To improve the operating characteristic during the initialization process by forming at least one target value as the function of a brake action by a driver with a central control unit when a feed voltage is applied and the control unit is not initialized.

After a feed voltage is applied or reapplied, a central control unit implements the program of the initialization process. In this program, the presence or absence of a brake action and a brake process is checked at step 100 after a start. If no brake action exists, initialization is implemented in sequence at step 102. If a brake action exists, initialization is interrupted, and the target brake pressure Psollint is calculated at step 108. The target brake pressure Psollint becomes the basis of the electronic control of the brake process when this device is not initialized, and the operation of the electronic brake device during the initialization process is guaranteed by it.