Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 799)

ANNEX I C U.K. Requirements for construction, testing, installation, and inspection

Appendix 12

POSITIONING BASED ON GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) U.K.

1. INTRODUCTION U.K.

This Appendix provides the technical requirements for the GNSS data used by the Vehicle Unit, including the protocols that must be implemented to assure the secure and correct data transfer of the positioning information.

The main articles in this Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 driving these requirements are: ‘Article 8 Recording of the position of the vehicle at certain points during the daily working period’, ‘Article 10 Interface with Intelligent Transport Systems’ and ‘Article 11 Detailed provisions for smart tachographs’.

1.1. Scope U.K.

GNS_1 The Vehicle Unit shall collect location data from at least one GNSS to support the implementation of Article 8. U.K.

The Vehicle Unit may be with or without an external GNSS facility as described in Figure 1:

Figure 1

Different configurations for GNSS receiver

1.2. Acronyms and notations U.K.

The following acronyms are used in this appendix:

DOP

Dilution of Precision

EGF

Elementary file GNSS Facility

EGNOS

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GSA

GPS DOP and active satellites

HDOP

Horizontal Dilution of Precision

ICD

Interface Control Document

NMEA

National Marine Electronics Association

PDOP

Position Dilution of Precision

RMC

Recommended Minimum Specific

SIS

Signal in Space

VDOP

Vertical Dilution of Precision

VU

Vehicle Unit