What type of driver's activity does supervision of unloading constitute?
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B. Other type of work.
Explanation
In the photo you can see a timber trailer with side stakes, loaded with wood, and a crane that is being used for reloading. You count supervision of unloading as other work - answer B.
The EU Regulation defines other work as all activities that are defined as working time except driving, including any work for the same or another employer. The Polish Drivers' Working Time Act directly includes in working time, among other things, supervision of loading and unloading, daily servicing of the vehicle and administrative formalities. So you set the tachograph switch to the crossed hammers symbol. A break (answer A) is time only for you, during which you must not do any work - that is why you cannot count supervision of unloading towards the required 45-minute break. A period of availability (answer C) is time when you are not working but remain available, for example when you accompany the vehicle on a ferry or a train.
Legal basis: Art. 4 letter d and e of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006; Art. 6 para. 1 of the Drivers' Working Time Act; Art. 34 para. 5 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014