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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)

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4.5.3.1 Tachograph application (accessible to first and second generation vehicle units) U.K.
4.5.3.1.1Application identificationU.K.
(253)The driver card shall be able to store the following application identification data:U.K.
  • tachograph application identification,

  • type of tachograph card identification.

4.5.3.1.2Key and certificatesU.K.
(254)The driver card shall be able to store a number of cryptographic keys and certificates, as specified in Appendix 11 part A.U.K.
4.5.3.1.3Card identificationU.K.
(255)The driver card shall be able to store the following card identification data:U.K.
  • card number,

  • issuing Member State, issuing authority name, issue date,

  • card beginning of validity date, card expiry date.

4.5.3.1.4Card holder identificationU.K.
(256)The driver card shall be able to store the following card holder identification data:U.K.
  • surname of the holder,

  • first name(s) of the holder,

  • date of birth,

  • preferred language.

4.5.3.1.5Card downloadU.K.
(257)The driver card shall be able to store the following data related to card download:U.K.
  • date and time of last card download (for other purposes than control).

(258)The driver card shall be able to hold one such record.U.K.
4.5.3.1.6Driving licence informationU.K.
(259)The driver card shall be able to store the following driving licence data:U.K.
  • issuing Member State, issuing authority name,

  • driving licence number (at the date of the issue of the card).

4.5.3.1.7Events dataU.K.

For the purpose of this subparagraph, time shall be stored with a resolution of 1 second.

(260)The driver card shall be able to store data related to the following events detected by the recording equipment while the card was inserted:U.K.
  • Time overlap (where this card is the cause of the event),

  • Card insertion while driving (where this card is the subject of the event),

  • Last card session not correctly closed (where this card is the subject of the event),

  • Power supply interruption,

  • Motion data error,

  • Security breach attempts.

(261)The driver card shall be able to store the following data for these events:U.K.
  • Event code,

  • Date and time of beginning of the event (or of card insertion if the event was on-going at that time),

  • Date and time of end of the event (or of card withdrawal if the event was on-going at that time),

  • VRN and registering Member State of vehicle in which the event happened.

Note: For the ‘Time overlap’ event:U.K.

  • Date and time of beginning of the event shall correspond to the date and time of the card withdrawal from the previous vehicle,

  • Date and time of end of the event shall correspond to the date and time of card insertion in current vehicle,

  • Vehicle data shall correspond to the current vehicle raising the event.

Note: For the ‘Last card session not correctly closed’ event:U.K.

  • date and time of beginning of event shall correspond to the card insertion date and time of the session not correctly closed,

  • date and time of end of event shall correspond to the card insertion date and time of the session during which the event was detected (current session),

  • Vehicle data shall correspond to the vehicle in which the session was not correctly closed.

(262)The driver card shall be able to store data for the six most recent events of each type (i.e. 36 events).U.K.
4.5.3.1.8Faults dataU.K.

For the purpose of this subparagraph, time shall be recorded with a resolution of 1 second.

(263)The driver card shall be able to store data related to the following faults detected by the recording equipment while the card was inserted:U.K.
  • [F1Card fault (where this card is the subject of the fault),]

  • Recording equipment fault.

(264)The driver card shall be able to store the following data for these faults:U.K.
  • Fault code,

  • Date and time of beginning of the fault (or of card insertion if the fault was on-going at that time),

  • Date and time of end of the fault (or of card withdrawal if the fault was on-going at that time),

  • VRN and registering Member State of vehicle in which the fault happened.

(265)The driver card shall be able to store data for the twelve most recent faults of each type (i.e. 24 faults).U.K.
4.5.3.1.9Driver activity dataU.K.
(266)The driver card shall be able to store, for each calendar day where the card has been used or for which the driver has entered activities manually, the following data:U.K.
  • the date,

  • a daily presence counter (increased by one for each of these calendar days),

  • the total distance travelled by the driver during this day,

  • a driver status at 00:00,

  • whenever the driver has changed of activity, and/or has changed of driving status, and/or has inserted or withdrawn his card:

    • the driving status (CREW, SINGLE),

    • the slot (DRIVER, CO-DRIVER),

    • the card status (INSERTED, NOT INSERTED),

    • the activity (DRIVING, AVAILABILITY, WORK, BREAK/REST),

    • the time of the change.

(267)The driver card memory shall be able to hold driver activity data for at least 28 days (the average activity of a driver is defined as 93 activity changes per day).U.K.
(268)The data listed under requirements 261, 264 and 266 shall be stored in a way allowing the retrieval of activities in the order of their occurrence, even in case of a time overlap situation.U.K.
4.5.3.1.10Vehicles used dataU.K.
(269)The driver card shall be able to store, for each calendar day where the card has been used, and for each period of use of a given vehicle that day (a period of use includes all consecutive insertion / withdrawal cycle of the card in the vehicle, as seen from the card point of view), the following data:U.K.
  • date and time of first use of the vehicle (i.e. first card insertion for this period of use of the vehicle, or 00h00 if the period of use is on-going at that time),

  • vehicle odometer value at that time,

  • date and time of last use of the vehicle, (i.e. last card withdrawal for this period of use of the vehicle, or 23h59 if the period of use is on-going at that time),

  • vehicle odometer value at that time,

  • VRN and registering Member State of the vehicle.

(270)The driver card shall be able to store at least 84 such records.U.K.
4.5.3.1.11Places where daily work periods start and/or endU.K.
(271)The driver card shall be able to store the following data related to places where daily work periods begin and/or end, entered by the driver:U.K.
  • the date and time of the entry (or the date/time related to the entry if the entry is made during the manual entry procedure),

  • the type of entry (begin or end, condition of entry),

  • the country and region entered,

  • the vehicle odometer value.

(272)The driver card memory shall be able to hold at least 42 pairs of such records.U.K.
4.5.3.1.12Card session dataU.K.
(273)The driver card shall be able to store data related to the vehicle which opened its current session:U.K.
  • date and time the session was opened (i.e. card insertion) with a resolution of one second,

  • VRN and registering Member State.

4.5.3.1.13Control activity dataU.K.
(274)The driver card shall be able to store the following data related to control activities:U.K.
  • date and time of the control,

  • control card number and card issuing Member State,

  • type of the control (displaying and/or printing and/or VU downloading and/or card downloading (see note)),

  • Period downloaded, in case of downloading,

  • VRN and registering Member State of the vehicle in which the control happened.

Note: card downloading will only be recorded if performed through a recording equipment.U.K.

(275)The driver card shall be able to hold one such record.U.K.
4.5.3.1.14Specific conditions dataU.K.
(276)The driver card shall be able to store the following data related to specific conditions entered while the card was inserted (whatever the slot):U.K.
  • Date and time of the entry,

  • Type of specific condition.

(277)The driver card shall be able to store at least 56 such records.U.K.

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