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1. A driver shall take daily and weekly rest periods as defined in article 1, paragraphs (o) and (p).
2. Within each period of 24 hours after the end of the previous daily rest period or weekly rest period, a driver shall have taken a new daily rest period.
If the portion of the daily rest period which falls within that 24-hour period is at least 9 hours but less than 11 hours, then the daily rest period in question shall be regarded as a reduced daily rest period.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, within 30 hours of the end of a daily or weekly rest period, a driver engaged in multi-manning must have taken a new daily rest period of at least 9 hours.
4. A daily rest period may be extended to make a regular weekly rest period or a reduced weekly rest period.
5. A driver may have at most three reduced daily rest periods between any two weekly rest periods.
6. a) In any two consecutive weeks, a driver shall take at least: (i) Two regular weekly rest periods; or
(ii) One regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the week in question. A weekly rest period shall start no later than at the end of six 24-hour periods from the end of the previous weekly rest period.
(i) Two regular weekly rest periods; or
(ii) One regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the week in question.
b) By way of derogation from paragraph 6 (a), a driver engaged in a single service of international carriage of passengers, other than a regular service, may postpone the weekly rest period for up to twelve consecutive 24-hour periods following a previous regular weekly rest period, provided that: (i) the service lasts at least 24 consecutive hours in a Contracting Party or a third country other than the one in which the service started, and
(ii) the driver takes after the use of the derogation: a. either two regular weekly rest periods, or
b. one regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the end of the derogation period, and
a. either two regular weekly rest periods, or
b. one regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the end of the derogation period,
(iii) four years after the country of registration has implemented the digital tachograph, the vehicle is equipped with recording equipment in accordance with the requirements of Appendix 1B of the Annex, and
(iv) after 1 January 2014, in case of driving during the period from 22:00 to 06:00, the vehicle is multi-manned or the driving period referred to in Article 7 is reduced to three hours.
(i) the service lasts at least 24 consecutive hours in a Contracting Party or a third country other than the one in which the service started, and
(ii) the driver takes after the use of the derogation: a. either two regular weekly rest periods, or
b. one regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the end of the derogation period, and
a. either two regular weekly rest periods, or
b. one regular weekly rest period and one reduced weekly rest period of at least 24 hours. However, the reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the end of the derogation period,
(iii) four years after the country of registration has implemented the digital tachograph, the vehicle is equipped with recording equipment in accordance with the requirements of Appendix 1B of the Annex, and
(iv) after 1 January 2014, in case of driving during the period from 22:00 to 06:00, the vehicle is multi-manned or the driving period referred to in Article 7 is reduced to three hours.
c) By way of derogation from paragraph 6 (a), drivers who are engaged in multi manning shall take each week a regular weekly rest period of at least 45 hours. This period may be reduced to a minimum of 24 hours (reduced weekly rest period). However, each reduction shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the week in question.
A weekly rest period shall start no later than at the end of six 24-hour periods from the end of the previous weekly rest period.
7. Any rest taken as compensation for a reduced weekly rest period shall be attached to another rest period of at least 9 hours.
8. Where a driver chooses to do this, daily rest periods and reduced weekly rest periods taken away from base may be taken in a vehicle, as long as it has specially fitted sleeping facilities for each driver as foreseen by the constructor’s design, and it is stationary.
9. A weekly rest period that falls in two weeks may be counted in either week, but not in both.