{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-II/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-II/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1985/3821",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821",
  "path": "annex/2/division/II/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Modes of operation",
  "text": "006 The recording equipment shall possess four modes of operation:\noperational mode,\ncontrol mode,\ncalibration mode,\ncompany mode.\n007 The recording equipment shall switch to the following mode of operation according to the valid tachograph cards inserted into the card interface devices:\n008 In these situations the recording equipment shall use only the tachograph card inserted in the driver slot.\nMode of operation\nDriver slot\nNo card\nDriver card\nControl card\nWorkshop card\nCompany card\nCo-driver slot\nNo card\nOperational\nOperational\nControl\nCalibration\nCompany\nDriver card\nOperational\nOperational\nControl\nCalibration\nCompany\nControl card\nControl\nControl\nControl\nOperational\nOperational\nWorkshop card\nCalibration\nCalibration\nOperational\nCalibration\nOperational\nCompany card\nCompany\nCompany\nOperational\nOperational\nCompany\n009 The recording equipment shall ignore non-valid cards inserted, except displaying, printing or downloading data held on an expired card which shall be possible.\n010 All functions listed in II.2. shall work in any mode of operation with the following exceptions:\nthe calibration function is accessible in the calibration mode only,\nthe time adjustment function is limited when not in the calibration mode,\n. . . . .\nthe company locks management function is accessible in the company mode only,\nthe monitoring of control activities function is operational in the control mode only,\nthe downloading function is not accessible in the operational mode (except as provided for in Requirement 150), and except downloading a driver card when no other card is inserted into the VU.\n011 The recording equipment can output any data to display, printer or external interfaces with the following exceptions:\nin the operational mode, any personal identification (surname and first name(s)) not corresponding to a tachograph card inserted shall be blanked and any card number not corresponding to a tachograph card inserted shall be partially blanked (every odd character — from left to right — shall be blanked),\nin the company mode, driver related data (requirements 081, 084 and 087) can be output only for periods where no lock exists or no other company holds a lock (as identified by the first 13 digits of the company card number),\nwhen no card is inserted in the recording equipment, driver related data can be output only for the current and eight previous calendar days.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/599/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009 adapting for the tenth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009 adapting for the tenth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "008 In these situations the recording equipment shall use only the tachograph card inserted in the driver slot."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/II/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:05:16.849228+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}