
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation lays down rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods for drivers engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers by road in order to harmonise the conditions of competition between modes of inland transport, especially with regard to the road sector, and to improve working conditions and road safety. This Regulation also aims to promote improved monitoring and enforcement practices ... and improved working practices in the road transport industry.
Article 2 

1. This Regulation shall apply to the carriage by road:
(a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,5 tonnes,  ...
                              
(aa) from 1st July 2026, of goods in international transport operations or in cabotage operations, where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer or semi-trailer, exceeds 2,5 tonnes, or
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(b) of passengers by vehicles which are constructed or permanently adapted for carrying more than nine persons including the driver, and are intended for that purpose.
2. This Regulation shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken exclusively within the United Kingdom.
2A. This Regulation shall apply to carriage by road of goods undertaken in the United Kingdom by a vehicle where the motor vehicle or tractor is registered in the United Kingdom or a member State and where that carriage is undertaken exclusively within the area consisting of the United Kingdom and the European Union.
3. Subject to paragraph 2A, the AETR shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken in the United Kingdom where that carriage is part of international road transport operations undertaken in part outside the United Kingdom.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall not apply to carriage by road by:

((a)) vehicles used for the carriage of passengers on regular services where the route covered by the service in question does not exceed 50 kilometres;
((aa)) vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes used for:
                           

((i)) 
                                       carrying materials, equipment or machinery for the driver’s use in the course of the driver’s work; or
                                    
((ii)) 
                                       for delivering goods which are produced on a craft basis,
                                    

                              only within a 100 km radius from the base of the undertaking and on the condition that driving the vehicle does not constitute the driver’s main activity and transport is not carried out for hire or reward;
((b)) vehicles with a maximum authorised speed not exceeding 40 kilometres per hour;
((c)) vehicles owned or hired without a driver by the armed services, civil defence services, fire services, and forces responsible for maintaining public order when the carriage is undertaken as a consequence of the tasks assigned to these services and is under their control;
((d)) vehicles, including vehicles used in the non-commercial transport of humanitarian aid, used in emergencies or rescue operations;
((e)) specialised vehicles used for medical purposes;
((f)) specialised breakdown vehicles operating within a 100 km radius of their base;
((g)) vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, and new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service;
((h)) vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes used for the non-commercial carriage of goods;
((ha)) vehicles with a maximum permissible mass, including any trailer or semi-trailer, exceeding 2,5 tonnes but not exceeding 3,5 tonnes that are used for the transport of goods, where the transport is not effected for hire or reward, but on the own account of the company or the driver, and where driving does not constitute the main activity of the person driving the vehicle;
((i)) commercial vehicles,  which are used for the non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods and which have a historic status according to: 
 — in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, regulation 3 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007;
 — in relation to Northern Ireland, regulation 4 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 in Northern Ireland.
Article 4 
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘carriage by road’ means any journey made entirely or in part on roads open to the public by a vehicle, whether laden or not, used for the carriage of passengers or goods;
((b)) ‘vehicle’ means a motor vehicle, tractor, trailer or semi-trailer or a combination of these vehicles, defined as follows:

— ‘motor vehicle’: any self-propelled vehicle travelling on the road, other than a vehicle permanently running on rails, and normally used for carrying passengers or goods,
— ‘tractor’: any self-propelled vehicle travelling on the road, other than a vehicle permanently running on rails, and specially designed to pull, push or move trailers, semi-trailers, implements or machines,
— ‘trailer’: any vehicle designed to be coupled to a motor vehicle or tractor,
— ‘semi-trailer’: a trailer without a front axle coupled in such a way that a substantial part of its weight and of the weight of its load is borne by the tractor or motor vehicle;
((c)) ‘driver’ means any person who drives the vehicle even for a short period, or who is carried in a vehicle as part of his duties to be available for driving if necessary;
((d)) ‘break’ means any period during which a driver may not carry out any driving or any other work and which is used exclusively for recuperation;
((e)) ‘other work’ means all activities which are defined as working time in  regulation 2 of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 in England and Wales and Scotland, or in regulation 2(2) of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 in Northern Ireland  except ‘driving’, including any work for the same or another employer, within or outside of the transport sector;
((f)) ‘rest’ means any uninterrupted period during which a driver may freely dispose of his time;
((g)) ‘daily rest period’ means the daily period during which a driver may freely dispose of his time and covers a ‘regular daily rest period’ and a ‘reduced daily rest period’:

