| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2011) 451 final (19.7.11) |
| Publication Date | 19/07/2011 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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Tachographs play a crucial role in checking compliance by professional road transport drivers with the rules on driving time and rest periods. They contribute to improving road safety, drivers’ working conditions and fair competition between road transport companies. Making tachographs more cost-effective is one of the key elements of the strategy of the Commission to further integrate the road freight transport market and render road transport safer, more efficient and competitive as outlined in the White Paper on transport of 28 March 2011. The EU has regulated the installation and use of tachographs since 1970. The current legislation in place for recording equipment is Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport. The Regulation sets technical standards and establishes the rules on the use, type approval, installation and inspection of tachographs. It creates a range of legal obligations for manufacturers and authorities but also for transport operators and drivers. At present, two types of tachograph are in use by some 900,000 transport undertakings and 6 million drivers. In addition to a digital tachograph introduced in vehicles registered after 1 May 2006, the analogue tachograph has been in use since 1985 and is still used in older vehicles. This proposal aims at amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 with a view to improve the tachograph system. The proposal is accompanied by a Communication which outlines the other actions that are needed to make the measures of the proposal fully effective or to supplement them. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0451:FIN:EN:PDF |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
