Forms and guidances for
application for digital tachograph card

Table of Content:

Part 1.Downloadable forms for digital tachograph card
1.Forms for application for digital tachograph card
2.Form for report of lost, stolen or defective digital tachograph card
Part 2.Guidance for application for driver card
1.General informations about driver cards
2.General terms for driver cards
3.Application for driver card and delivery of driver card
3.1.Application
3.2.Delivery
3.3.Complaints
4.Initial driver card application
5.Driver card renewal
6.Replacement card
7.Driver card replacement due to name change and similar
8.Exchange of foreign driver card
9.Lost or stolen driver card
10.Miscellaneous terms
Part 3.Guidance for application for workshop card
1.General informations about workshop cards
2.General terms for workshop cards
3.Application for workshop card and delivery of workshop card
3.1.Application
3.2.Delivery
3.3.Complaints
4.Initial workshop card application
5.Workshop card renewal
6.Replacement card
7.Workshop card replacement due to name change and similar
8.Workshop card that have been blocked after incorrect PIN entries
9.Lost or stolen workshop card
10.Miscellaneous terms
Part 4.Dictionary
1.Dictionary  (Norwegian–English / English–Norwegian)
2.Acronyms

Annex:

Annex 1Excerpt from Consolidated version of the European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)
Article 9
Article 11

  • Forms for application for digital tachograph card

    Forms from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for application for digital tachograph cards (driver card and workshop card) can be downloaded using the links in the frame below.

  • Form for report of lost, stolen or defective digital tachograph card

    Form from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for report of lost, stolen or defective digital tachograph card can be downloaded using the link in the frame below.

    This form is primarily in Norwegian, but do also have text in English.

    This form is used for giving report and statements to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in case your digital tachograph card has been lost or sto­len, or if the card is defective or otherwise no longer is usable, and should be completed and delivered when applying for a replacement card.

    Delivering a report of lost, stolen or defective digital tachograph card that is false or that contain incorrect informations may result in prose­cution for making false statement to public authority, and may be punished with a fine or sentence of imprisonment for up to two years, cf. the Norwegian Penal Code of 2005 section 221.

  • General informations about driver cards

    A driver card is a digital tachograph card (also called with the acronym «DTC» in English) used by drivers driving any kind of vehicles equipped with a digital tac­hograph.

    The driver card is personal, and shall not be used by other drivers than the driver the card is issued to (cf. item 10, litra c).

    A driver card is valid for five years, counting from four days after the appli­cation has been registered.  Upon special request, the driver card can be issued with a shortened period of validity.

  • General terms for driver cards

    General terms for driver cards:

    • In order to have a driver card issued, you must
      • have a valid driving licence, and
      • have a permanent residence i Norway.

        «Permanent residence» means the place where you usually re­side, that is for at least 185 days in each calendar year, because of personal and occupational ties.  This is usually your address as registered by the national registry office («folkeregisteret») in Nor­way.

        When applying for a driver card, you may have to provide proof of permanent residence, cf. item 3.1, litra d.

    • It is not allowed to simultaneously hold and use more than one valid dri­ver card.

      In case you already hold a valid driver card, this driver card must be handed in when applying for a new driver card, cf. item 3.1, litra b.

    Refer to the regulations for driver cards in article 11 in the appendix to «European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in in­ternational road transport (AETR)».  An excerpt from AETR with article 11 is found in annex 1 to this page (click here).

  • Application for driver card and delivery of driver card

    3.1.

    Application

    See item 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 below as to why you apply for a driver card.

    The application form, downloaded from part 1, item 1, should be prin­ted out, completed, and then delivered by personal attendance at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

    When delivering the application, you must:

    • Provide valid identification, where the following is accepted:
      • Norwegian driving licence.
      • Norwegian bank card with picture and national identity num­ber or D-number.
      • Norwegian passport.

        NOTE:  Norwegian emergency passport is not accepted!

      • Norwegian seaman discharge book («Sjøfartsbok»).
      • Norwegian postal services ID-card («Postens ID-kort»).

