Activities of Dirk STERCKX related to 2007/0098(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
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)
Amendments (6)
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 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) to undertakings engaged in the occupation of road haulage operator solely by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles the maximum authorised weightpayload of which does not exceed 3.5 tonnes. Member States may, however, lower this limit for all or some categories of transport operations;500 kg.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) have a genuine link to the undertaking, in other words be employed and remunerated by the undertaking or, if the undertaking is a natural person, be that same person, or, if the undertaking is a partnership, be entitled to legally represent and make binding decisions on behalf of the partnership.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authority may agree that an undertaking may give proof of its financial standing by means of a certificate from one or more banks or other financial institutions providing a joint and several guarantee for the undertaking in the form of a bank surety, or any other similar means, in respect of the amounts specified in point (a) of paragraph 2. The bank surety may be called in by the competent authority which authorises the pursuit of the occupation and cannot be released without the agreement of the latter. The competent authority shall also determine the conditions under which the bank guarantee may be called in and released for the benefit of other creditors.
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.