{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-22.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/22",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Performance characteristics",
  "text": "159 The Vehicle Unit shall be fully operational in the temperature range - 20 o C to 70 o C, and the motion sensor in the temperature range - 40 o C to 135 o C. Data memory content shall be preserved at temperatures down to - 40 o C.\n160 The recording equipment shall be fully operational in the humidity range 10 % to 90 %.\n161 The recording equipment shall be protected against over-voltage, inversion of its power supply polarity, and short circuits.\n161a Motion sensors shall either:\nreact to a magnetic field which disturbs vehicle motion detection. In such circumstances, the vehicle unit will record and store a sensor fault (Requirement 070) or,\nhave a sensing element that is protected from, or immune to, magnetic fields.\n162 The recording equipment shall conform to Commission Directive 95/54/EC of 31 October 1995 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 72/245/EEC , related to electromagnetic compatibility, and shall be protected against electrostatic discharges and transients.",
  "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": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 266, 8.11.1995, p. 1 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 152, 6.7.1972, p. 15 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/22",
    "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."
}