{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-I/division-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-I/division-II.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/I/division/II",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT",
  "text": "The equipment must be able to record the following:\n1.. distance travelled by the vehicle;\n2.. speed of the vehicle;\n3.. driving time;\n4.. other periods of work or of availability;\n5.. breaks from work and daily rest periods;\n6.. opening of the case containing the record sheet ;\n7.. for electronic recording equipment which is equipment operating by signals transmitted electrically from the distance and speed sensor, any interruption exceeding 100 milliseconds in the power supply of the recording equipment (except lighting), in the power supply of the distance and speed sensor and any interruption in the signal lead to the distance and speed sensor.\nFor vehicles used by two drivers the equipment must be capable of recording simultaneously but distinctly and on two separate sheets details of the periods listed under 3, 4 and 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3314/90 of 16 November 1990 Commission Regulation adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3314/90 of 16 November 1990 Commission Regulation adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/I/division/II",
    "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."
}