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Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the legal position with regard to international transport operations has become very hard for undertakings and especially for drivers to understand; whereas the Member States face major challenges in transposing the regulations as required and whereas the current situation is not compatible with the single market;deleted

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes ~~that~~ the differences in penalties for serious infringements against the social rules in road transport as provided for in the legislation of the Member States ~~concern not only the level of fines, but also the types and the categorisation of the penalties~~;

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that some Member States do not provide for differentiation of penalties according to the seriousness of the infringement; calls on the Member States to adopt national legislation that ~~has a dissuasive effect and that~~ takes due account of how serious an infringement is;

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Takes the view that to achieve further approximation of the types of penalties and of the levels of fines Member States should set out, minimum and maximum penalties for each infringement against the social rules in road transport should be laid down;

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Also recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon has inserted in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a new Article 83(2) on the approximation of criminal laws and regulations of the Member States; calls on the Commission to examine these new legislative means in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and to submit, within twelve months, a report to the Council and the European Parliament on the possible harmonisation measures;deleted

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the fact that pursuant to Article 22(4) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 the Commission has prepared 'guidelines' to support the Member States in the national interpretation and application of this Regulation; notes, however, that the guidelines are not legally binding ~~and have therefore not achieved their aim of uniform transposition in the Member States~~;

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Believes that a European Road Transport Agency could promote such harmonised approaches to checks and take regulatory action so as to remove obstacles to the European single market;~~deleted

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for this Agency to be made responsible for drawing up European minimum standards for the training of inspection bodies and for coordinating cooperation between the inspection bodies; also considers that this Agency should contribute to improving the collection of statistical information so as to enable more meaningful analysis of the effectiveness of enforcement and promote a harmonised approach by the Member States to enforcement issues;deleted

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Philip BRADBOURN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to establish an appropriate infrastructure on the European road network so that drivers can in fact comply with the provisions on driving times and rest periods ~~and so that checks can be carried out efficiently~~; points out that the s~~afe~~ecurity aspect must be of particular importance in the case of these facilities;

2010/04/07
Committee: TRAN

Activities of Philip BRADBOURN related to 2009/2154(INI)

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Amendments (9)

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