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Apply to set up an Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC)

Apply to set up and run an Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC) to install and calibrate digital and analogue tachographs to record driving time.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Application for approval as a workshop for recording equipment (Approved Tachograph Centre)

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Details

Use this form to either:

  • apply to set up a new ATC
  • apply for an extra class of approval

Read the Approved Tachograph Centre manual before you apply. Section 3 tells you what you need to include with your application.

How to apply

  1. Download and save the application form on your computer before you start to fill it in.

  2. Open the form on your computer, fill it in and save it again.

  3. Email the form to tachosection@dvsa.gov.uk. You need to attach any documents to support your application.

  4. Pay the application fee by credit or debit card (DVSA will tell you how to do this after you’ve applied), or by cheque or using a pre-funded account.

Send the form by post

You can also send the form by post.

DVSA Tachograph Section
The Ellipse
Padley Road
Swansea
SA1 8AN

Published 18 July 2013
Last updated 11 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added details of where to email the form.

  2. Updated to the latest version of the form.

  3. First published.