{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-VII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-VII.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/VII",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": "CARD ISSUING",
  "text": "The card issuing processes set-up by the Member States shall conform to the following:\n262 The card number of the first issue of a tachograph card to an applicant shall have a consecutive index (if applicable) and a replacement index and a renewal index set to ‘ 0 ’ .\n263 The card numbers of all non-personal tachograph cards issued to a single control body or a single workshop or a single transport company shall have the same first 13 digits, and shall all have a different consecutive index.\n264 A tachograph card issued in replacement of an existing tachograph card shall have the same card number as the replaced one except the replacement index which shall be raised by ‘ 1 ’ (in the order 0, …, 9, A, …, Z).\n265 A tachograph card issued in replacement of an existing tachograph card shall have the same card expiry date as the replaced one.\n266 A tachograph card issued in renewal of an existing tachograph card shall have the same card number as the renewed one except the replacement index which shall be reset to ‘ 0 ’ and the renewal index which shall be raised by ‘ 1 ’ (in the order 0, …, 9, A, …, Z).\n267 The exchange of an existing tachograph card, in order to modify administrative data, shall follow the rules of the renewal if within the same Member State, or the rules of a first issue if performed by another Member State.\n268 The ‘ card holder surname ’ for non-personal workshop or control cards shall be filled with workshop or control body name.\n268a Member States shall exchange data electronically in order to ensure the uniqueness of the tachograph Driver Card that they issue. The competent authorities of Member States may also exchange data electronically when carrying out checks of driver cards at the roadside or at company premises in order to verify the uniqueness and status of the cards.",
  "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/VII",
    "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."
}