Once the status of the driver card has been checked and it is valid for exchange, the competent authority of the Member State where the application has been made shall send a MCS notification through the TACHOnet messaging system to the issuing Member State.

Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 makes mandatory the interconnection of electronic national registers on driver cards throughout the Union, either using the TACHOnet messaging system or a compatible system.

Vans, such as N1 vehicles, and their trailers are not subject to the same road safety requirements at Union level as heavy duty vehicles such as those relating to driving time, training for professional drivers or the installation of speed limitation devices.

Whether they be a courier, a taxi driver or even a trucker, they could unknowingly be used as a “conduit” or means of transmitting child pornography.

However, the Commission considers that these covenants come within the terms of Articles 85(3) and 53(3) and can be exempted because their restrictive effects are outweighed by : - the dissemination of a new generation of semiconductor devices which lead to technical and economic progress by making possible the production of increasingly smaller, faster and more reliable electronic system products ranging from computers to portable telephones and voice mail ; - the benefit that the consumer will receive through lower-priced, higher performance, innovative products.

Therefore the major opportunity to reduce fatal and injury producing collisions with commercial vehicles is in the hands of the operators of other vehicles, mostly private cars, sport utility vehicles, light trucks and vans.