When carrying out a transport operation with a truck with a maximum authorized mass (MAM) of 10,500 kg, how is the waiting time that the driver spends stopped at a border crossing classified under the tachograph rules?

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In a truck with a maximum authorized mass (MAM) of 10,500 kg, the rules on driving and rest times and the tachograph apply. Under Article 3(b) of Directive 2002/15/EC, a waiting period whose duration is known in advance, such as waiting at a border crossing, is availability time: the driver does not have to remain at the wheel, but must be available to resume driving or to do other work, and records it as such on the tachograph (Regulation (EU) 165/2014, Article 34(5)). If the duration of the wait were not known in advance, it would count as other work. It is not a break, because a break is a period in which the driver must not drive or do any other work and which serves exclusively for rest, nor is it a rest period, because during a rest period the driver may freely dispose of their time (Regulation (EC) 561/2006, Article 4).

When carrying out a transport operation with a truck with a maximum authorized mass (MAM) of 10,500 kg, how is the waiting time that the driver spends stopped at a border crossing classified under the tachograph rules?

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