Activities of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2023/0155(COD)
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 minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector
Amendments (8)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Good working conditions for drivers and fair business conditions for road transport undertakings are of paramount importance to create an efficient, safe and socially accountable road transport sector, ensure non- discrimination and attract qualified workers. It is therefore essential that Union social rules on road transport are clear, proportionate, fit for purpose, easy to apply, and easy to enforce and implemented in an effective and consistent manner throughout the Union. On the enforcement of the rules there have been made improvements but there are still steps to be taken for example the recording of working hours especially in situation when different tasks are mixed at the same day like driving a bus and driving a lorry;
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) More flexibility in the scheduling of breaks for drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services should not prevent those drivers from taking breaks of the minimum duration necessary to enable them to rest properly. Therefore, it is appropriate to set a minimum duration for each break. Therefore, drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services should be allowed to split their obligatory break into two or three separate breaks of at least 15 minutes each, in addition to the other possibility of splitting a breakdistributed freely over the driving periods.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) To ensure that greater flexibility in the scheduling of rest periods of drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services is not abused, it is essential to clearly delimit the scope of such flexibility and also to provide for appropriate checks. Drivers should therefore be able to postpone the start of their daily rest periods for a maximum period of 1 or 2 hours, in cases where the driving period for that day has not exceeded 5 or 7 hours respectively, and should postpone the start only when carrying out journeys of 84 days or longer. Such flexibility should be further limited to only one of eachtwo derogations during the period of the tour. It should be also possible to counter check such circumstances with a printout from the recording equipment or the duty roster, in addition to the tachograph records.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to ensure fair competition and improve working conditions and road safety through the harmonisation of the rules on breaks and rest periods for drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States especially in cross- border situations , but can rather, by reason of the nature of the objectives, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
For a driver engaged in an occasional passenger service the break referred to in the first paragraph may also be replaced by two or three breaks of at least 15 minutes each, distributed over the driving period referred to in the first paragraph, in such a way as to comply with the first paragraph.;
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 paragraph 2a subparagraph 1
Article 8 paragraph 2a subparagraph 1
2a. Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, a driver engaged in an occasional passenger service accompanied by one journey, with a duration of at least 84 days may derogate from paragraph 2, first subparagraph, in the following ways:
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 2