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REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and laying down specific rules with respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport sector PDF (987 KB) DOC (170 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Having evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the current Union social legislation in road transport, certain loopholes in the existing provisions and deficiencies in their enforcement were identified. Furthermore a number of discrepancies exist between Member States in interpretation, application and implementation of the rules. This creates legal uncertainty and unequal treatment of drivers and operators, which is detrimental to the working, social and competition conditions in the sector.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Difficulties have also been experienced in applying the rules on posting of workers specified in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and the rules on the administrative requirements laid down in Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council16 to the highly mobile road transport sector. The uncoordinated national measures on the application and enforcement of the provisions on posting of workers in the road transport sector have generated high administrative burdens for non-resident Union operators. This created undue restrictions to the freedom to provide cross-border road transport services having negative side-effects on jobs. _________________ 15 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.97, p.1) 16 Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Such balanced criteria should be based on a concept of a sufficient link of a driver with a territory of a host Member State. Therefore, a time threshold should be established, beyond which the minimum rate of pay and the minimum annual paid holidays of the host Member State shall apply in case of international transport operations. This time threshold should not apply to cabotage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/200918 and 1073/200919 since the entire transport operation is taking place in a host Member State. As a consequence the minimum rate of pay and, allowances, the minimum annual paid holidays, the maximum working hours and all other social provisions of the host Member State should apply to cabotage irrespective of the frequency and duration of the operations carried out by a driver. _________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72). 19 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.88)
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall not apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC to drivers in the road transport sector employed by undertakings referred to in Article 1(3)(a) of that Directive, when performing international carriage operations as defined by Regulations 1072/2009 and 1073/2009 where the period of posting to their territory to perform these operations is shorter than or equal to 32 days during a period of one calendar month.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
When the period of posting is longer than 32 days, Member States shall apply points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Directive 96/71/EC for the entire period of posting to their territory during the period of one calendar month referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – introductory part
(a) an obligation for the road transport operator established in another Member State to send a posting declaration to the national competent authorities at the latest at the commencement of the posting, in electronic form, in anthe official language of the host Member State or in English, containing only the following information:
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point ii
(ii) the contact details of a transport manager or other contact person(s) in the Member State of establishment to liaise with the competent authorities of the host Member State, in which the services are provided and to send out and receive documents or noticeslegal representative of the establishment in the host Member State;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point ii a (new)
(iia) For companies without a legal representative, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, the host Member State shall provide a public or private single point of contact, for which the relevant documents shall be available electronically in the languages of the European Union. The SME or company without a legal representative must submit the documents required by European transport law to the host Member State via this point of contact.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iv
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point iv
(iv) the anticipated duration, envisaged beginning and end date of the posting for each country crossed;
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a – point vi a (new)
(via) the laws applicable to each day of driving: international transport (less than 6 hours of transit time in the country), posted international transport (greater than 6 hours of transit time in the country) or (posted) cabotage;
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) an obligation for the road transport operator to deliver, after the period of posting, in paper or electronic form, copies of documents referred to in points (b), (c) and (e), at the request of the authorities of the host Member State within a reasonable period of timeindicate on the pay slip the number of hours worked in each Member State, the remuneration paid, the hourly rates applied and the daily subsistence and homeward journey allowances paid, so that the worker or authorities can carry out the necessary checks.
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall evaluate the implementation of this Directive, in particular the impact of Article 2 on the job of, and the wages received by, drivers in the Member States, by [3 years after the date for transposition of this Directive] and report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.