— ‘regular daily rest period’ means any period of rest of at least 11 hours. Alternatively, this regular daily rest period may be taken in two periods, the first of which must be an uninterrupted period of at least 3 hours and the second an uninterrupted period of at least nine hours,
— ‘reduced daily rest period’ means any period of rest of at least nine hours but less than 11 hours;
((h)) ‘weekly rest period’ means the weekly period during which a driver may freely dispose of his time and covers a ‘regular weekly rest period’ and a ‘reduced weekly rest period’:

— ‘regular weekly rest period’ means any period of rest of at least 45 hours,
— ‘reduced weekly rest period’ means any period of rest of less than 45 hours, which may, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8(6), be shortened to a minimum of 24 consecutive hours;
((i)) ‘a week’ means the period of time between 00.00 on Monday and 24.00 on Sunday;
((j)) ‘driving time’ means the duration of driving activity recorded:

— automatically or semi-automatically by the recording equipment as defined in  Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, or
— manually as required by  Article 37(2) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014;
((k)) ‘daily driving time’ means the total accumulated driving time between the end of one daily rest period and the beginning of the following daily rest period or between a daily rest period and a weekly rest period;
((l)) ‘weekly driving time’ means the total accumulated driving time during a week;
((m)) ‘maximum permissible mass’ means the maximum authorised operating mass of a vehicle when fully laden;
((n)) ‘regular passenger services’ means national and international services  which provide for the carriage of passengers at specified intervals along specified routes, passengers being picked up and set down at predetermined stopping pointsand, in particular, include special regular passenger services ;
((na)) “special regular passenger services” means services by whomsoever organised, which provide for the transport of specified categories of passengers to the exclusion of other passengers, in so far as such services are operated under the conditions specified for regular passenger services and, in particular, include—
(i) the carriage of workers between home and work;
(ii) the carriage of school pupils and students to and from the educational institution;
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((o)) ‘multi-manning’ means the situation where, during each period of driving between any two consecutive daily rest periods, or between a daily rest period and a weekly rest period, there are at least two drivers in the vehicle to do the driving. For the first hour of multi-manning the presence of another driver or drivers is optional but for the remainder of the period it is compulsory;
((p)) ‘transport undertaking’ means any natural person, any legal person, any association or group of persons without legal personality, whether profit-making or not, or any official body, whether having its own legal personality or being dependent upon an authority having such a personality, which engages in carriage by road, whether for hire or reward or for own account;
((q)) ‘driving period’ means the accumulated driving time from when a driver commences driving following a rest period or a break until he takes a rest period or a break. The driving period may be continuous or broken ;
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                              non-commercial carriage
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                               means any carriage by road, other than carriage for hire or reward or on own account, for which no direct or indirect remuneration is received and which does not directly or indirectly generate any income for the driver of the vehicle or for others, and which is not linked to professional or commercial activity.
CHAPTER II
Article 5 

1. The minimum age for conductors shall be 18 years.
2. The minimum age for drivers' mates shall be 18 years. ...
Article 6 

1. The daily driving time shall not exceed nine hours.However, the daily driving time may be extended to at most 10 hours not more than twice during the week.
2. The weekly driving time shall not exceed 56 hours and shall not—
(a)  in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, result in the maximum weekly working time laid down in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 being exceeded; 
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, result in the maximum weekly working time laid down in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 being exceeded.
3. The total accumulated driving time during any two consecutive weeks shall not exceed 90 hours.
4. Daily and weekly driving times shall include all driving time  , whether within or outside the United Kingdom.
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                           A driver shall record as other work any time spent as described in point (e) of Article 4 as well as any time spent driving a vehicle used for commercial operations that do not fall within the scope of this Regulation, and shall record any periods of availability, as defined in point (b) of Article 3 of Directive 2002/15/EC, in accordance with point (b)(iii) of Article 34(5) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
                           . This record shall be entered either manually on a record sheet or printout or by use of manual input facilities on recording equipment.
(6. In paragraph 5,  “periods of availability” is to be read in accordance with—
(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, the definition of  “period of availability” in regulation 2 of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the definition of  “period of availability” in regulation 2(2) of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.
Article 7 
After a driving period of four and a half hours a driver shall take an uninterrupted break of not less than 45 minutes, unless he takes a rest period.
This break may be replaced by a break of at least 15 minutes followed by a break of at least 30 minutes each distributed over the period in such a way as to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph.
A driver engaged in multi-manning may take a break of 45 minutes in a vehicle driven by another driver provided that the driver taking the break is not involved in assisting the driver driving the vehicle.
Article 8 

