Werkstattkarte erstmalig beantragen

If you are tasked with calibrating and/or installing tachographs, you will need a workshop card to perform these tasks.

The workshop card is a tachograph card issued to an approved tachograph manufacturer, installer, vehicle manufacturer or workshop. It identifies the cardholders and allows the data of the tachograph to be checked, calibrated and downloaded.

The workshop card is used by the technicians of the workshops authorised under § 57b StVZO who install and calibrate the digital tachographs as well as by manufacturers of the tachographs. It is PIN-protected and valid for 1 year. The PIN number will be sent to the technicians' home address

When applying, the recognition or commissioning of the workshop in accordance with § 57b StVZO and proof of the training of the responsible specialist must be submitted. The documents must not be older than 3 years.

The validity period of the workshop card is 1 year.

Each responsible specialist may only have 1 workshop card per employment relationship and may only use it there.

- If necessary, access to the ELSTER organizational account
- Proof of commercial register entry or business registration
- A certificate of training of the specialist according to the tachograph recording equipment training line
- Proof of the employment relationship of the responsible specialist
- Proof of recognition or commissioning of the workshop in accordance with § 57b StVZO
- As a person authorized to represent the company, a power of attorney or as the owner of the company - an informal letter stating your name, address, date and place of birth.

The workshops, manufacturers of tachographs and vehicle manufacturers recognized and commissioned in accordance with § 57b StVZO are eligible to apply.

Depending on the federal state, you can submit the application for your workshop card with the necessary documents and information online or on site

- At your local driver's license authority
- or another competent body (e.g. TÜV, DEKRA).
- In order to identify yourself online and check your documents, you must have the option of online authentication using a company account and digital upload of the required documents.
- You can pay for the application online via a payment service provider.
- The creation of a workshop card is subject to a fee.
- As part of the application, you must provide all the required information and submit or upload documents.
- The competent authority will check your information for completeness and correctness.
- The personalized workshop card will be sent to the company by post or handed over against acknowledgment of receipt.
- The required identification number (PIN number) will be sent directly to the responsible professional to the specified private address

Hint:
If serious infringements (including both criminal offences and administrative offences) are found at the time of initial issuance, the issuance of the workshop card may be refused and the application rejected.
If necessary, an administrative offence or fine procedure will then be initiated.

If a workshop card is issued for the first time, there is no deadline to be met.

Workshop cards are valid for 1 year.

Contradiction

- Workshop card issuance
- First-time application for a workshop card
- For workshops
- Responsible: Technical Supervision Hesse (TÜH)

Please contact the State Technical Inspection Hesse (TÜH).

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No