Division 2.1 General characteristics

The purpose of the recording equipment is to record, store, display, print, and output data related to driver activities.

Any vehicle fitted with the recording equipment complying with the provisions of this Annex, must include a speed display and an odometer. These functions may be included within the recording equipment.

The recording equipment records and stores data in its data memory, in the remote communication facility and in tachograph cards.

This is done in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data^f1, with Directive 2002/58/EC of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector^f2 and in compliance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No. 165/2014.