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  "legislation": "eur/2014/1161",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1161/2014 of 30 October 2014 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1161",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1161/2014\nof 30 October 2014\nadapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, and in particular Article 17 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnnex IB to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport sets out the technical specifications for the construction, testing, installation and inspection of digital tachographs.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 68/2009 introduced an adaptor as a temporary solution, until 31 December 2013, to make it possible to install tachographs in conformity with Annex IB to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 in Ml and N1 type vehicles.\n(3)\nRegulation (EEC) No 3821/85 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council for which the legislative procedure was concluded on 15 January 2014.\n(4)\nRecital 5 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 provides that the Commission will consider extending the period of validity of the adaptor for Ml and N1 vehicles until 2015 and give further consideration to a long-term solution for Ml and N1 vehicles before 2015.\n(5)\nThe Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Digital tachograph: Roadmap for future activities’, which accompanied the proposal for Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, foresees a time-frame of 2 years for the preparation and adoption of annexes and appendices, following the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014.\n(6)\nA permanent solution concerning the adaptor should be laid down in the technical specifications of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014. In application of the principle of legitimate expectation, the possibility to use adaptors in Ml and N1 type vehicles should therefore be extended at least until the adoption of those technical annexes and appendices.\n(7)\nConsidering that Requirement 172 expired on 31 December 2013, the extension of the adaptor solution should be valid with retroactive effect from that date.\n(8)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2009 of 23 January 2009 adapting for the ninth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (OJ L 21, 24.1.2009, p. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "COM(2011)454 final."
    }
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