The workshop card is a tachograph card for
- approved manufacturers of tachographs,
- vehicle manufacturers,
- workshops, and
- their responsible specialists such as installers or technicians.
Your responsible specialists use the workshop card to install, check, calibrate, and download data from digital tachographs.
If your workshop card has been stolen, you, as the business owner or as an authorized representative or agent, can apply for a replacement card from the relevant authority. To do this, you must present a current certificate of approval or authorization for the workshop to test tachographs. This certificate must not be more than 3 years old.
Your replacement workshop card will remain valid until the same date as the stolen original card – if it would have been valid for more than 6 months. The validity period does not start again from the beginning. If the remaining validity period of the card is less than 6 months, you will be issued with a new card. This will then be valid for one year.
Whenever you apply for a replacement workshop card due to theft, your company must provide proof that the specialist employee is still employed by you and has been trained in accordance with the tachograph card and control device training guidelines. The training certificate must not be more than three years old.
The workshop card is PIN-protected. The specialist will receive their personal PIN number at their home address. Specialists may only have one workshop card per employment relationship and may only use it there. The workshop card is the property of the company.
District administrations or municipal administrations of independent cities and large district-affiliated cities
