{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-I/division-V/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-I/division-V/division-4.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/V/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Sealing",
  "text": "The following parts must be sealed:\n(a) the installation plaque, unless it is attached in such a way that it cannot be removed without the markings thereon being destroyed;\n(b) the two ends of the link between the recording equipment proper and the vehicle;\n(c) the adaptor itself and the point of its insertion into the circuit;\n(d) the switch mechanism for vehicles with two or more axle ratios;\n(e) the links joining the adaptor and the switch mechanism to the rest of the equipment;\n(f) the casings required under Chapter III (a) 7.2;\n(g) any cover giving access to the means of adapting the constant of the recording equipment to the characteristic coefficient of the vehicle.\nIn particular cases, further seals may be required on approval of the equipment type and a note of the positioning of these seals must be made on the approval certificate.\nThe seals mentioned in (b), (c) and (e) are authorized to be removed:\nin case of emergency,\nto install, to adjust or to repair a speed limitation device or any other device contributing to road safety,\nprovided that the recording equipment continues to function reliably and correctly and is resealed by an approved fitter or workshop immediately after fitting the speed limitation device or any other device contributing to road safety or within seven days in other cases ; for each occasion that these seals are broken a written statement giving the reasons for such action must be prepared and made available to the competent authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3688/92 of 21 December 1992 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 3688/92 of 21 December 1992 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/V/division/4",
    "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."
}