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Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on 
the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Regulation (EEC) 
No 1463/70 on the introduction of recording equipment in road transport (') 
COM(85) 458 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 on 
the EEC Treaty on 13 August 1985) 
(85/C 223/05) 
Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 
Article 1 (5) 
driving means time which is spent behind the wheel of a 
vehicle. 
Article 4 (10) 
Vehicles used to transport goods for private purposes, 
including the use of hired vehicles without a driver. 
Article 7 
On any day when a crew member is driving, no period 
of continuous work shall exceed 4V2 hours, excluding 
waiting time. Article 1 (5) 
driving means time which is spent at the wheel of a 
vehicle. 
Article 4 (10) 
Vehicles used for the non-commercial carriage of private 
effects for personal use. 
Article 7 
1. There shall be no more than 4V2 hours of driving, 
loading, unloading and other activities carried out in 
connection with the operation of the vehicle, before a 
break of at least one hour is taken. 
2. This break may be replaced by three periods of 20 
minutes or, in the case of regular passenger services, four 
periods of 15 minutes, spaced out over/or partly within 
and partly immediately following the period referred to in 
paragraph 1 in such a way that the provision therein on 
the minimum break is complied with. 
3. During his break a crew member shall not carry out 
other work. For the purposes of this article, waiting time 
and non-driving time spent in a moving vehicle, a ferry or 
train shall not count as other work. 
4. Minimum breaks taken in accordance with this 
article shall not be considered as daily rest except after 
the last period of driving when a period of rest in 
accordance with Article 9(1) may begin immediately. 
New Article 11 a 
1. The weekly rest period may begin in one week and 
continue into the next week, provided that a minimum of 
24 hours is taken before the end of the first week. In 
such a case all the weekly rest shall be regarded as having 
taken place in the week in which it began. 
(') COM(84) 147 final/2. 
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Article 12 (2) 
In paragraph 2 the words 'five years' shall replace the 
words 'other year'. 
Article 13 
Provided that there is no detriment to road safety, the 
driver may depart from the provisions of this Regulation 
in case of danger, in circumstances outside his control, to 
render aid, or as a result of a breakdown, and to the 
extent necessary to ensure the safety of persons, of the 
vehicle or its load, to enable him to reach a suitable 
stopping place or the end of his journey. The driver shall 
indicate on the sheet of his recording equipment the 
nature of and reason for his departure from those 
provisions. 
Article 14 (1) 
(c) Vehicles belonging to or hired by agricultural, horti­
cultural or forestry undertakings, when travelling 
within a 50 kilometre radius of and to or from such 
undertakings, and vehicles transporting fish within a 
50 kilometre radius of the port; 
(e) Vehicles used for carrying animal carcasses or waste 
when these are not intended for human 
consumption; 
(f) Vehicles used at markets, as mobile shops, for door-
to-door selling, for mobile banking, exchange or 
saving transactions, worship, the lending of books, 
records or cassettes, cultural events or mobile 
exhibitions, and specially fitted for such uses; 
Article 15 
1. Crew members shall use recording equipment in 
accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1463/70 on the introduction of recording equipment in 
road transport. 
2. The transport undertaking shall organize the work 
of crew members in such a way that they are able to 
comply with the provisions of the present Regulation and 
of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/70. 2. The weekly rest period may, during the period 
between 1 March and 30 September, be replaced for 
drivers of passenger vehicles by a rest period of not less 
than 72 consecutive hours in two consecutive weeks, 
provided that the remaining hours are compensated 
outside that period. This paragraph shall not apply to 
drivers on regular passenger services. 
Article 12 (2) 
Paragraph 2 is deleted. 
Article 13 
Provided that there is no detriment to road safety, the 
driver may depart from the provisions of this Regulation, 
in case of danger, to render aid . . . (unchanged). 
Article 14 (1) 
(c) Vehicles used exclusively for work on agricultural, 
horticultural, forestry or fishery undertakings within 
a 50 kilometre radius of their base, including muni­
cipalities the centre of which is situated within that 
radius; 
(e) Vehicles used exclusively for carrying animal 
carcasses or waste when these are not intended for 
human consumption; 
(f) Vehicles used as mobile shops ... (unchanged). 
Article 15 
1. Deleted 
2. The undertaking shall organize . . . (unchanged). 
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Article 17(1) 
The Commission shall produce a biennial report on the 
implementation of this Regulation by Member States, 
which shall be presented to the Council and the 
European Parliament within one year of the expiry of 
the two-year period covered by the report. Article 17(1) 
The Commission shall produce a biennial report on the 
implementation of this Regulation by Member States and 
on developments in the fields covered by this Regulation. 
The Commission shall send the report to the Council and 
Parliament within one year of the expiry of the two-year 
period covered by the report. 
Regulation (EEC) No 1463/70 
Article 16 (1) 
The employer shall issue sufficient record sheets to crew 
members, in numerical sequence, bearing in mind the 
fact that these sheets are personal in character, the 
length of the period of work and the possible need to 
replace sheets which are damaged, or have been taken by 
an authorized inspecting officer. The employer shall 
issue to crew members only sheets of an approved model 
suitable for use in the equipment installed in the vehicle. Article 16 (1) 
The employer shall issue sufficient record sheets to each 
crew member, in numerical sequence . . . (unchanged). 
Article 17(2) 
Crew members shall use record sheets in numerical order 
for every day on which they are driving, starting from 
the beginning of their period of work. When the crew 
members are away from the vehicle and therefore unable 
to operate the equipment fitted to the vehicle themselves, 
the various periods of time indicated under (a) to (c) 
below shall, whether manually, by automatic recording 
or otherwise, be entered on the sheet in a legible manner 
and without the sheet being dirtied. Article 17(2) 
Crew members shall use consecutive record sheets 
(unchanged). 
Article 17(3) 
(f) On finishing work, the time of beginning the weekly 
rest period and, on a new sheet when recommencing 
work, the time that the weekly rest period ended. Article 17 (3) 
(f) On finishing work, the time of beginning the weekly 
rest period and, on a new sheet with the next 
number, when recommencing work, the time that the 
weekly rest period ended. 
Article 17 (5) 
Crew members must be able to produce on request by 
any authorized inspecting officer a record sheet of that 
day and, where applicable, of the preceding day of that 
week giving full details of the period referred to under 2 
(a) to (c). Article 17(5) 
Crew members must be able to produce on request by 
any authorized inspecting officer a record sheet of that 
day, and, where applicable, of the preceding days of that 
week, together with the last record sheet from the 
preceding week, giving full details of the period referred 
to under 2 (a) to (c). 
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CHAPTER IV 
(e) The transport undertaking shall keep a register of the (e) The undertaking shall keep . . . (unchanged), 
numbers of all the record sheets. The register must contain 
the names of the crew members who have received sheets, 
their signatures confirming receipt, and the date of receipt. 
The register must be kept by the undertaking for two years 
and must be produced at the request of any authorized 
inspecting officer.