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Regulations, 2010
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
L.N. 74 of 2010
TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE
(CAP. 65)
Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Goods by Road) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2010
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic
Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport
and Communications has, in consultation with the Authority for
Transport in Malta, made the following regulations:-
The title of these regulations shall be the Motor Vehicles
(Carriage of Goods by Road) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010, and
they shall be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicles
(Carriage of Goods by Road) Regulations, 2003, hereinafter referred
to as “the principal regulations”.
(Regolament 84)
Linji gwida fuq firxa komuni ta’ infrazzjonijiet kontra r-Regolament (KE)
Nru 561/2006 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill datata 15 ta’ Marzu, 2006 dwar
Linji gwida fuq firxa komuni ta’ infrazzjonijiet kontra r-Regolament (KE) Nru 561/2006
l-armonizzazzjoni
Ewropew ta’
ċerta leġislazzjoni
soċjali
marbuta
mat-trasport
stradali ta’
u
tal-Parlament
u tal-Kunsill
datata 15 ta’
Marzu,
2006 dwar
l-armnizzazzjoni
%erta r-Regolament
tal-Kunsill
(KEE)
Nru 3821/85
tal-20 u ta’
Diċembru 1985
dwar apparat
le#islazzjoni so%jali
marbuta
mat-trasport
stradali
r-Regolament
tal-Kunsill
(KEE)
Nru 3821/85 tal-20 ta’ Di%embru 1985 dwar apparat ta’ re#istrazzjoni fit-trasport skont
ta’
reġistrazzjoni
fit-trasport
stradali,
kif
emendat,
maqsuma
f’kategoriji
il-
stradali,
gravità tagħhom.
kif emendat,
maqsuma f’kategoriji skont il-gravità tag!hom.
1. Gruppi ta’ infrazzjonijiet kontra r-Regolament (KE) Nru 561/2006
No.
Ba&i legali
Tip ta’ infrazzjoni
Livell ta’ gravità*
IS" IS IMS
A
Ekwipa""
Art. 5.1
Ma tirrispettax l-età minima g!all-kundutturi
X
B
Perijodi ta’ sewqan
Art. 6.1
Te%%edi l-!in tas-sewqan ta’ kuljum ta’ 9
9 s<…<10 s
X
sig!at jekk ma jkunux permessi l-
10 s<…<11 s
X
possibbilitajiet li testendi g!al 10 sig!at
11 s<…
X
Te%%edi l-!in imtawwal ta’ 10 sig!at ta’
10 s<…<11 s
X
sewqan ta’ kuljum jekk dik l-estensjoni
11 s<…<12 s
X
ma tkunx permessa
12 s<…
X
Te%%edi l-!in ta’ sewqan ta’ kull #img!a
Art. 6.2
56 s<…<60 s
X
60 s<…<70 s
X
B
70 s<…
Art. 6.3
Te%%edi l-!in ta’ sewqan akkumulat matul
90 s<…<100 s
#imag!tejn konsekuttivi
100 s<…<112 s 30
112 s 30<…
C
Paw#i
Art. 7
Te%%edi l-!in ta’ sewqan mhux interrot
4 s 30<...<5 s
5 s<...<6 s
6 s<...
