# Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, Division 13: Reading from tachograph cards

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

106 The recording equipment shall be able to read from tachograph cards, where applicable, the necessary data:
to 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,
to check that last card session was correctly closed,
to compute the driver's continuous driving time, cumulative break time and cumulated driving times for the previous and the current week,
to print requested printouts related to data recorded on a driver card,
to download a driver card to external media.
107 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-13
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