1. A driver shall take daily and weekly rest periods.
2. Within each period of 24 hours after the end of the previous daily rest period or weekly rest period a driver shall have taken a new daily rest period.If the portion of the daily rest period which falls within that 24 hour period is at least nine hours but less than 11 hours, then the daily rest period in question shall be regarded as a reduced daily rest period.
3. A daily rest period may be extended to make a regular weekly rest period or a reduced weekly rest period.
4. A driver may have at most three reduced daily rest periods between any two weekly rest periods.
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, within 30 hours of the end of a daily or weekly rest period, a driver engaged in multi-manning must have taken a new daily rest period of at least nine hours.
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                           In any two consecutive weeks a driver shall take at least:
                        
(a) two regular weekly rest periods; or
(b) 
                                 one regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours.
                              
                           A weekly rest period shall start no later than at the end of six 24-hour periods from the end of the previous weekly rest period.
                        By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, a driver engaged in international transport of goods may, outside the United Kingdom or the member State of the employer’s establishment, take two consecutive reduced weekly rest periods provided that the driver in any four consecutive weeks takes at least four weekly rest periods, of which at least two shall be regular weekly rest periods.For the purpose of this paragraph, a driver shall be considered to be engaged in international transport where the driver starts the two consecutive reduced weekly rest periods outside the United Kingdom or the member State of the employer’s establishment and the country of the drivers’ place of residence....
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6b. 
                           Any reduction in weekly rest period shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken 
                           
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                            before the end of the third week following the week in question.
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                        Where two reduced weekly rest periods have been taken consecutively in accordance with the third subparagraph of paragraph 6, the next weekly rest period shall be preceded by an equivalent rest period taken as compensation for those two reduced weekly rest periods.
7. Any rest taken as compensation for a reduced weekly rest period shall be attached to another rest period of at least nine hours.
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                           The regular weekly rest periods and any weekly rest period of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest periods shall not be taken in a vehicle. They shall be taken in suitable gender-friendly accommodation with adequate sleeping and sanitary facilities.
                        
                           Any costs for accommodation outside the vehicle shall be covered by the employer.
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                           Transport undertakings shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to return to the employer’s operational centre where the driver is normally based and where the driver’s weekly rest period begins, ... or to return to the drivers’ place of residence, within each period of four consecutive weeks, in order to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest period of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest period.
                        ...However, where the driver has taken two consecutive reduced weekly rest periods in accordance with paragraph 6, the transport undertaking shall organise the work of the driver in such a way that the driver is able to return before the start of the regular weekly rest period of more than 45 hours taken in compensation.The undertaking shall document how it fulfils that obligation and shall keep the documentation at its premises in order to present it at the request of control authorities.
9. A weekly rest period that falls in two weeks may be counted in either week, but not in both.

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Article 9 

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                           By way of derogation from Article 8, where a driver accompanies a vehicle which is transported by ferry or train and takes a regular daily rest period or a reduced weekly rest period, that period may be interrupted not more than twice by other activities not exceeding one hour in total. During that regular daily rest or reduced weekly rest period the driver shall have access to a sleeper cabin, bunk or couchette at their disposal.
                        
                           With regard to regular weekly rest periods, that derogation shall only apply to ferry or train journeys where:
                        
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                                 the journey is scheduled for 8 hours or more; and
                              
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                                 the driver has access to a sleeper cabin in the ferry or on the train.
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                           Any time spent travelling to a location to take charge of a vehicle falling within the scope of this Regulation, or to return from that location, when the vehicle is neither at the driver’s home nor at the employer’s operational centre where the driver is normally based, shall not be counted as a rest or break unless the driver is on a ferry or train and has access to a sleeper cabin, bunk or couchette.
3. Any time spent by a driver driving a vehicle which falls outside the scope of this Regulation to or from a vehicle which falls within the scope of this Regulation, which is not at the driver's home or at the employer's operational centre where the driver is normally based, shall count as other work.

