Activities of Mathieu GROSCH related to 2007/0098(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (recast) - Common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - Common rules for access to the international road haulage market (recast) (debate)
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (recast) - Common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - Common rules for access to the international road haulage market (recast) (debate)
Conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (A6-0087/2008, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău) (vote)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Commission should be pursuing the aim of ensuring that serious offences are punished with the same rigour in the different Member States, and taking appropriate measures to that end.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) To encourage coach tours specifically for tourists on low incomes and promote tourism in the regions there is a need to re-introduce the 12-day rule for round trips by coach (see paragraph 78 of Parliament’s Resolution of 29 November 2007). For this reason 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, should be extended accordingly.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to undertakings which are engaged exclusively in certain road passenger transport services for non-commercial purposes and free of charge, which have a main occupation other than that of road passenger transport operator, and which use vehicles driven by their own employees.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point b
(b) be employed and remunerated by the undertaking, or manage it, or, if the undertaking is a natural person, be that same person.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) have an operating centre, situated in that Member State, with the necessary equipment, and in particular a sufficient number of vehicle parking places for regular use by its vehiclesbe able to prove on request where in the Member State of establishment the vehicles are parked when they are not in use.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) current assetapital and reserves totalling at least EUR 915 000 for a single vehicle used and EUR 5 07 500 for each additional vehicle used;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The persons concerned shall sit the examination in their Member State of residence.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may exempt from compulsory training applicantthe examination persons who provide proof of at least five10 years’ continuous practical experience in a transport undertaking at management level before publication of this Regulation.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may take any initiative necessary in order to facilitate the implementation of paragraph 4. It may decide to postpone the time limit referred to in paragraph 4. Since a decision to postpone would be designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 25(4).
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 1 June 2009 the Commission shall report on the question of what would be the impact of extending the scope of this Regulation to include commercial transport with vehicles whose design and equipment are appropriate and which are intended to carry up to nine persons including the driver. The Commission shall if necessary take the relevant initiatives.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 8 of Regulation (EG) No 561/2006: (6a) By way of derogation from the above, it shall be permissible in the case of cross- frontier occasional transport to allow the weekly rest period to begin no later than at the end of twelve 24-hour periods after the previous weekly rest period. In such cases two regular, or one regular and one reduced, weekly rest periods shall be granted consecutively. The total accumulated driving time during these twelve 24-hour periods may not exceed 90 hours.