The transitional measures laid down in the AETR Agreement cannot be implemented without having adopted additional measures.

The non-EU AETR Contracting Parties were supposed to start issuing tachograph cards by the 16^th of March 2010 and to make the fitment of digital tachographs mandatory in all new registered vehicles as from 16^th of June 2010.

However, the Working Party on Road Transport (UN) decided, in a special session held on 22-23 April, on a tolerance period for the non-EU AETR countries until the 31 of December 2010. This decision was based on the conclusion that the timely compliance with the deadline of 16 March and 16 June 2010 to fully implement the digital tachograph may not be possible in all of the AETR contracting parties.

Since the deadline for introducing the digital tachograph cannot be postponed, the following measures are agreed:

1. Calibration of vehicles already registered and equipped with digital tachographs:

In case workshop cards are not yet issued by the Contracting Party, vehicles registered in that country shall be activated and calibrated at an authorized workshop during the first trip falling under the AETR in the first country through which they pass that has the capability to do so.

2. Proof of compliance with driving time and rest period rules during the days preceding the journey:

Drivers who have not yet received their driver cards from the authorities of the AETR Contracting Party must be able to prove their compliance with the rules by print-outs, record sheets, Attestation of activities, in accordance with the procedure foreseen by the provisions of the AETR.

3. Proof of compliance with driving time and rest period rules during the journey:

Drivers who have not yet received their driver cards from the authorities of the AETR Contracting Party must be able to prove their compliance with the rules by print-outs according to the procedure foreseen under the point above.