Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1213

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This text since 18 Jul 2019law://eu/reg/2019/1213/art_5@2026-11-12

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Article 5OBW-workshops#

1.Member States shall approve, regularly audit and certify the OBW-workshops allowed to perform inspections of on-board weighing equipment.

2.Member States shall ensure that OBW-workshops located in their territories perform inspections of on-board weighing equipment in a reliable way. For that purpose, they shall establish and publish a set of procedures ensuring that the following minimum criteria are met:

(a)the staff of the OBW-workshop is properly trained;

(b)the equipment necessary to carry out the relevant tests and tasks is available and has been certified according to Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^note or Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^note;

(c)the workshops are of good repute.

3.OBW-workshops shall be subject to the following audits:

(a)at least every five years, to an audit performed by a supervising body on the procedures applied when handling on-board weighing equipment. The audit shall focus on the tasks and activities laid down in point 1 of Annex V to Directive 2014/45/EU; the supervising body shall fulfil the requirements laid down in point 2 of that Annex;

(b)unannounced technical audits may also take place in order to check the installations, inspections and, where appropriate, calibrations carried out.

4.Member States shall take appropriate measures to prevent conflicts of interests between OBW-workshops and transport undertakings. In particular, where there is a serious risk of conflict of interests, including the ownership of OBW-workshops by transport undertakings, additional specific measures shall be taken to ensure that OBW-workshops comply with this Article.

5.The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish on their websites an updated list of OBW-workshops, with at least the following data:

(a)workshop identification number and name of [entity/entities constituting] the workshop;

(b)postal address;

(c)email address;

(d)telephone number.

6.The competent authorities in Member States shall withdraw approvals, either temporarily or permanently, from OBW-workshops which fail to meet their obligations under this Regulation.

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Key facts

Type: Implementing regulation · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1213 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 12 Jul 2019
In force: 7 Aug 2019
Applies from: 27 May 2021
Applies from: 27 May 2024
Made by: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Official: EUR-Lex 32019R1213 · ELI

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common transport policy EU Member State inland transport intelligent transport system motor vehicle road transport technical specification vehicle parts weight and size Transport

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address assignment phase
means the preliminary phase of electronic communication between vehicles of a vehicle combination whereby a position is assigned to each vehicle.
axle load
means the weight of a laden axle or group of axles as determined by the OBW, in kilogram;
cooperative intelligent transport systems station
(‘C-ITS station’) means the C-ITS station within the meaning of the delegated act supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the deployment and operational use of cooperative intelligent transport systems, adopted on the basis of Article 6(1) of that Directive;
dedicated short range communication vehicle unit
(‘DSRC-VU’) means the ‘remote early detection facility’, as referred to in Appendix 14 to Annex IC to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799, able to receive the OWS data from either the MVU or the C-ITS station and to send it to the REDCR;
motor vehicle unit
(‘MVU’) means the part of the OBW placed in the motor vehicle, excluding the sensors, able to collect, store, process data and to calculate a weight value resulting from those data;
on-board weighing equipment
(‘OBW’) means the equipment on-board a vehicle that is able to determine the total weight or the axle weight;
on-board weighing equipment workshop
(‘OBW-workshop’) means a workshop authorised by a Member State to perform inspections of on-board weighing equipment.
on-board weighing system data
(‘OWS data’) means the secured data of defined format requested by the REDCR from the DSRC-VU;
remote early detection communication reader
(‘REDCR’) means the remote early detection communication reader held by the enforcement authorities, which is able to read the OWS data transmitted by the DSRC-VU.
sensor
means the element of the OBW that is able to generate weight data by measuring specific physical parameters, being those data used by either the MVU or the TU for further processing;
total weight
means the total weight of a motor vehicle and, in case of a vehicle combination, of the vehicle combination as determined by the OBW, in kilogram;
trailer unit
(‘TU’) means the part of the OBW placed in a trailer or semi-trailer, excluding the sensors, able to collect, store, process data from the trailer or semi-trailer equipment and to calculate axle weight values resulting from those data;
weight data
means the raw data transmitted between elements of the OBW that must be processed in order to obtain the calculated weight;
weight value
means either the total weight or the axle weight, in kilogram;