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CHAPTER III
Article 10 

1. 
                           A transport undertaking shall not give drivers it employs or who are put at its disposal any payment, even in the form of a bonus or wage supplement, related to distances travelled, the speed of delivery and/or the amount of goods carried if that payment is of such a kind as to endanger road safety and/or encourages infringement of this Regulation.
2. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers referred to in paragraph 1 in such a way that the drivers are able to comply with  Regulation (EU) No 165/2014  and Chapter II of this Regulation. The transport undertaking shall properly instruct the driver and shall make regular checks to ensure that Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 and Chapter II of this Regulation are complied with.
(3.) A transport undertaking, whether established in the United Kingdom, a member State, or another country or territory, shall be liable for infringements committed by drivers of the undertaking, even if the infringement was committed on a territory other than the territory in which it is established. Liability is conditional on the transport undertaking’s infringement of paragraphs 1 and 2. Evidence that the transport undertaking cannot reasonably be held responsible for the infringement committed can be considered.
4. Undertakings, consignors, freight forwarders, tour operators, principal contractors, subcontractors and driver employment agencies shall ensure that contractually agreed transport time schedules respect this Regulation.
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(a) A transport undertaking which uses vehicles that are fitted with recording equipment complying with Annex IB of  Regulation (EU) No 165/2014  and that fall within the scope of this Regulation, shall:
((i)) ensure that all data are downloaded from the vehicle unit and driver card  in accordance with sections 97D and 97E of the Transport Act 1968 or regulations 6B and 6C of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (as applicable);
((ii)) ensure that all data downloaded from both the vehicle unit and driver card are kept for at least 12 months following recording and, should an inspecting officer request it, such data are accessible, either directly or remotely, from the premises of the undertaking;
(b) for the purposes of this paragraph ‘downloaded’  means copied, together with the digital signature, from a part, or from a complete set, of data files recorded in the data memory of the vehicle unit or in the memory of a tachograph card, provided that this process does not alter or delete any stored data;
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CHAPTER IV
Article 11 
Articles 6 to 9 are subject to—
(a) regulation 2 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007;
(b) regulation 3 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2012;
(c) regulation 3 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;
(d) any provision made under Article 14(1) or (2).
Article 12 
Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised and to enable the vehicle to reach a suitable stopping place, the driver may depart from Articles 6 to 9 to the extent necessary to ensure the safety of persons, of the vehicle or its load. The driver shall indicate the reason for such departure manually on the record sheet of the recording equipment or on a printout from the recording equipment or in the duty roster, at the latest on arrival at the suitable stopping place.
Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, in exceptional circumstances, the driver may also depart from Article 6(1) and (2) and Article 8(2) by exceeding the daily and weekly driving time by up to one hour in order to reach the employer’s operational centre or the driver’s place of residence to take a weekly rest period.
                  

                     Under the same conditions, the driver may exceed the daily and weekly driving time by up to two hours, provided that an uninterrupted break of 30 minutes was taken immediately prior to the additional driving in order to reach the employer’s operational centre or the driver’s place of residence for taking a regular weekly rest period.
                  

                     The driver shall indicate the reason for such departure manually on the record sheet of the recording equipment, or on a printout from the recording equipment or in the duty roster, at the latest on arrival at the destination or the suitable stopping place.
                  

                     Any period of extension shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken 
                     
                        en bloc
                     
                      with any rest period, by the end of the third week following the week in question.
Article 13 
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Article 14 

1. Provided that the objectives set out in Article 1 are not prejudiced,  the appropriate authority may by regulations  grant exceptions from the application of Articles 6 to 9 to transport operations carried out in exceptional circumstances.

                        2. In an urgent case the appropriate authority may grant a temporary exception by publishing a notice specifying—
                        
(a) the transport operations and circumstances to which the exception relates, and
(b) the period for which the exception has effect, which may not exceed 30 days.
3. In this Article  “the appropriate authority” means—
(a) in relation to transport operations carried out in England, Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to transport operations carried out in Northern Ireland, the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland.

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CHAPTER V
Article 16 
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Article 17 
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Article 18 
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Article 19 
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Article 20 

1. The driver shall keep any  documentation provided by an enforcement officer or a court  concerning penalties imposed or the initiation of proceedings until such time as the same infringement of this Regulation can no longer lead to a second proceeding or penalty  by virtue of this Regulation read with Part 6 of the Transport Act 1968 or Part 6 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
2. The driver shall produce the evidence referred to in paragraph 1 upon request.
3. A driver who is employed or at the disposal of more than one transport undertaking shall provide sufficient information to each undertaking to enable it to comply with Chapter II.
(4. In this Article  “enforcement officer” means—
(a) an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,
(b) a person authorised for the purposes of Part 6 of the Transport Act 1968 by a traffic commissioner, or
(c) a police constable.
Article 21 
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Article 22 
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Article 23 
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Article 24 
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Article 25 
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CHAPTER 5A
Article 25A 

