Werkstattkarte Erteilung

Your company installs or calibrates tachographs? Then you need a workshop card, which you can apply for at the responsible office.

The workshop card is a tachograph card for

• approved manufacturers of tachographs,
• vehicle manufacturers,
• workshops as well as
• their responsible specialists such as installers or technicians.

As an entrepreneur or as a person authorized to represent or represent the company, you can apply for this card from the responsible office.

The workshop card is used by your responsible specialists to install, test and calibrate digital tachographs and to download their data.

The workshop card is PIN-protected. The personal PIN number is sent to the responsible specialist at his or her 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.

The workshop card is valid for 1 year from the date of personalization by the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA). You can apply for a renewal of your card at the earliest 1 month before the card expires.

You must immediately report the theft or loss of the workshop card to the responsible office that issued the workshop card.

• Application for a workshop card:
• verifiable documents concerning the name, address and registered office of the workshop, tachograph manufacturer or vehicle manufacturer
• proof of identity of the entrepreneur or of the person or persons authorized to represent him/her by law, by the articles of association or by the partnership agreement
• Proof of identity and notification of the native language of the specialist for whom the workshop card is being applied for
• Proof of training of the responsible specialist in accordance with the tachograph tachograph training guideline.
  • not older than 3 years
• Proof of the employment relationship of the responsible specialist
• Proof of recognition or commissioning of the workshop (in accordance with § 57b of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations)
  • Not older than 3 years

• Your company is
  • an officially recognized manufacturer of tachographs,
  • a vehicle workshop authorized by the manufacturer, or
  • an approved and recognized motor vehicle workshop.
• Eligible to apply are
  • You as the entrepreneur or
  • an authorized representative or authorized person of the company.

• Workshop card issuance
• apply for a workshop card for the first time
• You can apply for
  • entrepreneurs or
  • persons authorized to represent the company or persons with power of attorney
• Workshop card is tachograph card for
  • approved manufacturers of tachographs,
  • vehicle manufacturers,
  • workshops as well as
  • their responsible specialists (installers)
• Workshop card is used by specialists to install, check and calibrate digital tachographs and download their data
• Workshop card is PIN-protected
  • personal PIN number is sent to the employee's home address
• Skilled workers may only have one workshop card per employment relationship and may only use it there
• Workshop card is valid for 1 year
• Responsible: different authorities depending on the federal state, e.g. driving license authority, TÜV, Dekra or others