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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85Show full title
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport
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[F1 [F21. General points U.K.
For the purpose of this chapter, the words ‘ recording equipment ’ mean ‘ recording equipment or its components ’ . No type approval is required for the cable(s) linking the motion sensor to the VU. The paper, for use by the recording equipment, shall be considered as a component of the recording equipment. [F3Any vehicle unit manufacturer may ask for type approval of its component with any type of motion sensor, and vice versa, provided each component complies with Requirement 001a.]
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[269] Recording equipment shall be submitted for approval complete with any integrated additional devices.
[270] Type approval of recording equipment and of tachograph cards shall include security related tests, functional tests and interoperability tests. Positive results to each of these tests are stated by an appropriate certificate.
[271] Member States type approval authorities will not grant a type approval certificate in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation, as long as they do not hold:
a security certificate,
a functional certificate,
and an interoperability certificate,
for the recording equipment or the tachograph card, subject of the request for type approval.
[272] Any modification in software or hardware of the equipment or in the nature of materials used for its manufacture shall, before being used, be notified to the authority which granted type-approval for the equipment. This authority shall confirm to the manufacturer the extension of the type approval, or may require an update or a confirmation of the relevant functional, security and/or interoperability certificates.
[273] Procedures to upgrade in situ recording equipment software shall be approved by the authority which granted type approval for the recording equipment. Software upgrade must not alter nor delete any driver activity data stored in the recording equipment. Software may be upgraded only under the responsibility of the equipment manufacturer.] ]
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