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DTCO 1381
Legal requirements
1. General instructions
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Legal requirements
Legal Foundation
The use of tachographs is now regulated
in the latest consolidated valid version of
the EC regulations 3821/85 in combination
with EC regulations (EC) no. 561/2006
and the relevant national laws. They
require the driver and the operator of the
vehicle (company) to conform to a number
of obligations and responsibilities. The fol-
lowing list is not guaranteed to be com-
plete or legally valid.
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Obligations of the driver
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The driver must take care that the
driver card and the tachograph will be
used properly.
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Behaviour in the event of malfunctions
of the tachograph:
– The driver must note information
about the activities which are no
longer properly recorded or printed
by the tachograph on a separate
sheet or on the rear side of the pa-
per roll!
Refer to “Handwritten activity
– If away from base, for more than 1
week, the driver must ensure that
the tachograph is repaired by an
authorised workshop en route.
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During mixed tachograph operation
(use of vehicles with analogue [chart
based] and digital tachograph), the
necessary documents must be carried.
Refer to “Driver / vehicle change
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If the driver card is lost, stolen, dam-
aged, or malfunctions, then the driver
must at the beginning and at the end of
the journey generate a daily printout
from the DTCO 1381 and add his per-
sonal information. If necessary, availa-
bilty periods and other working times
must be inserted by handwritten
entries.
Refer to “Handwritten activity
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If the driver card is damaged or fails to
operate properly, it must be sent back
to the authorised authority, or its loss
must be duly notified. The replacement
card must be applied for within seven
calender days.
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If the driver card is lost, stolen, dam-
aged or malfunctions, a journey may
be continued without driver card for a
period of 15 calendar days or longer if
necessary for the vehicle to return to
the company location.
Any person who makes any
changes to tachographs or the sig-
nal feed in a way that influences the
recording and memory of the tach-
ographs, especially if done with
fraudulent intentions, may violate
laws or provisions.
The falsification, suppression, or
destruction of tachograph record-
ings, the tachograph cards, and the
printed documents is forbidden.
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