On 16 May 2023, the European Commission adopted the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/98, containing the transitional measures for the introduction of smart tachograph version 2 and including the use of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA).
The Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and is available for consultation in all EU languages at the following link: EUR-Lex – 32023R0980 – EN – EUR-Lex (europa.eu).
The Regulation entered into force on May 25th and will start applying on 21 August 2023.
For reminder transitional tachographs “may be fitted in vehicles registered for the first time only until 31 May 2024 or 5 months after the Service Declaration date of OSNMA, whichever is the latest”, expected to become available by the end of the current year.
The Regulation does not contain any longer an obligation to update, on a mandatory basis, the software of the transitional tachographs.


