# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.1: General characteristics

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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, 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 and in compliance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No. 165/2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/799/annex/1/division/2/division/2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-799/annex-1/division-2/division-2.1
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