(1. Regulations under this Regulation may—
(a) make consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision;
(b) make different provision for different purposes.
(2. Regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Regulation are to be made by statutory instrument.
(3. A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4. Regulations made by the Department of Infrastructure in Northern Ireland under this Regulation are to be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
(5. Regulations made by the Department of Infrastructure in Northern Ireland under this Regulation are subject to negative resolution (within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954).
CHAPTER VI
Article 26 
Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
For the purpose of this Regulation the definitions set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 shall apply.',
2.. Article 3(1), (2) and (3) shall be replaced as follows:
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1. Recording equipment shall be installed and used in vehicles registered in a Member State which are used for the carriage of passengers or goods by road, except the vehicles referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. Vehicles referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and vehicles, which were exempt from the scope of application of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85, but which are no longer exempt under Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 shall have until 31 December 2007 to comply with this requirement.
2. Member States may exempt vehicles mentioned in Articles 13(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 from application of this Regulation.
3. Member States may, after authorisation by the Commission, exempt from application of this Regulation vehicles used for the transport operations referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.';
3.. Article 14(2) shall be replaced as follows:
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2. The undertaking shall keep record sheets and printouts, whenever printouts have been made to comply with Article 15(1), in chronological order and in a legible form for at least a year after their use and shall give copies to the drivers concerned who request them. The undertaking shall also give copies of downloaded data from the driver cards to the drivers concerned who request them and the printed papers of these copies. The record sheets, printouts and downloaded data shall be produced or handed over at the request of any authorised inspecting officer.';
4.. Article 15 shall be amended as follows:

— in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph shall be added:
'Where a driver card is damaged, malfunctions, or is not in the possession of the driver, the driver shall:
((a)) at the start of his journey, print out the details of the vehicle the driver is driving, and shall enter onto that printout:

((i)) details that enable the driver to be identified (name, driver card or driver's licence number), including his signature;
((ii)) the periods referred to in paragraph 3, second indent (b), (c) and (d);
((b)) at the end of his journey, print out the information relating to periods of time recorded by the recording equipment, record any periods of other work, availability and rest undertaken since the printout that was made at the start of the journey, where not recorded by the tachograph, and mark on that document details that enable the driver to be identified (name, driver card or driver's licence number), including the driver's signature.',
— paragraph 2, second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
'When as a result of being away from the vehicle, a driver is unable to use the equipment fitted to the vehicle, the periods of time referred to in paragraph 3, second indent (b), (c) and (d) shall:
((a)) if the vehicle is fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I, be entered on the record sheet, either manually, by automatic recording or other means, legibly and without dirtying the sheet; or
((b)) if the vehicle is fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex IB, be entered onto the driver card using the manual entry facility provided in the recording equipment.Where there is more than one driver on board the vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex IB, each driver shall ensure that his driver card is inserted into the correct slot in the tachograph.',
— paragraph 3(b) and (c) shall be replaced by the following:
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((b)) “other work” means any activity other than driving, as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities, and also any work for the same or another employer within or outside of the transport sector, and must be recorded under this sign  ;
((c)) “availability” defined in Article 3(b) of Directive 2002/15/EC must be recorded under this sign .',
— paragraph 4 shall be deleted,
— paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following:
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(a) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I, the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:
((i)) the record sheets for the current week and those used by the driver in the previous 15 days;
((ii)) the driver card if he holds one, and
((iii)) any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 days as required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.However, after 1 January 2008, the time periods referred to under (i) and (iii) shall cover the current day and the previous 28 days.
(b) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex IB, the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:
((i)) the driver card of which he is holder;
((ii)) any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 days as required under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, and
((iii)) the record sheets corresponding to the same period as the one referred to in the previous subparagraph during which he drove a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I.However, after 1 January 2008, the time periods referred to under (ii) shall cover the current day and the previous 28 days.
(c) An authorised inspecting officer may check compliance with Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 by analysis of the record sheets, of the displayed or printed data which have been recorded by the recording equipment or by the driver card or, failing this, by analysis of any other supporting document that justifies non-compliance with a provision, such as those laid down in Article 16(2) and (3).'
Article 27 
Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 2(1)(a) shall be replaced by the following:
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(a) From the 20th day following the day of publication of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 vehicles put into service for the first time shall be fitted with recording equipment in accordance with the requirements of Annex IB to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85.';
2.. Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following:
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2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are able to issue driver cards at the latest on the 20th day following the day of publication of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.'
Article 28 
Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 is hereby repealed and replaced by this Regulation.
Notwithstanding, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 shall continue to apply until the dates set out in Article 15(1) of Directive 2003/59/EC.
Article 29 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 April 2007, with the exception of Articles 10(5), 26(3) and (4) and 27, which shall enter into force on 1 May 2006.
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