§ Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations his Department has received about the enforcement of the use of tachographs on minibuses upon landing at the ports of EEC countries.
§ Mr. HoramThe Department has received many requests for information about the EEC requirements on the installation of tachographs in passenger vehicles; some of these relate to enforcement. EEC regulation 1463/70 requires all passenger vehicles with 10 or more seats, including the driver's seat, to have tachographs fitted and in use when on journeys between the United Kingdom and other EEC countries.
The Department is unaware of any prosecution in an EEC member State against the owner of a minibus travelling to the Continent without a tachograph. However, I am aware of a recent unconfirmed press report about a minibus party being refused entry into Belgium for not complying with the tachograph equipment.