D
Perijodi ta’ mistrie$
Art. 8.2
Perijodu insuffi%jenti ta’ mistrie! ta’
10 s<…<11 s
kuljum ta’ anqas minn 11-il sieg!a jekk
8 s 30<...<10 s
ma jkunx permess il-perijodu mnaqqas ta’
mistrie! ta’ kuljum
...8 s 30
Perijodu insuffi%jenti ta’ mistrie! ta’
8 s <…<9 s
kuljum ta’ anqas minn 9 sig!at jekk ikun
7 s<...<8 s
permess perijodu mnaqqas ta’ mistrie! ta’
kuljum
…<7 s
Qsim insuffi%jenti ta’ perijodu ta’
3 s + (8 s<…<9 s)
mistrie! ta’ kuljum ta’ anqas minn 3
3 s + (7 s<…<8 s)
sig!at + 9 sig!at
3 s + (…<7 s)
Art. 8.5
Perijodu insuffi%jenti ta’ mistrie! ta’
8 s<…<9 s
kuljum ta’ anqas minn 9 sig!at waqt
7 s<...<8 s
sewqan minn aktar minn xufier wie!ed
…<7 s
Art. 8.6
Perijodu insuffi%jenti ta’ mistrie! ta’ kull
22 s<…<24 s
#img!a ta’ anqas minn 24 sieg!a
20 s<…<22 s
…<20 s
Perijodu insuffi%jenti ta’ mistrie! ta’ kull
42 s<…<45 s
#img!a ta’ anqas minn 45 sieg!a jekk ma
36 s<…<42 s
jkunx permess perijodu mnaqqas ta’
mistrie! ta’ kull #img!a
…<36 s
Tipi ta’ $lasijiet
E
Art. 10.1
Rabta bejn il-paga u d-distanza tal-vja## jew l-ammont ta’
merkanzija li tin#arr
(*) IS" = Infrazzjoni Serja "afna
IS = Infrazzjoni Serja IMS = Infrazzjoni Mhux Serja
2. Gruppi ta’ infrazzjonijiet kontra r-Regolament (KEE) Nru 3821/85
No.
Ba&i legali
Tip ta’ infrazzjoni
Stallazzjoni ta’ apparat li jirre"istra
La jkun installat u lanqas ma jkun qed jintu&a xi tip ta’ apparat
approvat li jirre#istra
U#u ta’ apparat li jirre"istra, tal-karta tax-xufier jew jew record sheet
L-apparat li jirre#istra ma jiffunzjonax tajjeb (pere&empju: l-
apparat li jirre#istra mhux spezjonat, kalibrat u ssi#illat kif
xieraq)
L-apparat li jirre#istra mhux u&at b’mod xieraq (ma tkunx qed
tintu&a karta tax-xufier, abbu& volontarju, e%%)
Ma tkunx qed i##orr numru suffi%jenti ta’ record sheets
Il-mudell tar-record sheet mhux approvat
Ma jkollokx bi&&ejjed sheets g!all-printouts
L-impri&a ma tkunx qed i&&omm ir-record sheets, il-printouts u
d-data li tkun tni&&let
Ix-xufier ikollu aktar minn karta tax-xufier wa!da
U&u ta’ karta tax-xufier li ma tkunx il-karta valida li tappartjeni
lix-xufier
U&u ta’ karta tax-xufier li tkun difettu&a jew li tkun skadiet
Data re#istrata u ma!&una ma tin&ammx g!al mill-anqas 365
#urnata
U&u ta’ karti jew karti tax-xufier li jkunu ma!mu#in jew
im!assrin u li d-data fuqhom tinqara
U&u ta’ karti jew karti tax-xufier li jkunu ma!mu#in jew
im!assrin u li d-data fuqhom ma tinqarax
Inqast milli tapplika g!al karta ta’ xufier #dida fi &mien 7 ijiem
kalendarji minflok karta tax-xufier li tkun saritilha !sara, jew
ma tkunx g!adha tiffunzjona jew li tkun insterqet
U&u skorrett tar-record sheets/karta tax-xufier
Irtirar mhux awtorizzat ta’ sheets jew karta tax-xufier li ma
jkollux impatt fuq ir-re#istrazzjoni ta’ data rilevanti
Irtirar mhux awtorizzat ta’ sheets jew karta tax-xufier li jkollu
impatt fuq ir-re#istrazzjoni ta’ data rilevanti
Record sheet jew karta tax-xufier u&ata biex tkopri perijodu li
jkun itwal minn dak li g!alih tkun ma!suba i&da ma tkun
intilfet l-ebda data
Record sheet jew karta tax-xufier u&ata biex tkopri perijodu li
jkun itwal minn dak li g!alih tkun ma!suba u d-data tkun
intilfet
Ma u&ajtx imput manwali meta !tie#lek tag!mel dan
