Activities of Edit BAUER related to 2008/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (A7-0137/2010, Edit Bauer) (vote)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities PDF (147 KB) DOC (177 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to increase safety on the road and because of the changes in the structure of haulage it seems consideration should be given to extending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 to also cover, if justified by an impact assessment, drivers of goods vehicles of less than 3,5t, for example between 2,8t and 3,5t.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint c
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(c) point (e) is deleted replaced by the following: "(e) 'self-employed driver' shall mean anyone: i. whose main occupation is to transport passengers or goods by road for hire or reward within the meaning of Union legislation under cover of a Community licence or any other professional authorisation to carry out the aforementioned transport; ii. who is entitled to work for himself and who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of hierarchical working relationship; iii. who is not subordinated to a user undertaking; iv. who has the freedom to organise the relevant working activities without the client's direct supervision; v. whose income depends directly on the profits made; vi. who does not receive any employment rights such as periodic payment of remuneration, payment in kind, recognition of entitlements like paid annual leave from another user undertaking or contracting party; and vii. who has the freedom to, individually or through a cooperation between self- employed drivers, have commercial relationships with several customers. For the purposes of this Directive, those drivers who do not satisfy these criteria shall be subject to the same obligations and benefit from the same rights as those provided for mobile workers under this Directive;"
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall organise a system of appropriate and regularppropriate, non-discriminatory monitoring and controls in order to guarantee the correct and consistent implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. They shall ensure that the national bodies responsible for enforcement of the Directive have an adequate number of qualified inspectorsqualified personnel and shall take whatever measures are appropriate.