(05 May 2014, 8:13 pm)G-CPTN wrote I don't think there is the possibility for trucks not to use tachographs.
The concession simply applies to service buses operating a route up to 50kms
Once a driver has driven a vehicle that requires a tachograph, that driver has to keep a record of their duty and rest periods for the rest of the working week.
They also have to keep a record of duty and rest periods during their working week before they drive a tachograph vehicle though non-tachograph duty is classed as 'other work' rather than 'driving'.
The driver also has to be able to account for the previous 28 days if there is any week that includes tachograph duty!
Rules on Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs.
Basically its typical EU bureacratic rubbish. Yet the EU can't even get its own accounts audited!