{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/article-17.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": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1 . The amendments required to adjust the annexes to technical progress, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(2).\n2. The technical specifications relating to the following sections of Annex IB shall be adopted as soon as possible and if possible before 1 July 1998 by the same procedure:\n(a) Chapter II\n(d) 17:\ndisplaying and printing of faults in the recording equipment,\n(d) 18:\ndisplaying and printing of faults in the driver card,\n(d) 21:\ndisplaying and printing of summary reports;\n(b) Chapter III\n(a) 6.3:\nstandards for the protection of vehicle electronics against electrical interference and magnetic fields,\n(a) 6.5:\nprotection (security) of the total system,\n(c) 1:\nwarning signals indicating the internal malfunctioning of the recording equipment,\n(c) 5:\nformat of the warnings,\n(f):\nmaximum tolerances;\n(c) Chapter IV, A:\n4:\nstandards,\n5:\nsecurity, including data protection,\n6:\ntemperature range,\n8:\nelectrical characteristics,\n9:\nlogical structure of the driver card,\n10:\nfunctions and commands,\n11:\nelementary files;\nand Chapter IV, B;\n(d) Chapter V:\nprinter and standard print-outs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted 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 Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/article/17",
    "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."
}