Ma u&ajtx sheet korretta jew karta tax-xufier fis-slott korretta
(fejn is-sewqan isir minn aktar minn sewwieq wie!ed)
Il-!in re#istrat fuq ix-sheet ma jaqbilx mal-!in uffi%jali tal-
pajji& fejn tkun re#istrata l-vettura
U&u skorrett tal-mekkani&mu tas-swi%%
D$ul ta’ informazzjoni
Il-kunjom nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
L-ewwel isem nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
Id-data tal-bidu jew it-tmiem tal-u&u tax-sheet nieqsa
Il-post tal-bidu jew it-tmiem tal-u&u tax-sheet nieqes
In-numru tar-re#istrazzjoni nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
Il-qari tal-odometru (bidu) nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
Il-qari tal-odometru (tmiem) nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
Il-!in li fih inbidlet il-vettura nieqes minn fuq ir-record sheet
Is-simbolu tal-pajji& ma dda!!alx fl-apparat li jirre#istra
G$oti ta’ informazzjoni
Irrifjutajt li ti#i spezzjonat
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i records ta’ #urnata kurrenti
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i records tal-a!!ar 28 #urnata
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i records tal-karta tax-xufier jekk ix-
xufier ikollu wa!da
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i records manwali u printouts li saru
matul il-#urnata kurrenti u fit-28 #urnata ta’ qabel
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i karta tax-xufier
Mhux kapa%i tipprodu%i printouts li jkunu saru fil-#urnata
kurrenti u fit-28 jum ta’ qabel
Frodi
Iffalsifikar, tra&&in, qerda ta’ data re#istrata fuq record sheets,
ma!&una fl-apparat li jirre#istra jew fuq il-karta tax-xufier jew
print-outs mill-apparat li jirre#istra
Manipulazzjoni tal-apparat li jirre#istra, record sheet jew karta
tax-xufier li tista’ tirri&ulta biex data u/jew informazzjoni fuq
printouts ji#u falsifikati
Apparat g!all-manipulazzjoni li jista’ jintu&a biex ji#u falsifikati
data u/jew informazzjoni fuq printouts li jkunu pre&enti fil-
vettura (swi%%/wajer …)
%sara
Mhux imsewwi minn fitter jew workshop approvat
Mhux imsewwi en route
Tid$il manwali fuq printouts
Ix-xufier ma jkunx qed jimmarka l-informazzjoni kollha g!all-
perijodi ta’ &mien li ma jkunux aktar qed ji#u re#istrati waqt li
l-apparat li jirre#istra ma jkunx tajjeb biex jintu&a jew ma jkunx
qed jiffunzjona
In-numru tal-karta tax-xufier u/jew l-isem u/jew in-numru tal-
li%enza tas-sewqan neqsin fuq ix-sheet temporanja
Il-firma nieqsa fuq ix-sheet temporanja
It-telf jew serq tal-karta tax-xufier ma #iex dikjarat formalment
lill-awtoritajiet kompetenti tal-Istat Membru fejn ikun sar is-
serq
(*) IS" = Infrazzjoni Serja "afna
IS = Infrazzjoni Serja IMS = Infrazzjoni Mhux Serja
The scope of these regulations is to transpose –
(a) Article 9 of Directive 2006/22/EC on minimum
conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations
(EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation
relating to road transport activities;
(b) Commission Directive 2009/4/EC on counter
measures to prevent and detect manipulation of records of
tachographs, and
(c) Commission Directive 2009/5/EC amending Annex
III to Directive 2006/22/EC.
