject of the printout) |
4 | Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) |
5 | VU identification (VU from which printout is taken) |
6 | Last calibration of this VU |
7 | Last control the inspected driver has been subject to |
8 | Driver activities delimiter |
8a | Out of scope condition in the beginning of this day |
8.1a / 8.1b / 8.1c / 8.2 / 8.3 / 8.3a / 8.4 | Activities of the driver in order of occurrence |
11 | Daily summary delimiter |
11.4 | Places entered in chronological order |
11.5 | Activity totals |
12.1 | Events or faults from card delimiter |
12.4 | Event/Fault records (Last 5 events or faults stored in the card) |
13.1 | Events or faults from VU delimiter |
13.4 | Event/Fault records (Last 5 events or faults stored or on-going in the VU) |
21.1 | Control place |
21.2 | Controller’s signature |
21.5 | Driver's signature] |
[PRT_008] The driver activities from VU daily printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
1 | Date and time at which the document is printed |
2 | Type of printout |
3 | Card holder identification (for all cards inserted in VU) |
4 | Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) |
5 | VU identification (VU from which printout is taken) |
6 | Last calibration of this VU |
7 | Last control on this recording equipment |
9 | Driver activities delimiter |
10 | Driver slot delimiter (slot 1) |
10a | Out of scope condition in the beginning of this day |
10.1 / 10.2 / 10.3 /10.3a / 10.4 | Activities in chronological order (driver slot) |
10 | Co-driver slot delimiter (slot 2) |
10a | Out of scope condition in the beginning of this day |
10.1 / 10.2 / 10.3 /10.3a / 10.4 | Activities in chronological order (co-driver slot) |
11 | Daily summary delimiter |
11.1 | Summary of periods without card in driver slot |
11.4 | Places entered in chronological order |
11.6 | Activity totals |
11.2 | Summary of periods without card in co-driver slot |
11.4 | Places entered in chronological order |
11.8 | Activity totals |
11.3 | Summary of activities for a driver both slots included |
11.4 | Places entered by this driver in chronological order |
11.7 | Activity totals for this driver |
13.1 | Events faults delimiter |
13.4 | Event/Fault records (Last 5 events or faults stored or on-going in the VU) |
21.1 | Control place |
21.2 | Controller’s signature |
21.3 | From time (space available for a driver without a card to indicate |
21.4 | To time which periods are relevant to himself) |
21.5 | Driver's signature] |
[PRT_009] The events and faults from card printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
Date and time at which the document is printed | |
Type of printout | |
Controller identification (if a control card is inserted in the VU) | |
Driver identification (from card subject of the printout) | |
Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) | |
Events delimiter | |
Event records (all events stored on the card) | |
Faults delimiter | |
Fault records (all faults stored on the card) | |
Control place | |
Controller's signature | |
Driver's signature |
[PRT_010] The events and faults from VU printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
Date and time at which the document is printed | |
Type of printout | |
Card holder identification (for all cards inserted in VU) | |
Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) | |
Events delimiter | |
Event records (All Events stored or on-going in the VU) | |
Faults delimiter | |
Fault records (All Faults stored or on-going in the VU) | |
Control place | |
Controller's signature | |
Driver's signature |
[PRT_011] The technical data printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
Date and time at which the document is printed | |
Type of printout | |
Card holder identification (for all cards inserted in VU) | |
Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) | |
VU identification | |
Sensor identification | |
Calibration data delimiter | |
Calibration records (all records available in chronological order) | |
Time adjustment delimiter | |
Time adjustment records (all records available from time adjustment and from calibration data records) | |
Most recent event and Fault recorded in the VU |
[PRT_012] The over speeding printout shall be in accordance with the following format:
Date and time at which the document is printed | |
Type of printout | |
Card holder identification (for all cards inserted in VU) | |
Vehicle identification (vehicle from which printout is taken) | |
Over speeding control information | |
Over speeding data identifier | |
First over speeding after the last calibration | |
Over speeding data identifier | |
The 5 most serious over speeding events over the last 365 days | |
Over speeding data identifier | |
The most serious over speeding for each of the last 10 days of occurrence | |
Control place | |
Controller's signature | |
Driver's signature.] ] |
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