Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3314/90of 16 November 1990Commission Regulation adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport, 390R3314, November 17, 1990
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 3572/90of 4 December 1990amending, as a result of German unification, certain Directives, Decisions and Regulations relating to transport by road, rail and inland waterway, 390R3572, December 17, 1990
  • Commission regulation (EEC) No 3688/92of 21 December 1992adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport, 392R3688, December 22, 1992
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded94/C 241/08Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 194N395D0001, August 29, 1994
  • Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 395D0001, January 1, 1995
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/95of 25 October 1995adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance), 395R2479, October 26, 1995
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1056/97of 11 June 1997adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance), 397R1056, June 12, 1997
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98of 24 September 1998amending 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 3821/85Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/559/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/84 and (EEC) No 3821/85(Official Journal of the European Communities L 274 of 9 October 1998)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002of 13 June 2002adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance), 398R2135398R2135R(01)302R1360, October 9, 1998
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002of 13 June 2002adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance), 302R1360, August 5, 2002
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002of 13 June 2002adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(Official Journal of the European Communities L 207 of 5 August 2002), 302R1360302R1360R(03), August 5, 2002
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 103T, September 23, 2003
  • Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 September 2003adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty, 303R1882, October 31, 2003
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 432/2004of 5 March 2004adapting for the eighth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport(Text with EEA relevance), 304R0432, March 10, 2004
  • Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 March 2006on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0561, April 11, 2006
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/559/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/84 and (EEC) No 3821/85, 398R2135R(01), February 25, 1999
  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport, 302R1360R(03), March 13, 2004
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85of 20 December 1985on recording equipment in road transport THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ No C 100, 12. 4. 1984, p. 3, and OJ No C 223, 3. 9. 1985, p. 5.,Having regard to the opinion of the European ParliamentOJ No C 122, 20. 5. 1985, p. 168.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 104, 25. 4. 1985, p. 4, and OJ No C 303, 25. 11. 1985, p. 29.,Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1463/70OJ No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p. 1. as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2828/77OJ No L 334, 24. 12. 1977, p. 11. introduced recording equipment in road transport;Whereas, taking into account the amendments set out hereinafter, in order to clarify matters, all the relevant provisions should be brought together in a single text, and in consequence thereof, Regulation (EEC) No 1463/70 of the Council should be repealed; whereas, however, the exemptions set out in Article 3 (1) for certain passenger services should be maintained in force for a certain time;Whereas the use of recording equipment that may indicate the periods of time referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transportSee page 1 of this Official Journal. is intended to ensure effective checking on that social legislation;Whereas the obligation to use such recording equipment can be imposed only for vehicles registered in Member States; whereas furthermore certain of such vehicles may, without giving rise to difficulty, be excluded from the scope of this Regulation;Whereas the Member States should be entitled, with the Commission's authorization, to grant certain vehicles exemptions from the provisions of the Regulation in exceptional circumstances; whereas, in urgent cases, it should be possible to grant these exemptions for a limited time without prior authorization from the Commission;Whereas, in order to ensure effective checking, the equipment must be reliable in operation, easy to use and designed in such a way as to minimize any possibility of fraudulent use; whereas to this end recording equipment should in particular be capable of providing, on separate sheets for each driver and in a sufficiently precise and easily readable form, recorded details of the various periods of time;Whereas automatic recording of other details of a vehicle's journey, such as speed and distance covered, will contribute significantly to road safety and will encourage sensible driving of the vehicle; whereas, consequently, it appears appropriate to provide for the equipment also to record those details;Whereas it is necessary to set Community construction and installation standards for recording equipment and to provide for an EEC approval procedure, in order to avoid throughout the territory of the Member States any impediment to the registration of vehicles fitted with such recording equipment, to their entry into service or use, or to such equipment being used;Whereas, in the event of differences of opinion between Member States concerning cases of EEC type approval, the Commission should be empowered to take a decision on a dispute within six months if the States concerned have been unable to reach a settlement;Whereas it would be helpful in implementing this Regulation and preventing abuses to issue drivers who so request with a copy of their record sheets;Whereas, in order to achieve the aims hereinbefore mentioned of keeping a check on work and rest periods, it is necessary that employers and drivers be responsible for seeing that the equipment functions correctly and that they perform with due care the operations prescribed;Whereas the provisions governing the number of record sheets that a driver must keep with him must be amended following the replacement of the flexible week by a fixed week;Whereas technical progress necessitates rapid adaptation of the technical specifications set out in the Annexes to this Regulation; whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the measures necessary for this purpose, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within an Advisory Committee;Whereas Member States should exchange the available information on breaches established;Whereas, in order to ensure that recording equipment functions reliably and correctly, it is advisable to lay down uniform requirements for the periodic checks and inspections to which the equipment is to be subject after installation,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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