# Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, Division 7: Company locks management

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

051 This function shall allow the management of the locks placed by a company to restrict data access in company mode to itself.
052 Company locks consist in a start date/time (lock-in) and an end date/time (lock-out) associated with the identification of the company as denoted by the company card number (at lock-in).
053 Locks may be turned ‘ in ’ or ‘ out ’ in real time only.
054 Locking-out shall only be possible for the company whose lock is ‘ in ’ (as identified by the first 13 digits of the company card number), or,
055 locking-out shall be automatic if another company locks in.
055a In the case where a company locks in and where the previous lock was for the same company, then it will be assumed that the previous lock has not been turned ‘ out ’ and is still ‘ in ’ .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/III/division/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-III/division-7
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