Regulation 84 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof immediately after the
words “of the undertaking” there shall be inserted the words
“in particular for the purposes of and”, and immediately after
the words “with Directive 2006/22/EC” there shall be inserted
the words “and during inspections for the purposes of the
said Directive, authorized inspecting officers shall follow the
guidelines on the seriousness of infringements provided for in
the Eighth Schedule to these regulations”; and
(b)
sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be amended as follows
(i) in paragraph (b) for the words “tachograph
sheets.” there shall be substituted the words “tachograph
sheets, and”;
(ii) immediately after paragraph (b) there shall be
added the following new paragraph
“(c) specific analysis equipment, with
appropriate software, to verify and confirm the
digital signature attached to data, as well as specific
analysis software to provide a detailed speed profile
of vehicles prior to the inspection of their recording
equipment.”; and
(c) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof there
shall be added the following new sub-regulations
“(3) The Authority shall introduce a risk rating
system for undertakings for the purposes of Article 9 of
Directive 2006/22/EC.
(4) A transport undertaking with a high risk
rating under the risk rating system introduced under sub-
regulation (3) may make representations to the Authority
regarding its rating. The Authority shall consider
the representations and notify the undertaking of its
conclusions.”.
Regulation 85 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a) paragraph (e) thereof shall be renumbered as
paragraph (f); and
(b) immediately after paragraph (d) thereof there shall
be inserted the following new paragraph
“(e) where appropriate, and with due regard to
safety considerations, a verification of the recording
equipment installed in vehicles in order to detect the
installation and, or use of any device, or devices,
intended to destroy, suppress, manipulate or alter any
B
recording equipment installed in vehicles in order
to detect the installation and, or use of any
device, data,
or which intended
is intended
to interfere
with any part of the
or devices,
to destroy,
suppress,
electronic
data
exchange
data, or between
which is the
component parts of
manipulate
or alter
any
intended
recording
equipment,
or
which
inhibits
or alters the data
to interfere with any part of the electronic data
in such
ways prior
the to component
encryption;”. parts of
exchange
between
recording equipment, or which inhibits or alters
data
Immediately
after
the to Seventh
Schedule to the principal
Adds new Schedule
the
in such ways
prior
encryption;”.
Eighth to the principal
regulations there shall be added the following new Schedule
regulations.
5. Immediately after the Seventh Schedule to the principal Adds
new Schedule
Eighth to the principal
regulations there shall be added the following new Schedule
“EIGHTH SCHEDULE
regulations.
(Regulation SCHEDULE
84)
“EIGHTH
Guidelines on a common range
of infringements
against Regulation (EC) No
(Regulation
84)
561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 15 March, 2006 on
the harmonisation
of certain
range social
legislation relating
against to
road transport
(EC) and
Council of
Guidelines
on a common
of infringements
Regulation
No 561/2006
Regulation
European (EEC)
No 3821/85
of the
20 December
dated 15 1985
on recording
equipment
in
the
Parliament
and of the
Council
March,
2006 on the
harmonisation
of road
transport, as amended, divided into categories according to their gravity.
certain
social
legislation
relating
to
road
transport
and
Council
Regulation
(EEC)
No
3821/85 of the 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, as amended,
divided into categories according to their gravity.
1. Groups of infringements against Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
No.
Legal
Type of infringement
Level of
basis
seriousness*
VSI SI MI
A
Crew
Art. 5.1
Not respecting minimum age for drivers
X
B
Driving periods
Art. 6.1
Exceed daily driving time of 9 hours if
9h<…<10 h
possibilities to extend to 10 h not allowed
10h<…<11 h
X
11 h<…
X
Exceed extended daily driving time of 10
10h<…<11 h
hours if extension not allowed
11h<…<12 h
X
12 h<…
X
Art. 6.2
Exceed weekly driving time
56 h<…<60 h
60 h<…<70 h
X
70 h<…
X
Art. 6.3
Exceed accumulated driving time during 2
90 h<…<100 h
consecutive weeks.
100 h<…<112 h 30
X
112 h 30<…
C
Breaks
Art. 7
Exceed uninterrupted driving time
4 h 30<...<5 h
5 h<...<6 h
6 h<...
D
Rest periods
Art. 8.2
Insufficient daily rest period of less than 11
10 h<…<11 h
hours if reduced daily rest period not
8 h 30<...<10 h
allowed.
