{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-6/division-6.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-6/division-6.2.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/6/division/6.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.2",
  "heading": "Manual entry of driver activities",
  "text": "050a Upon driver (or workshop) card insertion, and only at this time, the recording equipment shall allow manual entries of activities. It shall be possible to make manual entries, if required, at the first insertion of a previously unused driver (or workshop) card.\nManual entries of activities shall be performed using local time and date values of the time zone (UTC offset) currently set for the vehicle unit.\nAt driver or workshop card insertion the cardholder shall be reminded of:\nThe date and time of his last card withdrawal.\nOptionally: the local time offset currently set for the vehicle unit\nIt shall be possible to input activities with the following restrictions:\nActivity type shall be WORK, AVAILABILITY or BREAK/REST.\nStart and end times for each activity shall be within the period of the last card withdrawal — current insertion only.\nActivities shall not be allowed to overlap mutually in time.\nThe procedure for manual entries of activities shall include as many consecutive steps as necessary to set a type, a start time and an end time for each activity. For any part of the time period between last card withdrawal and current card insertion, the cardholder shall have the option not to declare any activity.\nDuring the manual entries associated with card insertion and if applicable, the card holder shall have the opportunity to input:\na place where a previous daily work period ended, associated to the relevant time (if not already entered at the last card withdrawal),\na place where the current daily work period begins, associated to the relevant time,\nIf a location is entered, it shall be recorded in the relevant tachograph card.\nManual entries shall be interrupted if:\nthe card is withdrawn or,\nthe vehicle is moving and the card is in the driver slot.\nAdditional interruptions are allowed, e.g. a timeout after a certain period of user inactivity. If manual entries are interrupted, the recording equipment shall validate any complete place and activity entries (having either unambiguous place and time, or activity type, begin time and end time) already made.\nIf a second driver or workshop card is inserted while manual entries of activities are in progress for a previously inserted card, the manual entries for this previous card shall be allowed to be completed before manual entries start for the second card.\nThe cardholder shall have the option to insert manual entries according to the following minimum procedure:\nEnter activities manually, in chronological order, for the period last card withdrawal – current insertion.\nBegin time of the first activity shall be set to card withdrawal time. For each subsequent entry, the start time shall be preset to immediately follow the end time of the previous entry. Activity type and end time shall be selected for each activity.\nThe procedure shall end when the end time of a manually entered activity equals the card insertion time. The recording equipment may then optionally allow the card holder to modify any activity manually entered, until validation by selection of a specific command. Thereafter, any such modification shall be forbidden.",
  "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/6/division/6.2",
    "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."
}