        NOTE:  Norwegian postal ID-card issued prior to April 1st, 2003 is not accep­ted!

      • Norwegian Defence ID-card («Forsvarets ID-kort»).
      • Immigration passport.
      • Travel certificate for refugees.
    • Hand in your current driver card if you already hold a driver card.

      In the following instances, your current driver card MUST be handed in when delivering the driver card application:

      • When applying for a replacement card in case the driver card is defective or otherwise no longer is usable.
      • When applying for a replacement card in case the driver card have incorrect informations (name, address, etc.).
      • When applying for a new driver card with effective date prior to the expiry date of your current driver card.
      • When applying for an exchange of a foreign driver card with a norwegian driver card.
    • Pay an issuing fee for the driver card, which is NOK 290.– by per­sonal attendance at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, or NOK 260.– when using the Norwegian Public Roads Administrations self-service solution.1

      Issuing fee is not charged when issuing a replacement card due to complaints, cf. item 3.3.

    • Provide necessary additional documentation, if requested by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

      Such additional documentation may be proof of permanent residence (cf. item 2, #1, litra b), documentation for name changes not evident from the identification provided, documentation from the tax authority, contract of employment, etc.

    1Charge rates valid as of 1 January 2022.

    3.2.

    Delivery

    The driver card is sent by regular mail to your permanent residence, where it may take up to one week from delivering the application until you receive the driver card.

    In case you didn't hand in your current driver card when delivering the driver card application (cf. item 3.1, litra b), your must call for your new driver card at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

    3.3.

    Complaints

    If you, after receiving your new driver card, can substantiate that the card have incorrect informations or is defective or otherwise not usable, and this is caused by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration or the card maker, a replacement card will be issued free of charge (cf. item 3.1, litra c).

  • Initial driver card application

    Initial driver card application should be done:

    • If you currently don't hold a driver card.
    • If you currently hold an expired (norwegian) driver card, and the elapsed time since the expiry date has exceeded two years.
    • When exchanging a foreign driver card with a norwegian driver card.

    An initial driver card application require that you have a valid driving licence and a permanent residence i Norway, cf. item 2, #1.

  • Driver card renewal

    You may apply for a driver card renewal:

    • When there are less than 6 months prior to the expiry date.

      Application for renewal must be delivered not less than 15 days prior to the expiry date (cf. item 10, litra d).

    • When your current driver card already has expired, and the elapsed time since the expiry date hasn't exceeded two years.

      If the elapsed time since the expiry date has exceeded two years, you must make a new initial driver card application, cf. item 4, litra b.

  • Replacement card

    You may apply for a replacement card:

    • If the card is defective or otherwise no longer is usable.
    • If the card is lost or stolen.

      A lost or stolen card should also be reported to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration using a determined report form, cf. item 9.

    • If the card have incorrect informations, e.g. incorrect name, add­ress, driving licence number, etc. (see also item 7).

    When applying for a replacement card, you must:

    • Along with the application, give an explanation of why you apply for a repla­cement card, where you must specify the date when the card be­came defective, or were lost or stolen.

      The statement should be written on the determined report form down­loaded from part 1, item 2.  The report form should be printed out, com­pleted, and then delivered by personal attendance to the Norwegian Pub­lic Roads Administration.

    • Deliver the application for a replacement card at the latest 7 days after the card became defective, or were lost or stolen.

  • Driver card replacement due to name change and similar

    You may apply for a new driver card with corrected informations if you change name or similar, provided the driver card still is valid.

    If there are less than 6 months prior to the expiry date, you may alternati­vely apply for a driver card renewal, cf. item 5, litra a.

  • Exchange of foreign driver card

    If you hold a foreign driver card that shall be exchanged with a norwegian driver card, this shall be done as for initial driver card application, cf. item 4, litra c.

