1 Drivers shall not use dirty or damaged record sheets or driver card. The sheets or driver card shall be adequately protected on this account.

In case of damage to a sheet or driver card bearing recordings, drivers shall attach the damaged sheet or driver card to a spare sheet or a appropriate sheet used to replace it.

If the driver card is damaged, malfunctions or is lost or stolen, the driver shall apply within seven calendar days for its replacement to the competent authorities of the Contracting Party in which he has his normal residence.

Where a driver wishes to renew his driver card, he shall apply to the competent authorities of the Contracting Party in which he has his normal residence not later than 15 working days before the expiry date of the card.

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a) Drivers shall use the record sheets or driver card every day on which they are driving, starting from the moment they take over the vehicle. The record sheet or driver card shall not be withdrawn before the end of the daily working period unless its withdrawal is otherwise authorized. No record sheet or driver card may be used to cover a period longer than that for which it is intended.

When there is more than one driver on board a vehicle fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1B, each driver shall ensure that his driver card is inserted in the correct slot in the tachograph.

b) When, as a result of being away from the vehicle, a driver is unable to use the control device fitted to the vehicle, the periods of time indicated in paragraph 3, second indent, (b), (c) and (d), below shall:

(i) If the vehicle is fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1, be entered on the record sheet, either manually, by automatic recording or other means, legibly and without dirtying the sheet; or

(ii) If the vehicle is fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1B, be entered on the driver card using the manual entry facility provided in the recording equipment.

c) Drivers shall amend the record sheets as necessary should there be more than one driver on board the vehicle, so that the information referred to in paragraph 3, second indent, (b), (c) and (d), below is recorded on the record sheet of the driver who is actually driving.

3 Drivers shall:

– ensure that the time recorded on the sheet agrees with the official time in the country of registration of the vehicle,

– operate the switch mechanisms enabling the following periods of time to be recorded separately and distinctly:

a) under the sign

or

1) Symbols used for the digital tachograph.

driving time;

b) under the sign

or

1) Symbols used for the digital tachograph.

all other periods of work;

c) under the sign

or

1) Symbols used for the digital tachograph.

other periods of availability, namely:

– waiting time, i.e. the period during which drivers need remain at their posts only for the purpose of answering any calls to start or resume driving or to carry out other work,

– time spent beside the driver while the vehicle is in motion,

– time spent on a bunk while the vehicle is in motion;

d) under the sign

or

1) Symbols used for the digital tachograph.

breaks in work and daily rest periods.

4 Each Contracting Party may permit all the periods referred to in paragraph 3, second indent (b) and (c) to be recorded under the sign

on the record sheets used on vehicles registered in its territory.

5 Each crew member concerned shall enter the following information on his record sheet:

a) on beginning to use the sheet - his surname and first name;

b) the date and place where use of the sheet begins and the date and place where such use ends;

c) the registration number of each vehicle to which he is assigned, both at the start of the first journey recorded on the sheet and then, in the event of a change of vehicle, during use of the sheet;

d) the odometer reading:

at the start of the first journey recorded on the sheet,

at the end of the last journey recorded on the sheet,

in the event of a change of vehicle during a working day (reading on the vehicle to which he was assigned and reading on the vehicle to which he is assigned);

e) if relevant, the time of any change of vehicle.

5 bis The driver shall enter in the control device in conformity with Appendix 1B the symbols of the countries in which he begins and ends his daily work period.

The above data entries shall be activated by the driver, and may be entirely manual or automatic if the control device is linked to a satellite tracking system.

6 The control device defined in Appendix 1 shall be so designed that it is possible for an authorized inspecting officer, if necessary after opening the equipment, to read the recordings relating to the nine hours preceding the time of the check without permanently deforming, damaging or soiling the sheet.

The device shall, furthermore, be so designed that it is possible, without opening the case, to verify that recordings are being made.

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a) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1, he must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:

(i) The record sheets for the current week and those used by the driver in the previous 15 calendar days;

(ii) The driver card, if he holds one; and

(iii) Any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 calendar days, as required under this Agreement.

From the date of application defined in article 13 bis of this Agreement, the time periods referred to under (i) and (iii) shall cover the current day and the previous 28 calendar days.

b) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1B, he must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:

(i) The driver card of which he is holder;

(ii) Any manual record and printout made during the current week and the previous 15 calendar days, as required under this Agreement;

(iii) The record sheets corresponding to the same period as the one referred to in the previous subparagraph during which he drove a vehicle fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1.

From the date of application defined in article 13 bis of this Agreement, the time periods referred to under (ii) shall cover the current day and the previous 28 calendar days.

c) An authorized inspecting officer may check compliance with the Agreement by analysis of the record sheets, of the displayed or printed data which have been recorded by the control device or by the driver card or, failing this, by analysis of any other supporting document that justifies non-compliance with a provision, such as those laid down in article 13 (2) and (3).

8 It shall be forbidden to falsify, suppress or destroy data recorded on the record sheet, stored in the control device or on the driver card, or print-outs from the control device as defined in Appendix 1B. The same applies to any manipulation of the control device, record sheet or driver card which may result in data and/or printed information being falsified, suppressed or destroyed. No device which could be used to carry out the manipulations mentioned shall be present on the vehicle.