Document ID: 32002R1360

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1360/2002
of 13 June 2002
adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 (2), and in particular Articles 17 and 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The technical specifications of Annex I (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 should be adapted to technical progress paying particular attention to the overall security of the system and to the interoperability between the recording equipment and the driver cards.
(2)
The adaptation of the equipment also requires an adaptation of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, which defines the marks and approval certificates.
(3)
The Committee set up by Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 did not deliver an opinion on the measures provided in the proposal and the Commission therefore submitted to the Council a proposal relating to these measures.
(4)
On the expiry of the period laid down in Article 18(5)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, the Council had not acted and it is accordingly for the Commission to adopt these measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 is amended as follows:
1.
Chapter I, item 1, first subparagraph is amended as follows:
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the conventional sign for Greece ‘GR’ is replaced by ‘23’,
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the conventional sign for Ireland ‘IRL’ is replaced by ‘24’,
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the conventional sign for ‘12’ is to be added for Austria,
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the conventional sign for ‘17’ is to be added for Finland,
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the conventional sign for ‘5’ is to be added for Sweden.
2.
Chapter I, item 1, second subparagraph is amended as follows:
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the wording ‘or of a tachograph card’ is inserted after the words ‘record sheet’.
3.
Chapter I, item 2 is amended as follows:
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the wording ‘and on each tachograph card’ is inserted after the words ‘record sheet’.
4.
In Chapter II, the following wording is added to the title ‘FOR PRODUCTS COMPLIANT WITH ANNEX I’.
5.
The following Chapter III is added:
‘III. APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR PRODUCTS COMPLIANT WITH ANNEX I B
A State, having granted approval, shall issue the applicant with an approval certificate, the model of which is given below. When informing other Member States of approvals issued or, if the occasion should arise, withdrawn, a Member State shall use copies of that certificate.
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 June 2002.

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