  • Lost or stolen driver card

    In case the driver card is lost or stolen, this should immediately be reported to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration using a determined report form downloaded from part 1, item 2.  The report form should be printed out, comple­ted, and then delivered by personal attendance at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

    If you hold a driver card issued in Norway, and now resides in another coun­try, you must also notify the authorities in the country where you now reside.

    If the driver card were stolen while being abroad, this should also be repor­ted to the police in the country where the card were stolen.

    To obtain a new driver card to replace the lost or stolen card, you should apply for a replacement card, cf. item 6, litra b.

    In case a lost or stolen driver card turn up and in your possession after you have received a replacement card, the formerly lost or stolen card should imme­diately be handed in to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, or sent by regular mail using the following address:

    Mailed in Norway:

    Statens vegvesen
    Vegdirektoratet
    Postboks 8142 Dep
    0033  OSLO

    Mailed abroad:

    Statens vegvesen
    Vegdirektoratet
    Postboks 8142 Dep
    NO–0033  OSLO
    Norway

  • Miscellaneous terms

    As a driver card holder, you are responsible

    • to ensure that the card is used in conformity with driver card regulations in article 11 in the appendix to «European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)» (click here),
    • for safe handling of the card to prevent the card from being damaged or destroyed,
    • to ensure that the card is not lended to, or otherwise used by, other dri­vers,
    • to apply for a driver card renewal in due time prior to the expiry date, cf. item 5, litra a, and
    • to immediately notify the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in case the card is lost or stolen, cf. item 9.

  • General informations about workshop cards

    A workshop card (a.k.a. fitter card) is a digital tachograph card used by fitters working with digital tachographs at an approved tachograph workshop.

    The tachograph workshop is registered as the card holder, while the fitter is registered as the card user.  A workshop card shall not be used by any other fit­ters than the fitter registered as the user of the card (cf. item 10, litra e).

    A workshop card have a personal PIN code that is unique for each card, and the PIN code shall not be known by any other fitters than the fitter registered as the user of the card (cf. item 10, litra f).  In case the PIN code is entered in error too many times, the workshop card will be permanently blocked, and a new workshop card with a new PIN code must be issued (cf. item 8).

    A workshop card is valid for one year, counting from four days after the ini­tial application has been registered.  When the card is renewed, or in any other case where a new workshop card is issued, the period of validity is counting from the expiry date of the previous workshop card.

  • General terms for workshop cards

    General terms for workshop cards:

    • In order to have a workshop card issued, you must
      • have essential training and competence to work with digital tacho­graphs, and
      • be working at an approved tachograph workshop.
    • It is not allowed to simultaneously hold and use more than one valid work­shop card for each tachograph workshop.

      In case you already hold a valid workshop card for a tachograph work­shop, this workshop card must be handed in when applying for a new workshop card, cf. item 3.1, litra b.

    • In case you work for multiple tachograph workshops, you must have a separate workshop card for each workshop.

      This is because it's the workshop that is the card owner, and because the workshop card shall be kept at the workshop when not in use (cf. item 10, litra g).

    Refer to the regulations for workshop cards in article 9 in the appendix to «European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in in­ternational road transport (AETR)».  An excerpt from AETR with article 9 is found in annex 1 to this page (click here).

  • Application for workshop card and delivery of workshop card

    3.1.

    Application

    See item 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 below as to why you apply for a workshop card.

    The application form, downloaded from part 1, item 1, should be prin­ted out, completed, and then delivered by personal attendance by fit­ter at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

    When delivering the application, you must:

    • Provide valid identification, where the following is accepted:
      • Norwegian driving licence.
      • Norwegian bank card with picture and national identity num­ber or D-number.
      • Norwegian passport.

        NOTE:  Norwegian emergency passport is not accepted!

      • Norwegian seaman discharge book («Sjøfartsbok»).
      • Norwegian postal ID-card («Postens ID-kort») issued by the Norwegian postal services.

        NOTE:  Norwegian postal ID-card issued prior to April 1st, 2003 is not accep­ted!

