{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-16.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/16",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Printing",
  "text": "129 The recording equipment shall be able to print information from its data memory and/or from tachograph cards in accordance with the six following printouts:\ndriver activities from card daily printout,\ndriver activities from Vehicle Unit daily printout,\nevents and faults from card printout,\nevents and faults from Vehicle Unit printout,\ntechnical data printout,\nover speeding printout.\nThe detailed format and content of these printouts are specified in Appendix 4.\nAdditional data may be provided at the end of the printouts\nAdditional printouts may also be provided by the recording equipment, if clearly distinguishable from the six aforementioned printouts.\n130 The ‘ driver activities from card daily printout ’ and ‘ events and faults from card printout ’ shall be available only when a driver card or a workshop card is inserted in the recording equipment. The recording equipment shall update data stored on the relevant card before starting printing.\n131 In order to produce the ‘ driver activities from card daily printout ’ or the ‘ events and faults from card printout ’ , the recording equipment shall:\neither automatically select the driver card or the workshop card if one only of these cards is inserted,\nor provide a command to select the source card or select the card in the driver slot if two of these cards are inserted in the recording equipment.\n132 The printer shall be able to print 24 characters per line.\n133 The minimum character size shall be 2,1 mm high and 1,5 mm wide.\n133a The printer shall support the characters specified in Appendix 1 Chapter 4 ‘ Character sets ’ .\n134 Printers shall be so designed as to produce these printouts with a degree of definition likely to avoid any ambiguity when they are read.\n135 Printouts shall retain their dimensions and recordings under normal conditions of humidity (10 to 90 %) and temperature.\n136 The printout paper used by the recording equipment shall bear the relevant type approval mark and an indication of the type(s) of recording equipment with which it may be used.\n136a Printouts shall remain clearly legible and identifiable under normal conditions of storage, in terms of light intensity, humidity and temperature, for at least two years.\n136b The printout paper shall conform at least to the test specifications defined on the website of the laboratory appointed to carry out interoperability testing, as set out in Requirement 278.\n136c Any amendment or updating of the specifications described in the above paragraph shall only be made after the appointed laboratory has consulted the type approved digital tachograph vehicle unit manufacturer in conjunction with the type approval authorities.\n137 It shall also be possible to add handwritten notes, such as the driver's signature, to these documents.\n138 The recording equipment shall manage ‘ paper out ’ events while printing by, once paper has been re-loaded, restarting printing from printout beginning or by continuing printing and providing an unambiguous reference to previously printed part.",
  "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": "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": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Inserted 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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/16",
    "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."
}