{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-13.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/III/division/13",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Reading from tachograph cards",
  "text": "106 The recording equipment shall be able to read from tachograph cards, where applicable, the necessary data:\nto identify the card type, the card holder, the previously used vehicle, the date and time of the last card withdrawal and the activity selected at that time,\nto check that last card session was correctly closed,\nto compute the driver's continuous driving time, cumulative break time and cumulated driving times for the previous and the current week,\nto print requested printouts related to data recorded on a driver card,\nto download a driver card to external media.\n107 In case of a reading error, the recording equipment shall try again, three times maximum, the same read command, and then if still unsuccessful, declare the card faulty and non-valid.",
  "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/13",
    "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."
}