Provided first generation tachograph cards use has not been suppressed by a workshop, the recording equipment shall record and store data exactly in the same way as a first generation recording equipment would do.

The recording equipment shall set the ‘card session data’ in the driver or workshop card right after the card insertion.

The recording equipment shall update data stored on valid driver, workshop, company and/or control cards with all necessary data relevant to the period while the card is inserted and relevant to the card holder. Data stored on these cards are specified in Chapter 4.

The recording equipment shall update driver activity and places data (as specified in 4.5.3.1.9 and 4.5.3.1.11), stored on valid driver and/or workshop cards, with activity and places data manually entered by the cardholder.

All events not defined for the first generation recording equipment, shall not be stored on the driver and workshop cards.

Tachograph cards data update shall be such that, when needed and taking into account card actual storage capacity, most recent data replace oldest data.

In the case of a writing error, the recording equipment shall try again, three times maximum, the same write command and then if still unsuccessful, declare the card faulty and non-valid.

Before releasing a driver card and after all relevant data have been stored on the card, the recording equipment shall reset the ‘card session data’.

Second generation tachograph cards shall contain 2 different card applications, the first of which shall be exactly the same as the TACHO application of first generation tachograph cards, and the second the ‘TACHO_G2’ application, as specified in Chapter 4 and Appendix 2.

The recording equipment shall set the ‘card session data’ in the driver or workshop card right after the card insertion.

The recording equipment shall update data stored on the 2 card applications of valid driver, workshop, company and/or control cards with all necessary data relevant to the period while the card is inserted and relevant to the card holder. Data stored on these cards are specified in Chapter 4.

The recording equipment shall update driver activity places and positions data (as specified in 4.5.3.1.9, 4.5.3.1.11, 4.5.3.2.9 and 4.5.3.2.11), stored on valid driver and/or workshop cards, with activity and places data manually entered by the cardholder.

Tachograph cards data update shall be such that, when needed and taking into account card actual storage capacity, most recent data replace oldest data.

In the case of a writing error, the recording equipment shall try again, three times maximum, the same write command and then if still unsuccessful, declare the card faulty and non-valid.

Before releasing a driver card and after all relevant data have been stored on the 2 card applications of the card, the recording equipment shall reset the ‘card session data’.