28In that regard it is necessary to bear in mind that, according to recital 17 and Article 1 of Regulation No 561/2006, that regulation seeks to harmonise the conditions of competition between inland transport modes, especially with regard to the road sector, and to improve the working conditions of employees in that sector and road safety, those objectives meaning in particular that, in principle, road transport vehicles must be equipped with an approved tachograph enabling compliance with driving times and drivers’ rest periods to be monitored (see, inter alia, Lundberg, C‑317/12, EU:C:2013:631, paragraph 31 and the case-law cited, and of 19 October 2016, EL-EM-2001, C‑501/14, EU:C:2016:777, paragraph 21).
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