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

V. INSTALLATION OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT U.K.

1. Recording equipment must be positioned in the vehicle in such a way that the driver has a clear view from his seat of speedometer, distance recorder and clock while at the same time all parts of those instruments, including driving parts, are protected against accidental damage. U.K.

2. It must be possible to adapt the constant of the recording equipment to the characteristic coefficient of the vehicle by means of a suitable device, to be known as an adaptor. U.K.

Vehicles with two or more rear axle ratios must be fitted with a switch device whereby these various ratios may be automatically brought into line with the ratio for which the equipment has been adapted to the vehicle.

3. After the equipment has been checked on installation, an installation plaque shall be affixed to the vehicle beside the equipment or in the equipment itself and in such a way as to be clearly visible. After every inspection by an approved fitter or workshop requiring a change in the setting of the installation iteself, a new plaque must be affixed in place of the previous one. U.K.

The plaque must show at least the following details:

• name, address or trade name of the approved fitter or workshop,

• characteristic coefficient of the vehicle, in the form ‘w = … rev/km’ or ‘w = … imp/km’,

• effective circumference of the wheel tyres in the form ‘1 = … mm’,

• the dates on which the characteristic coefficient of the vehicle was determined and the effective measured circumference of the wheel tyres.

4. Sealing U.K.

The following parts must be sealed:

(a)

the installation plaque, unless it is attached in such a way that it cannot be removed without the markings thereon being destroyed;

(b)

the two ends of the link between the recording equipment proper and the vehicle;

(c)

the adaptor itself and the point of its insertion into the circuit;

(d)

the switch mechanism for vehicles with two or more axle ratios;

(e)

the links joining the adaptor and the switch mechanism to the rest of the equipment;

(f)

the casings required under Chapter III (a) 7.2[F1 ;]

(g)

[F2 any cover giving access to the means of adapting the constant of the recording equipment to the characteristic coefficient of the vehicle.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3688/92 of 21 December 1992 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport.

F2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3688/92 of 21 December 1992 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport.

In particular cases, further seals may be required on approval of the equipment type and a note of the positioning of these seals must be made on the approval certificate.

[F1 The seals mentioned in (b), (c) and (e) are authorized to be removed:

• in case of emergency,

• to install, to adjust or to repair a speed limitation device or any other device contributing to road safety,

provided that the recording equipment continues to function reliably and correctly and is resealed by an approved fitter or workshop immediately after fitting the speed limitation device or any other device contributing to road safety or within seven days in other cases ; for each occasion that these seals are broken a written statement giving the reasons for such action must be prepared and made available to the competent authority.]

[F3 5. The cables connecting the recording equipment to the transmitter must be protected by a continuous plastic-coated rust-protected steel sheath with crimped ends except where an equivalent protection against manipulation is guaranteed by other means (for example by electronic monitoring such as signal encryption) capable of detecting the presence of any device, which is unnecessary for the correct operation of the recording equipment and whose purpose is to prevent the accurate operation of the recording equipment by short circuiting or interruption or by modification of the electronic data from the speed and distance sensor. A joint, comprised of sealed connections, is deemed to be continuous within the meaning of this Regulation. U.K.

The aforementioned electronic monitoring may be replaced by an electronic control which ensures that the recording equipment is able to record any movement of the vehicle, independent from the signal of the speed and distance sensor.

[F4 For the purpose of the application of the present point, M 1 and N 1 vehicles are those defined in Part A of Annex II to Council Directive 70/156/EEC (1) . For those vehicles that are equipped with tachographs in compliance with the Regulation and are not designed to install an armoured cable between the distance and speed sensors and the recording equipment, then an adaptor shall be fitted as close as possible to the distance and speed sensors.

Textual Amendments

F4 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1056/97 of 11 June 1997 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

The armoured cable shall be fitted from the adaptor to the recording equipment.] ]

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/95 of 25 October 1995 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

(1)

[F3 [F4 OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1 .] ]

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/95 of 25 October 1995 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

F4 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1056/97 of 11 June 1997 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).