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EC announces anti-tacho fraud measures

29th January 2009
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THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has agreed a set of measures to detect and prevent the abuse of digital tachographs.

ft has stated that member states must develop dedicated equipment and software that can be used to analyse information from the digitach and identify signs that the device has been tampered with.

Previously, Directive 2006/22/EC which 'defines modalities for roadside checks' stated that enforcement units must have equipment capable of downloading data from the vehicle unit and driver card of the digital tachograph, reading data, analysing data and/or transmitting findings to a central database for analysis, as well as equipment to check the tacho sheets.

Along with the new equipment and software, member states will also be given best practice guidelines for their national control authorities for when they are carrying out checks of vehicles or recording equipment, whether at the roadside, at company premises or at workshops.

The EC states that the new measures should keep unnecessary delays and inconvenience to law-abiding operators and drivers to an absolute minimum.

It has also changed the legislation to allow the fitment of dedicated, type-approved adaptors for light commercial vehicles that must comply with drivers' hours rules. This is because it has not always been technically possible to install the equipment in a way that meets the correct security and functionality requirements. The adaptor should allow fitment in all vehicles.

• See Analysis on page 16 for the latest news on digitachs.

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