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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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tachograph application identification,
type of tachograph card identification.
card number,
issuing Member State, issuing authority name, issue date,
card beginning of validity date, card expiry date.
surname of the holder,
first name(s) of the holder,
date of birth,
preferred language.
date and time of last card download (for other purposes than control).
issuing Member State, issuing authority name,
driving licence number (at the date of the issue of the card).
For the purpose of this subparagraph, time shall be stored with a resolution of 1 second.
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.
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.
For the purpose of this subparagraph, time shall be recorded with a resolution of 1 second.
[F1Card fault (where this card is the subject of the fault),]
Recording equipment fault.
Textual Amendments
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.
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.
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.
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.
date and time the session was opened (i.e. card insertion) with a resolution of one second,
VRN and registering Member State.
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.
Date and time of the entry,
Type of specific condition.
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