Activities of Richard SULÍK related to 2017/0122(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and rest periods and positioning by means of tachographs (A8-0205/2018 - Wim van de Camp) (vote) DE
Amendments (21)
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Having evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the existing set of Union social rules in road transport, and in particular Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , certain deficiencies were identified in the existing legal framework. Unclear and unsuitable rules on weekly rest, resting facilities, breaks in multi-manning and the absence of rules on the return of drivers to their home or to another location chosen by the driver, lead to diverging interpretations and enforcement practices in the Member States. Several Member States recently adopted unilateral measures further increasing legal uncertainty and unequal treatment of drivers and operators. _________________ 9 Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Drivers engaged in long-distance international transport operations spend long periods away from their home. The current requirements on the regular weekly rest unnecessarily prolong those periods. It is thus desirable to adapt the provision on the regular weekly rest in such a way that it is easier for drivers to carry out transport operations in compliance with the rules and to reach their home for a regular weekly rest, and be fully compensated for all reduced weekly rest periods. It is also necessary to provide that operators organise the work of drivers in such a way that these periods away from home are not excessively long. Drivers should be able to choose how and where they take their rest periods.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
(2a) in Article 6, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: “3. The total accumulated driving time during any twofour consecutive weeks shall not exceed 9180 hours.”
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) There are differences among Member States in the interpretation and implementation of the weekly rest requirements as regards the place where the weekly rest should be taken. It is therefore appropriate to clarify that requirementwhere the weekly rest may be taken to ensure that drivers are provided with adequate accommodation for their regular weekly rest periods if they are taken away from homerest conditions.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Adequate resting facilities are crucial for improving drivers working conditions in the sector and maintaining road safety. As rest in the cabin is characteristic for the transport sector and full separation of drivers and their vehicles is not desirable from a security and insurance perspective, drivers should be allowed to take their rest in their vehicle, if the vehicle is equipped with suitable sleeping facilities. Due to current shortage of safe and secure parking areas on European roads, the requirement for drivers to take the 45 hrs weekly rest outside the cabin is not practically implementable, therefore it should be applied only when this shortage is addressed and solved. The revised TEN-T guidelines foresee the development of rest areas on motorways approximately every 100 km to provide parking space for commercial road users with an appropriate level of safety and security and therefore Member States should be encouraged to implement the TEN-T guidelines and sufficiently invest in safe and suitably adapted parking areas.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) four regular weekly rest periods, or
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) two regular weekly rest periods of at least 45 hours and two reduced weekly rest periods of at least 24 hours., or
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) one regular weekly rest period of at least 45 hours and three reduced weekly rest periods of at least 24 hours.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
For the purposes of point (b) and (ba), the reduced weekly rest periods shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the thirdfourth week following the week in question.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To ensure the fair and equal competition between the EU and non-EU carriers from neighbouring countries, it should be possible to control tachographs of all vehicles performing international transport operations between the EU and third countries which are signatories to the AETR Agreement, so it is important that in future smart tachographs are recognized by non-EU AETR Contracting Parties. Therefore, dates of introduction of a smart tachograph should be aligned with the dates when all countries, which are AETR Contracting Parties, have reached an agreement on technical standards and specifications of smart tachographs
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of threesix consecutive weeks.;
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) four regular weekly rest periods, or
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) two regular weekly rest periods of at least 45 hours and two reduced weekly rest periods of at least 24 hours., or
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
(b a) In Article 8, paragraph 6, the following point shall be added: "one regular weekly rest period of at least 45 hours and three reduced weekly rest periods of at least 24 hours."
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (b) and (ba), the reduced weekly rest periods shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the thirdfourth week following the week in question.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a
8a. The regular weekly rest periods and any weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for previous reduced weekly rest shall not be tamay be taken in a vehicle, if the vehicle is equipped with suitable sleeping facilities for each driver, and the vehicle is parkend in a vehicle. Theysuitable parking area. Otherwise, these rest periods shall be taken in a suitable accommodation, with adequate sleeping and sanitary facilities; , and with appropriate parking spaces for commercial road users with an appropriate level of safety and security; The requirement to take these rest periods outside a vehicle (second subparagraph) shall not apply as long as the revised 2013 TEN-T Guidelines1a which foresee approximately every 100 km appropriate parking space for commercial road users with an appropriate level of safety and security, have not been implemented by Member States. The Commission should encourage Member States to construct parking space with an appropriate level of safety and security, and shall regularly monitor the number of parking areas in the Member States. _________________ 1a REGULATION (EU) No 1315/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 2013on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 a – point b
(b) at home or at another privateanother location chosen by the driver.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of three consecutive weeks.; or another location chosen by the driver within each period of four consecutive weeks.; The driver shall declare that a regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken for compensation for a reduced weekly rest, has been taken in a location of driver’s choice. The declaration shall be kept at the premises of undertaking.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) 561 /2006
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 37 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. The driver shall enter in the digital tachograph the symbols of the countries in which the daily working period started and finished as well as where and when the driver has. The driver shall also enter the symbol of the country that the driver enters after crosseding a border in the vehicle on arrival at the suitable stopping placeof a Member State at the beginning of the driver's first planned stop in that member State. That stop is to be understood as the break or rest planned in accordance with Regulation (EC) Nr 561/2006 or any other stop for the needs of the driver or the transport operation. Member States may require drivers of vehicles engaged in transport operations inside their territory to add more detailed geographic specifications to the country symbol, provided that those Member States have notified those detailed geographic specifications to the Commission before 1 April 1998..