      • Norwegian Defence ID-card («Forsvarets ID-kort»).
      • Immigration passport.
      • Travel certificate for refugees.
    • Hand in your current workshop card if you already hold a work­shop card for this workshop.

      In the following instances, your current workshop card MUST be handed in when delivering the workshop card application:

      • When applying for a replacement card in case the workshop card is defective or otherwise no longer is usable, including that the card has been permanently blocked after entering the PIN code in error too many times.
      • When applying for a replacement card in case the workshop card have incorrect informations (name, address, etc.).
      • When applying for a new workshop card with effective date prior to the expiry date of your current work­shop card.
    • Pay an issuing fee for the workshop card, which is NOK 290.– by personal attendance at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, or NOK 260.– when using the Norwegian Public Roads Administra­tions self-service solution.1

      Issuing fee is not charged when issuing a replacement card due to complaints, cf. item 3.3.

    • Provide necessary additional documentation, if requested by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

      Such additional documentation may be documentation for the workshop manager in case this is not evident from the Norwegian commercial register or other documentation provided, etc.

    1Charge rates valid as of 1 January 2022.

    3.2.

    Delivery

    The workshop card is sent by regular mail to the workshop, where it may take up to one week from delivering the application until the workshop receive the workshop card.

    In case you didn't hand in your workshop card when delivering the workshop card application (cf. item 3.1, litra b), your must call for your new workshop card at the driver and vehicle licensing office («trafikksta­sjon»).

    For security reasons, the PIN code is not sent with the workshop card, but is sent separately a few days after sending the workshop card.  This shipment is also sent to the workshop, but will have your name on the envelope.

    3.3.

    Complaints

    If you, after receiving your new workshop card, can substantiate that the card have incorrect informations or is defective or otherwise not usable, or in case there is something wrong with the PIN code, and this is caused by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration or the card maker, a repla­cement card will be issued free of charge (cf. item 3.1, litra c).

  • Initial workshop card application

    Initial workshop card application should be done:

    • If you currently don't hold a workshop card.
    • If you currently hold an expired workshop card, and the elapsed time since the expiry date has exceeded one year.

    An initial workshop card application require that you have essential training and competence to work with digital tachographs, and that you work at an app­roved tachograph workshop, cf. item 2, #1.

  • Workshop card renewal

    You may apply for a workshop card renewal:

    • When the workshop card soon will expire.

      Application for renewal should be delivered in due time prior to the expiry date (cf. item 10, litra h).

    • When your current workshop card already has expired, and the elapsed time since the expiry date hasn't exceeded one year.

      If the elapsed time since the expiry date has exceeded one year, you must make a new initial workshop card application, cf. item 4, litra b.

  • Replacement card

    You may apply for a replacement card:

    • If the card is defective or otherwise no longer is usable.
    • If the card has been permanently blocked after entering the PIN code in error too many times, cf. item 8.
    • If the card is lost or stolen.

      A lost or stolen card should also be reported to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration using a determined report form, cf. item 9.

    • If the card have incorrect informations, e.g. incorrect name, address, etc. (see also item 7).

    When applying for a replacement card, you must:

    • Along with the application, give an explanation of why you apply for a repla­cement card, where you must specify the date when the card be­came defective, or were lost or stolen.

      The statement should be written on the determined report form down­loaded from part 1, item 2.  The report form should be printed out, com­pleted, and then delivered by personal attendance to the Norwegian Pub­lic Roads Administration.

    • Deliver the application for a replacement card at the latest 7 days after the card became defective, or were lost or stolen.

      You may also obtain a new workshop card at your local Norwegian Public Roads Administration office.

  • Workshop card replacement due to name change and similar

    You may apply for a new workshop card with corrected informations if you chan­ge name or similar, provided the workshop card still is valid.

    If the workshop card soon will expire, you may alternatively apply for a workshop card renewal, cf. item 5, litra a.

  • Workshop card that have been blocked after incorrect PIN entries

    When entering the workshop card PIN code, you have four attempts to enter the correct code.  At the fifth attempt, the workshop card is permanently blocked, and a new workshop card with a new PIN code must be issued.

