S.L. 65.21 чл. 40Inspection of equipment, record sheets, driver cards and print-outs.

(1) The recording equipment shall be so designed that it is possible for an authorised inspecting officer, if necessary after opening the equipment, to read the recordings relating to the nine hours preceding the time of the check without permanently deforming, damaging or soiling the sheet. The equipment shall, furthermore, be so designed that it is possible, without opening the case, to verify that recordings are being made.

(2) (a) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I to the Council Regulation on recording equipment, the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:

(i) the record sheets for the current week and those used by the driver in the previous fifteen days;

(ii) the driver card if he holds one; and

(iii) any manual record and print-out made during the current week and the previous fifteen days as required under these regulations. However, after 1st January 2008, the time periods referred to under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) shall cover the current day and the previous twenty-eight days.

(b) Where the driver drives a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex IB to the Council Regulation on recording equipment, the driver must be able to produce, whenever an inspecting officer so requests:

(i) the driver card of which he is the holder;

(ii) any manual record and print-out made during the current week and the previous fifteen days as required under these regulations; and

(iii) the record sheets corresponding to the same period as the one referred to in the previous sub-paragraph during which he drove a vehicle fitted with recording equipment in conformity with Annex I to the Council Regulation on recording equipment. However, after 1st January 2008, the time periods referred to under sub-paragraph (ii) shall cover the current day and the previous twenty-eight days.

(3) A transport undertaking which uses vehicles that are fitted with recording equipment complying with Annex IB to the Council Regulation on recording equipment and that fall within the scope of these regulations shall:

(i) ensure that all data are downloaded from the vehicle unit at least every three months and from the driver card at least every twenty-eight days;

(ii) ensure that all data downloaded from both the vehicle unit and driver card are kept at least twelve months following recording and, should any inspecting officer request it, such data are accessible, either directly or remotely, from the premises of the undertaking.