A few days before the deadline for replacing tachographs with second-generation smart devices, the European Commission agreed to apply a grace period.
At a meeting of the TRAN Committee on 18 December, the majority of Member States supported the proposal by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) to postpone, by two months, the application of penalties for companies that fail to equip their vehicles with a second-generation smart tachograph (G2V2). Only Denmark opposed the proposal.
“The implementation of the 1 January 2025 deadline for retrofitting cross-border vehicles (used in international transport) with first-generation analogue or digital tachographs has been postponed until 28 February 2025,” the International Road Transport Union (IRU) informed the Trans.iNFO editorial team.
Hauliers will therefore gain additional time to retrofit vehicles with the new equipment.
“The European Commission has invited Member States to make available their national implementation plans and methods for informing operators. The final recommendation will be published by the Commission in the coming days,” the IRU added.
The final recommendation of DG MOVE is expected to be published later today. It will only apply in Member States that have agreed to this postponement, reports Romanian transport organisation UNTRR.