European
Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews
of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR)
done at Geneva on 1 July 1970
Amendment 4*
Article 12
Measures of
enforcement
of the Agreement
Replace this article with the following text:
"Article 12
Measures of
enforcement
of the Agreement
1. Each Contracting Party shall
adopt all appropriate measures to ensure observance of the
provisions of this Agreement, in particular by an adequate level
of roadside checks and checks performed on the premises of
undertakings annually covering a large and representative
proportion of drivers, undertakings and vehicles of all transport
categories coming within the scope of this Agreement.
(a) The competent administrations of the Contracting Parties
shall organize the checks so that:
During each calendar year a minimum of 1% of the days worked by
the drivers of vehicles to which this Agreement applies shall be
checked;
At least 15% of the total number of working days checked shall be
checked on the roadside and at least 25% on the premises of
undertakings;
(b) The elements of roadside checks shall include:
Daily driving periods, interruptions and daily rest periods and,
if there are evident irregularities, the record sheets of the
preceding days which shall be on board the vehicle;
The last weekly rest period, if appropriate;
The correct functioning of the control device.
These checks shall be carried out without discrimination of
vehicles and drivers, whether resident or not.
(c) The elements of checks on the premises of undertakings shall
include, apart from the elements subject to roadside checks, in
addition to compliance with Article 10, paragraph 3:
Weekly rest periods and driving periods between these rest
periods;
Two-weekly limits on hours of driving;
Compensation for daily and weekly rest periods reduced in
accordance with Article 8, paragraphs 1 and 3;
Use of recording sheets and/or the organization of drivers'
working time.
2. Within the framework of mutual assistance, the competent
authorities of the Contracting Parties shall regularly send one
another all available information concerning:
Breaches of this Agreement committed by non-residents and any
penalties imposed for such breaches;
Penalties imposed by a Contracting Party on its residents for
such breaches committed on the territory of other Contracting
Parties.
In case of serious breaches, such information shall include the
penalty imposed.
3. If the findings of a roadside check on the driver of a vehicle
registered in the territory of another Contracting Party provide
grounds to believe that infringements have been committed which
cannot be detected during the check due to lack of necessary
data, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties
concerned shall assist each other to clarify the situation. In
cases where, to this end, the competent Contracting Party carries
out a check at the premises of the undertaking, the results of
this check shall be communicated to the other Party
concerned.
4. Contracting Parties shall work in cooperation with each other
in the organization of concerted roadside checks.
5. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe shall issue
a report every two years on the application by Contracting
Parties of paragraph 1 of the present article."