Activites

• 2004/01/09 Additional information
• 2000/06/09 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1999/10/27 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0061/1999 summary

    The European Parliament did not confirm as first reading under the codecision procedure the text adopted on 13.07.1995 on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 95/18/EC on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road. It, therefore, calls on the Commission to withdraw the proposal or to replace it by a new one.�

• 1999/07/28 Committee report tabled for plenary confirming Parliament's position
  • A5-0021/1999
• 1999/07/28 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/03/25 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0115 summary

    The amended proposal for a Directive on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road incorporates Parliament's amendment requesting the Commission to submit a similar proposal to allow the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the transport of passengers between Member States, but without fixing a delay for the submission of such a proposal. The Commission also accepts the EP amendment seeking to: - draw attention to the need to ensure that hiring vehicles without drivers does not lead to an increase in casual undeclared employment; - introduce effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for violation of the rules in force in the sector. �

• 1995/07/13 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0350/1995 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr CORNELISSEN (PPE, NL), the European Parliament approved the proposal, although it pointed out that within the European Union the carriage of goods in particular should be liberalised in parallel with a gradual harmonisation of transport conditions. It called on the Commission to submit, before 30 June 1996, a proposal to allow the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the transport of passengers between Member States. Parliament also drew attention to the need to ensure that hiring vehicles without drivers did not lead to an increase in casual undeclared employment. An amendment set out appropriate penalties for violation of the rules in force in this sector. �

• 1995/07/12 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Mr KINNOCK had some reservations about the amendments tabled although he could support Amendments Nos 2, 3, 5 and 7. With regard to Amendment No 5, he could not accept the principle of a deadline for the presentation of a new proposal; with regard to the penalties provided for in Amendment No 7, he felt that these were covered adequately by the Commission communication on the role of penalties in implementing Community internal market legislation, especially with regard to the obligations of the Member States. Amendment No 4 on taxation was unnecessary as the Directive on the harmonisation of vehicle taxes provided for a subsequent stage of the process in 1997; Amendments Nos 6 and 10 on cabotage would require an amendment to Regulation (EC) 3118/93, which was based on a delicate and important balance; moreover, cabotage would be completely liberalised by 1 July 1998. Amendments Nos 8 and 9 were not essential because Article 2 only referred to trade between Member States; the same applied to Amendment No 1 as the reference to Article 189c of the Treaty was redundant from a legal point of view.

• 1995/06/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0154/1995
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• 1995/06/19 Council Meeting
  • 1857
• 1995/04/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/02/13 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0002 summary

    1) OBJECTIVE: to harmonise and liberalise at Community level the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road. 2) CONTENT: 1. Definition of certain terms used in the directive: "vehicles", "hired vehicles" and "taxes on vehicles". 2. Obligation for each Member State to authorise the use on its territory of vehicles hired without drivers in a Member State other than that in which the haulier is established, for the purpose of traffic between Member States. 3. Possibility for the Member States to limit the validity of the hire contract for vehicles hired in a Member State other than that in which the hirer is established for the purpose of international carriage operations. 4. Possibility for the Member States to make provision for less restrictive conditions for the use of hired vehicles. 5. Principle whereby hired vehicles remain subject to taxation rules in the Member State of registration. 6. Obligation for the Commission to report to the Council by July 1998 on the application of the present directive, so that proposals to push ahead with liberalisation can be presented once cabotage has been completely liberalised. Source: European Commission - Info92 - 10/95�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0002
• Debate in Council: 1857
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0154/1995
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0350/1995
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0115
• Committee report tabled for plenary confirming Parliament's position: A5-0021/1999
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0061/1999

History

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