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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2017/0122(COD)
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Amendments (12)

Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 implementation of 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, 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).
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 theIt is thus desirable to enforce the application of the existing 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 existing 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.
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) To enhance cost-effectiveness of enforcement of the social rules the potential of the current and future tachograph systems should be fully exploited, starting with the installation of the digital tachograph in registered vehicles before 2020. Therefore the functionalities of the tachograph should be improved to allow for more precise positioning, in particular during international transport operations.
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) As new models of transport of good are expanding, the use of vehicles for this tasks with a permissible mass of less than 3,5 tonnes, may be included within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 in order to improve working conditions of drivers and road safety.
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Member States may put more efforts to ameliorate the health and security conditions of the parking areas, improving the adequate sanitary facilities and accommodation. To facilitate the resting periods away from home, a sufficient network of parking areas should exist within the Union.
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds3,5 tonne-1) in Article 2 (1), point (a) is replaced by the following "(a) of goods, or
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 4 – point r a (new)
(2a) In article 4, the following point is added: "(ra) 'home' means the place where the driver's residence is."
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – point 6 – subparagraph 1
(a) in paragraph 6, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: “6. driver shall take at least: (a) or (b) at least 45 hours and two reduced weekly rest periods of at least 24 hours. For the purposes of point (b), the reduced weekly rest periods shall be compensated by an equivalent period of rest taken en bloc before the end of the third week following the week in question.”;deleted In any four consecutive weeks a four regular weekly rest periods, two regular weekly rest periods of
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shallis responsible of organisezing 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 place chosen by the driver;
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 10 – paragraph 1
(6a) in Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. A transport undertaking shall not give drivers it employs or who are put at its disposal any extra payment, even in the form of a bonus or wage supplement, related to distances travelled and/or the amount of goods carried if that payment is of such a kind as to endanger road safety and/or encourages infringement of this Regulation..”;
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, tThe driver may depart from Article 8(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 8(6) to be able to reach a suitable accommodation as referred to in Article 8(8a) to take a daily or weekly rest there. Such a departure shall not result in exceeding daily or weekly driving times or shortening daily or weekly rest periods. The driver shall indicate the reason for such departure manually on the record sheet of the recording equipment or on a printout from the recording equipment or in the duty roster, at the latest on arrival at the suitable accommodation.
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. 15 years after(-1) in Article 3, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. By 1st January 2020 newly registered vehicles are required to have a tachograph as provided in Articles 8, 9 and 10, vehicles operating in a Member State other than their Member State of registration shall be fitted with such a tachograph.”;
2018/02/02
Committee: EMPL