TO MINIMISE ANY POSSIBILITY OF FRAUDULENT USE ; WHEREAS TO THIS END RECORDING EQUIPMENT SHOULD IN PARTICULAR BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING , ON SEPARATE SHEETS FOR EACH CREW MEMBER AND IN A SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND EASILY READABLE FORM , RECORDED DETAILS OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME ;
WHEREAS AUTOMATIC RECORDING OF OTHER DETAILS OF A VEHICLE'S JOURNEY , SUCH AS SPEED AND DISTANCE COVERED , WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO ROAD SAFETY AND WILL ENCOURAGE SENSIBLE DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , IT APPEARS APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE FOR THE EQUIPMENT ALSO TO RECORD THOSE DETAILS ;
WHEREAS , IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , THERE ARE AS YET NO RULES CONCERNING RECORDING EQUIPMENT IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND WHEREAS AMONG THE OTHER MEMBER STATES RULES DIFFER ; WHEREAS SUCH OMISSIONS AND DIFFERENCES ARE LIABLE TO HINDER THE FREE CIRCULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND TO BRING ABOUT DISTORTIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION ;
WHEREAS TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION IT IS NECESSARY TO LAY DOWN SUFFICIENTLY DETAILED COMMUNITY STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY IMPEDIMENT TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES FITTED WITH SUCH RECORDING EQUIPMENT OR ANY IMPEDIMENT TO THEIR ENTRY INTO SERVICE OR USE , OR TO SUCH EQUIPMENT BEING USED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OF THE MEMBER STATES , IT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR AN EEC APPROVAL PROCEDURE ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT RECORDING EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS RELIABLY AND CORRECTLY , IT IS ADVISABLE TO LAY DOWN UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERIODIC CHECKS AND INSPECTIONS TO WHICH THE EQUIPMENT IS TO BE SUBJECT AFTER INSTALLATION ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED OF KEEPING A CHECK ON WORK AND REST PERIODS , IT IS NECESSARY THAT EMPLOYERS AND CREW MEMBERS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING THAT THE EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY AND THAT THEY PERFORM WITH DUE CARE THE OPERATIONS PRESCRIBED ;
WHEREAS , IN THE INTERESTS OF ROAD SAFETY AND OF KEEPING A MORE EFFECTIVE CHECK ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 543/69 IT IS APPROPRIATE TO LAY DOWN TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE COMPULSORY INTRODUCTION OF RECORDING EUIPMENT , SO AS TO ENABLE EACH MEMBER STATE , IN RESPECT OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ITS TERRITORY , EITHER TO BRING FORWARD THE DATES SPECIFIED IN THIS REGULATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT COMPLYING WITH ITS TERMS , OR TO PRESCRIBE THE USE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT CONFORMING TO A TYPE WHICH HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL APPROVAL ;
WHEREAS EXERCISE BY A MEMBER STATE OF THE LATTER OPTION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 14 ( 4 ) AND ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 543/69 ; WHEREAS , IN THE INTERESTS OF ECONOMY , IT IS DESIRABLE TO AVOID REPLACING TOO SOON RECORDING EQUIPMENT CONFORMING TO A TYPE WHICH HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL APPROVAL AND , THEREFORE , THE DATE FROM WHICH THE VEHICLES CONCERNED MUST BE FITTED WITH RECORDING EQUIPMENT COMPLYING