1. The control document (journey form) for the occasional services defined in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 shall conform to the model in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The journey forms shall be in books of 25 forms, in duplicate, and detachable. Each book shall bear a number. The forms shall also be numbered from 1 to 25. The cover of the book shall conform to the model in Annex II. Member States shall take all necessary measures to adapt these requirements to computerised processing of journey forms.
1. The book referred to in Article 1 shall be made out in the name of the carrier and it shall not be transferable.
2. The journey form shall be filled out legibly in indelible letters, in duplicate, either by the carrier or by the driver for each journey prior to departure. It shall be valid for the entire journey.
3. The top copy of the detached journey form shall be kept on the vehicle during the whole of the journey to which it refers. A copy shall be kept at the company's base.
4. The carrier shall be responsible for keeping the journey forms.
In the case of an international occasional service provided by a group of carriers acting on behalf of the same contractor, and which may include the travellers catching a connection en route with a different carrier of the same group, the original of the journey form shall be kept on the vehicle carrying out the service. A copy of the journey form shall be kept at the base of each carrier.
1. Copies of the journey forms used as control documents for cabotage operations in the form of occasional services pursuant to Article 15(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 shall be returned by the carrier to the competent authority or agency in the Member State of establishment in accordance with procedures to be laid down by that authority or agency.
2. In the case of cabotage operations in the form of special regular services pursuant to Article 15(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009, the journey form in Annex I to this Regulation shall be completed in the form of a monthly statement and returned by the carrier to the competent authority or agency in the Member State of establishment in accordance with procedures to be laid down by that authority or agency.
The journey form shall enable the holder, in the course of an international occasional service, to carry out local excursions in a Member State other than that in which the carrier is established, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009. The local excursions shall be entered on the journey forms before the departure of the vehicle on the excursion concerned. The original of the journey form shall be kept on board the vehicle for the duration of the local excursion.
The control document shall be presented at the request of any authorised inspecting officer.
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