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Definitions according to 561/2006:

‘driver’ means any person who drives the vehicle even for
a short period, or who is carried in a vehicle as part of his
duties to be available for driving if necessary

‘break’ means any period during which a driver may not
carry out any driving or any other work and which is
used exclusively for recuperation

‘other work’ means all activities which are defined as
working time in Article 3(a) of Directive 2002/15/EC
except ‘driving’, including any work for the same or
another employer, within or outside of the transport
sector

‘rest’ means any uninterrupted period during which a
driver may freely dispose of his time

‘daily rest period’ means the daily period during which a
driver may freely dispose of his time and covers a ‘regular
daily rest period’ and a ‘reduced daily rest period’:
— ‘regular daily rest period’ means any period of rest
of at least 11 hours. Alternatively, this regular daily
rest period may be taken in two periods, the first of
which must be an uninterrupted period of at least 3
hours and the second an uninterrupted period of at
least nine hours,‘reduced daily rest period’ means any period of rest of at least nine hours but less than 11 hours

‘weekly rest period’ means the weekly period during
which a driver may freely dispose of his time and covers
a ‘regular weekly rest period’ and a ‘reduced weekly rest
period’:
— ‘regular weekly rest period’ means any period of rest
of at least 45 hours,
— ‘reduced weekly rest period’ means any period of
rest of less than 45 hours, which may, subject to the
conditions laid down in Article 8(6), be shortenedDSC01710
to a minimum of 24 consecutive hours

‘a week’ means the period of time between 00.00 on
Monday and 24.00 on Sunday

‘driving time’ means the duration of driving activity
recorded:
— automatically or semi-automatically by the recording
equipment as defined in Annex I and Annex IB
of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, or
— manually as required by Article 16(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3821/85

‘daily driving time’ means the total accumulated driving
time between the end of one daily rest period and the
beginning of the following daily rest period or between a
daily rest period and a weekly rest period

‘weekly driving time’ means the total accumulated
driving time during a week

 

 

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