    To obtain a new workshop card and a new PIN code you should apply for a replacement card, cf. item 6, litra b.

  • Lost or stolen workshop card

    In case the workshop card is lost or stolen, this should immediately be reported to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration using a determined report form downloaded from part 1, item 2.  The report form should be printed out, comple­ted, and then delivered by personal attendance at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

    To obtain a new workshop card to replace the lost or stolen card, you should apply for a replacement card, cf. item 6, litra c.

    In case a lost or stolen workshop card turn up and in your possession after you have received a replacement card, the formerly lost or stolen card should immediately, without the PIN code attached, be handed in to the Norwegian Pub­lic Roads Administration, or sent by regular mail using the following address:

    Mailed in Norway:

    Statens vegvesen
    Vegdirektoratet
    Postboks 8142 Dep
    0033  OSLO

    Mailed abroad:

    Statens vegvesen
    Vegdirektoratet
    Postboks 8142 Dep
    NO–0033  OSLO
    Norway

  • Miscellaneous terms

    As a user of a workshop card, you are responsible

    • to ensure that the card is used in conformity with workshop card regula­tions in article 9 in the appendix to «European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)» (click here),
    • for safe handling of the card to prevent the card from being damaged or destroyed,
    • that the card is not used outside the workshop, except for test driving and such of vehicles in connection with ongoing work on the tachograph,
    • data downloaded from the tachograph to the card until the data has been transferred to other storage media at the workshop,
    • that the card is not in the possession of persons not concerned, including that the card should not be lended to other fitters or any other persons,
    • that the PIN code is not known to persons not concerned, including that the code should not be kept with the card,
    • that the card is kept in a safe locker when not in use,
    • to apply for a workshop card renewal in due time prior to the expiry date, cf. item 5, litra a,
    • to immediately notify the workshop manager and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in case you suspect misuse of the card, and
    • to immediately notify the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in case the card is lost or stolen, cf. item 9.

    In case your period of employment at the workshop come to an end before the workshop card has expired, you or the workshop manager SHALL deliver the card to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.  In such cases, the card should be delivered without the PIN code to ensure that no one else can use the card.

  • Dictionary   (Norwegian–English / English–Norwegian)

    The following dictionary show words and terms related to the application process for digital tachograph cards, including some other words and terms rela­ted to tachographs and road transport in general, etc.:

    Abbreviations used in dictionary:

    acrAcronym – see also item 2 below.
    slSlang expression commonly used in everyday talk.
    USUsed in United States (american english).

    Brackets […] mean optional word(s).

    A slash (/) separate alternative words or expressions.

    NorwegianEnglish
    analog fartsskriveranalogue tachograph
    analog takograf2analogue tachograph
    arbeidsgiveremployer
    arbeidskontraktcontract of employment
    arbeidstakeremployee
    avtalepart1Contracting Party1
    bokmålliterary [Norwegian]
    bostedsadresseaddress of residence
    D-nummerD-number
    diagramskiverecord sheet
    digital fartsskriverdigital tachograph
    enhetsregistercommercial register
    erstatningskortreplacement card
    Europeisk avtale om kjøre- og

    hviletid mv. for mannskaper på kjøretøy i internasjonal vegtran­sport (AETR)

    		European agreement concerning

    the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)

    fartsskrivertachograph

    (vehicle unit1 / control device1)

    fartsskriverinstallatør […montør]tachograph fitter
    fartsskriverkort[digital] tachograph card

    DTCacr

    fartsskriververkstedtachograph workshop
    fast bostedsadressepermanent [address of] residence
    firmacompany / firm / (undertaking1)
    foretakcompany / firm / (undertaking1)
    foretaksregistercommercial register
    fødselsnummer  (= personnummer)national identity number /

    social security numberUS /

    SSNUS acr

    førerdriver / (crew member1)
    førerkortdriving licence / driver's licenseUS
    godkjent fartsskriververkstedapproved tachograph workshop

    (approved workshop1)

    godkjent verkstedapproved workshop
    gyldighetstidperiod of validity

    (period of administrative validity1)

    ID-kortID-card / identity card
    installatørfitter
    installatørkort  (= verkstedkort)fitter card1
    kompetent myndighet1competent authority1
    «lappen»sl  (= førerkort)driving licence / driver's licenseUS
    legitimasjonidentification / identity card /

    ID-kort

    mekanikermechanic

    fitter

    mekanikerkort  (= verkstedkort)fitter card1
    montørfitter
    myndighetauthority
    nynorsknew Norwegian
    offentlig myndighetpublic authority
    personnummernational identity number /

    social security numberUS /

    SSNUS acr

    PIN-kode3PIN code3
    sertifikat  (= førerkort)driving licence / driver's licenseUS
    sjåførdriver / (crew member1)
    sjåførkorttachograph carddriver card
    skattemyndighettax authority
    Statens vegvesenNorwegian Public Roads

    Administration

    NPRAacr

    takograf2  (= fartsskriver)tachograph
    utløpsdatoexpiry date
    utløptexpired
    utstedelseissue
    utstedelsesgebyrissuing charge
    utstederissuer
    trafikkstasjonvehicle licensing office
    VegdirektoratetDirectorate of Public Roads
    verkstedworkshop
    verkstedkorttachograph cardworkshop card / (fitter card1)
    verkstedslederworkshop manager
    EnglishNorwegian
    address of residencebostedsadresse
    analogue tachographanalog fartsskriver /

    analog takograf2

    approved tachograph workshopgodkjent fartsskriververksted
    approved workshopgodkjent verksted

    (godkjent fartsskriververksted1)

    authoritymyndighet
    commercial registerforetaksregister / enhetsregister
    companyforetak / firma
    competent authority1kompetent myndighet1
    contract of employmentarbeidskontrakt
    Contracting Party1avtalepart1
    control device1  (= tachograph)fartsskriver
    crew member1  (= driver)sjåfør / fører
    D-numberD-nummer
    digital tachographdigital fartsskriver
    digital tachograph cardfartsskriverkort
    Directorate of Public RoadsVegdirektoratet
    driversjåfør / fører
    driver cardtachograph cardsjåførkort
    driver's licenseUSførerkort / (sertifikat) / «lappen»sl
    driving licenceførerkort / (sertifikat) / «lappen»sl
    DTCacrfartsskriverkort
    employeearbeidstaker
    employerarbeidsgiver
    European agreement concerning

    the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)

    		Europeisk avtale om kjøre- og

    hviletid mv. for mannskaper på kjøretøy i internasjonal vegtran­sport (AETR)

    expiredutløpt
    expiry dateutløpsdato
    firmforetak / firma
    fitterinstallatør / montør / mekaniker
    fitter card1tachograph cardinstallatørkort / mekanikerkort

    (= verkstedkort)

    ID-cardID-kort / legitimasjon
    identificationlegitimasjon
    identity cardlegitimasjon / ID-kort
    issueutstedelse
    issuerutsteder
    issuing chargeutstedelsesgebyr
    literary [Norwegian]bokmål
    mechanicmekaniker
    national identity numberpersonnummer / fødselsnummer
    new Norwegiannynorsk
    Norwegian Public Roads

    Administration (NPRA)

    		Statens vegvesen
    period of administrative validity1gyldighetstid
    period of validitygyldighetstid
    permanent [address of] residencefast bostedsadresse
    PIN code3PIN-kode3
    public authorityoffentlig myndighet
    record sheetdiagramskive
    replacement carderstatningskort
    social security numberUSpersonnummer / fødselsnummer
    SSNUS acrpersonnummer / fødselsnummer
    tachographfartsskriver / takograf2
    tachograph cardfartsskriverkort
    tachograph fitterfartsskriverinstallatør […montør]
    tachograph workshopfartsskriververksted
    tax authorityskattemyndighet
    undertaking1  (= company / firm)foretak / firma
    vehicle licensing officetrafikkstasjon
    vehicle unit1  (= tachograph)fartsskriver
    workshopverksted
    workshop cardtachograph cardverkstedkort
    workshop managerverkstedsleder
    1Term as used in AETR.
    2Technical term.
    3A dash shall be used between words in Norwegian, but NOT in English.

  • Acronyms

    The following table show the explanation for some acronyms used in connection with application for tachographs and road transport in general:

    AcronymExplanation
    AETRAccord Européen sur les Transports Routiers

    = European agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport

    DTCDigital Tachograph Card
    ECEuropean Commission
    NPRANorwegian Public Roads Administration («Statens vegvesen»)
    PINPersonal Identification Number
    SSNSocial Security Number
    UNECEUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
ANNEX
  • The control device may be installed or repaired only by fitters or workshops app­roved by the competent authorities of Contracting Parties for that purpose after the latter, should they so desire, have heard the views of the manufacturers con­cerned.

    The period of administrative validity of approved workshop and fitter cards shall not exceed one year.

    If a card issued to an approved workshop or fitter is to be extended, is dama­ged, malfunctions, is lost or stolen, the authority shall supply a replacement card within five working days of receiving a detailed request to that effect.

    Where a new card is issued to replace an old one, the new card shall bear the same «workshop» information number, but the index shall be increased by one.  The authority issuing the card shall maintain a register of lost, stolen or defective cards.

    Contracting Parties shall take any measure necessary to prevent the cards distributed to approved fitters and workshops from being falsified.

  • The approved fitter or workshop shall place a special mark on the seals which it affixes and, in addition, shall enter for a control device in conformity with Appen­dix 1B, the electronic security data for carrying out, in particular, the authentica­tion checks.  The competent authorities of each Contracting Party shall maintain a register of the marks and electronic security data used and of approved work­shop and fitter cards issued.
  • The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall send each other their lists of approved fitters and workshops and the cards issued to them and also copies of the marks and of the necessary information relating to the electronic security data used.
  • For the purpose of certifying that installation of the control device took place in accordance with the requirements of this Annex an installation plaque affixed as provided in Appendix 1 or 1B shall be used.
  • Seals may be removed by fitters or workshops approved by the competent aut­horities in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article or in the circumstances described in Appendix 1 or 1B of this Annex.
  • The employer shall issue a sufficient number of record sheets to drivers of vehic­les fitted with the control device in conformity with Appendix 1, bearing in mind the fact that these sheets are personal in character, the length of the period of service, and the possible obligation to replace sheets which are damaged, or have been taken by an authorized inspecting officer.  The employer shall issue to drivers only sheets of an approved model suitable for use in the control device installed in the vehicle.

    Where the vehicle is fitted with a control device in conformity with Appendix 1B, the employer and the driver shall ensure that, taking into account the length of the period of service, the printing on request referred to in Appendix 1B can be carried out correctly in the event of an inspection.

    • The undertaking shall keep record sheets and printouts, whenever printouts have been made to comply with article 12, paragraph 1, in chronological order and in a legible form for at least a year after their use and shall give copies to the drivers concerned who request them.  The undertaking shall also give copies of downloaded data from the driver cards to the drivers con­cerned who request them and the printed papers of these copies.  The record sheets, printouts and downloaded data shall be produced or handed over at the request of any authorized inspecting officer.
    • An undertaking which uses vehicles that are fitted with a control device complying with Appendix 1B of the present Annex and that fall within the scope of this Agreement shall:
      • Ensure that all data are downloaded from the vehicle unit and driver card as regularly as is stipulated by the Contracting Party and that relevant data are downloaded more frequently so as to ensure that all data concerning activities undertaken by or for that undertaking are downloaded;
      • Ensure that all data downloaded from both the vehicle unit and driver card are kept for at least 12 months following recording and, should an inspecting officer request it, such data are accessible, either di­rectly or remotely, from the premises of the undertaking.

        For the purposes of this subparagraph, «downloaded» shall be in­terpreted in accordance with the definition laid down in Appendix 1B, Chapter I, point (s).

  • The driver card as defined in Appendix 1B shall be issued, at the request of the driver, by the competent authority of the Contracting Party where the driver has his normal residence.

    A Contracting Party may require any driver subject to the provisions of the Agreement and normally resident on its territory to hold a driver card.

    • For the purposes of this Agreement «normal residence» means the place where a person usually lives, that is for at least 185 days in each calendar year, because of personal and occupational ties, or, in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he is living.

      However, the normal residence of a person whose occupational ties are in a different place from his personal ties and who consequently lives in turn in different places situated in two or more Contracting Parties shall be regarded as being the place of his personal ties, provided that such per­son returns there regularly.  This last condition need not be met where the person is living in a Contracting Party in order to carry out a fixed-term assignment.

    • Drivers shall give proof of their place of normal residence by any appro­priate means, such as their identity card or any other valid document.
    • Where the competent authorities of the Contracting Party issuing the dri­ver card have doubts as to the validity of a statement as to normal resi­dence made in accordance with point (b), or for the purpose of certain specific controls, they may request any additional information or evidence.
    • The competent authority of the issuing Contracting Party shall, as far as this can be done, ensure that the applicant does not already hold a valid driver card.
    • The competent authority of the Contracting Party shall personalize the driver card in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 1B.

      The period of administrative validity of the driver card shall not exceed five years.

      The driver may hold one valid driver card only.  The driver is authorized to use only his own personalized driver card.  The driver shall not use a dri­ver card which is defective or which has expired.

      When a driver card is issued replacing an old one, the new card shall bear the same driver card issue number but the index shall be increased by one.  The issuing authority shall keep records of issued, stolen, lost or defec­tive driver cards for a period at least equivalent to their period of validity.

      If the driver card is damaged, malfunctions or is lost or stolen, the autho­rity shall supply a replacement card within five working days of receiving a detailed request to that effect.

      In the event of a request for the renewal of a card whose expiry date is approaching, the authority shall supply a new card before the expiry date provided that the request was sent to it within the time limits laid down in the fourth subparagraph of article 12 (1).

    • Driver cards shall be issued only to applicants who are subject to the provi­sions of the Agreement.
    • The driver card shall be personal.  It may not, during its official period of validity, be withdrawn or suspended for whatever reason unless the compe­tent authority of a Contracting Party finds that the card has been falsified, or the driver is using a card of which he is not the holder, or that the card held has been obtained on the basis of false declarations and/or forged docu­ments.  If such suspension or withdrawal measures are taken by a Contrac­ting Party other than the Contracting Party of issue, the former shall return the card to the authorities of the Contracting Party which issued it and shall indicate the reasons for returning it.
    • Driver cards issued by Contracting Parties shall be mutually recognized.

      Where the holder of a valid driver card issued by a Contracting Party has established his normal place of residence in another Contracting Party, he may ask for his card to be exchanged for an equivalent driver card; it shall be the responsibility of the Contracting Party which carries out the exchange to verify if necessary whether the card produced is actually still valid.

      Contracting Parties carrying out an exchange shall return the old card to the authorities of the Contracting Party of issue and indicate the reasons for so doing.

    • Where a Contracting Party replaces or exchanges a driver card, the replace­ment or exchange, and any subsequent replacement or renewal, shall be registered in that Contracting Party.
    • Contracting Parties shall take all the necessary measures to prevent any possibility of driver cards being falsified.
  • Contracting Parties shall ensure that data needed to monitor compliance with the present Agreement which are recorded and stored by the control device in con­formity with Appendix 1B to this Annex can be stored for 365 days after the date of their recording and that they can be made available under conditions that guarantee the security and accuracy of the data.

    Contracting Parties shall take any measures necessary to ensure that the re­sale or decommissioning of a control device cannot detract, in particular, from the satisfactory application of this paragraph.