1.A manufacturer or its agent shall submit an application for type-approval of a tachograph or any of its components, or group of components, to [F1the Secretary of State]. It shall consist of an information folder containing the information for each of the components concerned including, where applicable, the type-approval certificates of other components necessary to complete the tachograph, as well as any other relevant documents.
2.[F2The Secretary of State] shall grant type-approval to any tachograph, component or group of components that conforms to the administrative and technical requirements referred to in Article 1(2) or (3), as applicable. In that case, the [F3Secretary of State] shall issue to the applicant a type-approval certificate that shall conform to the model laid down in Annex II to this Regulation.
3.The [F4Secretary of State] may request the manufacturer or its agent to supply any additional information.
4.The manufacturer or its agent shall make available to the [F5Secretary of State], as well as to the [F6persons] responsible for issuing the certificates referred to in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, as many tachographs or tachograph components as are necessary to enable the type-approval procedure to be conducted satisfactorily.
5.Where the manufacturer or its agent seeks a type-approval of certain components or groups of components of a tachograph, he shall provide the [F7Secretary of State] with the other components, already type-approved, as well as other parts necessary for the construction of the complete tachograph, in order for [F8the Secretary of State] to conduct the necessary tests.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 4(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Word in Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 4(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 4(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 108(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)