...8 h 30
Insufficient reduced daily rest period of less
8 h <…<9 h
than 9 hours if reduced daily rest period
7 h<...<8 h
allowed
…<7 h
Insufficient split daily rest period of less
3 h + (8 h<…<9 h)
than 3 hours + 9 hours
3 h + (7 h<…<8 h)
3 h + (…<7 h)
Art. 8.5
Insufficient daily rest period of less than 9
8 h<…<9 h
hours for multi-manning
7 h<...<8 h
…<7 h
Art. 8.6
Insufficient reduced weekly resting period
22 h<…<24 h
of less than 24 hours
20 h<…<22 h
…<20 h
Insufficient weekly resting period of less
42 h<…<45 h
than 45 hours if reduced weekly resting
36 h<…<42 h
period not allowed
…<36 h
E
Types of payment
Art. 10.1
Link between wage and distance travelled or amount of goods
carried
(*) VSI = Very Serious Infringement
SI = Serious Infringement MI = Minor Infringement
2. Groups of infringements against Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
No.
Legal
Type of infringement
basis
F
Installation of recording equipment
No type approved recording equipment installed and used
Use of recording equipment, driver card or record sheet
Recording equipment not correctly functioning (for example
recording equipment not properly inspected, calibrated and sealed)
Recording equipment improperly used (not using a valid driver card,
voluntary abuse, etc)
Not carrying a sufficient number of record sheets
Model of record sheet not approved
Not carrying enough paper for printouts
Undertaking not keeping record sheets, printouts and downloaded
data
Driver holding more than one valid driver card
Use of driver card which is not the driver’s own valid card
Use of defective or expired driver card
Recorded and stored data not available for at least 365 days
Use of dirty or damaged sheets or driver cards and data legible
Use of dirty or damaged sheets or driver cards and data not legible
Failure to apply for replacement of damaged, malfunctioning, lost or
stolen driver card within 7 calendar days
Incorrect use of record sheets/driver card
Unauthorised withdrawal of sheets or driver card which has an
impact on the record of relevant data
Unauthorised withdrawal of sheets or driver card without any impact
on data recorded
Record sheet or driver card used to cover a period longer than that
for which it is intended but no data is lost
Record sheet or driver card used to cover a period longer than that
for which it is intended and data is lost
Not using manual input when required to do so
Not using correct sheet or driver card not in the correct slot (multi-
manning)
Time recorded on the sheet does not agree with official time of
country of registration of the vehicle
Incorrect use of switch mechanism
Fill in information
Surname missing on record sheet
First name missing on record sheet
Date of begin or end of use of the sheet missing
Place of begin or end of use of the sheet missing
Registration number missing on record sheet
Odometer reading (start) missing on record sheet
Odometer reading (end) missing on record sheet
Time of change of vehicle missing on record sheet
Symbol of country not entered in recording equipment
Producing information
Refuse to be checked
Unable to produce records of current day
Unable to produce records of previous 28 days
Unable to produce records of the driver card if the driver holds one
Unable to produce manual records and printouts made during the
current day and the previous 28 days
Unable to produce driver card
Unable to produce printouts made during the current day and the
previous 28 days
Fraud
Falsify, suppress, destroy data recorded on record sheets, stored in
the recording equipment or on the driver card or print-outs from the
recording equipment
Manipulation of recording equipment, record sheet or driver card
which may result in data and/or printouts information being falsified
Manipulation device that could be used to falsify data and/or
printouts information present on vehicle (switch/wire …)
Breakdown
Not repaired by an approved fitter or workshop
Not repaired en route
Manual input on printouts
Driver not marking all information for the periods of time which are
no longer recorded while recording equipment is unserviceable or
malfunctioning
Driver card number and/or name and/or driving licence number
missing on temporary sheet
Signature missing on temporary sheet
Loss or theft of driver card not formally declared to the competent
authorities of the Member State where the theft occurred
(*) VSI = Very Serious Infringement
SI = Serious Infringement MI = Minor Infringement