Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/68Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Subject-matter

This Regulation lays down the requirements regarding the obligatory connection of the national electronic registers on driver cards to the TACHOnet messaging system referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘asynchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on a new HTTP connection;

(b)

‘broadcast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to all other Member States;

(c)

‘card issuing authority’ (‘CIA’) means the entity empowered by a Member State for the issuing and management of tachograph cards;

(d)

‘central hub’ means the information system enabling the routing of TACHOnet messages between Member States;

(e)

‘national system’ means the information system set up in each Member State for the purpose of emitting, processing and responding to TACHOnet messages;

(f)

‘synchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on the same HTTP connection used for the request;

(g)

‘requesting Member State’ means the Member State emitting a request or a notification, which is then routed to the appropriate responding Member State(s);

(h)

‘responding Member State’ means the Member State to whom the TACHOnet request or notification is directed;

(i)

‘singlecast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to a single Member State;

(j)

‘tachograph card’, means either a driver card or a workshop card, as defined in Article 2(f) and (k) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014.

Article 3 U.K. Obligation to connect to TACHOnet

Member States shall connect the national electronic registers referred to in Article 31(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, to TACHOnet messaging system.

Article 4 U.K. Technical specifications

TACHOnet messaging system shall fulfil the technical specifications laid down in Annexes I to VII.

Article 5 U.K. Use of TACHOnet

Member States shall follow the procedures set out in Annex VIII.

Member States shall provide access to TACHOnet messaging system to their national card issuing authorities and control officers carrying out the duties referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, in order to facilitate effective checks of the validity, status and uniqueness of driver cards.

Article 6 U.K. Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 2 March 2018.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker