COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/158

of 5 February 2020

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 for the purpose of on-board weighing equipment

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Installation of on-board weighing equipment is an option provided for the Member States by Article 10d(5) of Council Directive 96/53/EC (2) for carrying out the control of vehicles or vehicle combinations that are likely to have exceeded the maximum authorised weight.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1213 (3) lays down detailed provisions ensuring uniform interoperability and compatibility rules of on-board weighing equipment.

(3) Since the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1213 are in conflict with the provisions on on-board weighing equipment set out in Appendix 14 to Annex IC to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 (4), that Annex should therefore be amended in order to delete point 5.5 of Appendix 14.

(4) The measures provided for in this Commission Implementing Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Road Transport Committee, referred to in Article 42(3) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Point 5.5 of Appendix 14 to Annex IC to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 is deleted.

Article 2 Entry into force and application This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 February 2020. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 1).

(2) Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

(3) Regulation (EU) 2019/1213 of 12 July 2019 laying down detailed provisions ensuring uniform conditions for the implementation of interoperability and compatibility of on-board weighing equipment pursuant to Council Directive 96/53/EC (OJ L 192, 18.7.2019, p. 1).

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1).