08:34 Sep 23, 2011
The analogue chart must be EU type approved. The country of type approval can be found on the rear of the chart, i.e. a mark of E4 would indicate the chart to have been approved in the UK for use in the EU. Digital tachographs make tampering much more difficult by sending signals in an encrypted manner. EU regulation 1360/2002 makes digital tachographs mandatory for all vehicles described in the above section Regulations and manufactured after August 1, 2005.
Digital tachographs would be required as of May 1, 2006 for all new vehicles for which EWG regulation VO(EWG)3820/85 applies, as is published in the official newsletter of the European Union L102 from April 11, 2006. |