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Legal Basis EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 071
Activites
- 2003/09/10 Final act published in Official Journal
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2003/07/15
Final act signed
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2003/07/15
End of procedure in Parliament
- #2517
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2003/06/13
Council Meeting
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2003/04/08
Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
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T5-0144/2003
summary
The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Matthieu GROSCH (EPP-ED, Belgium) and amended the common position as follows: - harmonised criteria for the approval of training centres should include a well-established high level of professionalism; - the prevention of criminality is added as an objective to the prevention of trafficking in illegal immigrants. Compulsory periodic training may be provided, in part, on top-of-the-range stimulators.�
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T5-0144/2003
summary
- 2003/04/07 Debate in Parliament
- 2003/03/19 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
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2002/12/19
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
- #2472
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2002/12/05
Council Meeting
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08938/1/2002
summary
The Council has introduced, in comparison with the Commission's initial proposal, a number of substantial new elements in its common position: As to scope, the draft Directive applies to all drivers engaged in road transport within the Community using vehicles for which a driving licence of certain categories is required. Nationals of a Member State as well as nationals of third countries who are employed or used by an undertaking established in a Member State fall within the scope of the Directive. Driving is subject to a compulsory initial qualification and compulsory periodic training. The common position provides for a dual system as regards the initial qualification. The Member State may choose whether the achievement of this initial qualification involves both the attendance of mandatory courses and the successful completion of the test or the successful completion of the test only. Furthermore, under certain conditions, Member States may also provide for a system of accelerated initial qualification. In such cases, the driver may follow an "accelerated mandatory initial training course" implying a shorter duration of courses but their compulsory attendance. A first session of the periodic training should be completed within five years following either the date of issue of the certificate concerning the initial training or the time limit set for certain drivers to claim their acquired rights. Following this first periodic training, the driver should undergo periodic training every five years. Grandfather rights provide that drivers who hold the relevant driving licence issued no later than two or three years-depending on the type of driving licence- after the final date for the transposition of this draft directive into national law, are exempted from the requirement to obtain an initial qualification. On the issue of training certificates, the Council proposes as an alternative to the marking on the driving licence, the certification may be marked on a new "driver training and qualification card." Thus time limits for training do not have to comply with the periodic renewal of the driving licence. Further changes introduced by the common position include terminology and definitions, the addition of exemptions from the scope of application for vehicles used in states of emergency or assigned to rescue missions and for vehicles used during driving lessons, the required minimum ages for drivers, dates of transposition and entry into force as well as corresponding dates of repeal of directive 76/914/EEC and the relevant articles of Regulation 85/3820/EEC. On the question of age, the common position states that for driving a bus or coach with an accelerated initial qualification, the minimum age is 23. A Member State can reduce the minimum age for drivers with an initial qualification from 21 to 20 for driving such vehicles on their territory and even to 18 for driving such vehicles without passengers. The minimum age is 21 with accelerated initial qualification for driving mini buses or buses on regular services where the route does not exceed 50 km. The age can be reduced to 18 subject to an initial qualification but only on the territory of the Member State making use of this option. With regards to Parliament's amendments at first reading, a largemajority is very similar to the Council's common position. Whilst a different approach was taken on some basic aspects (such as the dual system for the initial training), the Council feels that the aim of the amendments was achieved. The German delegation entered a note in the Council minutes, explaining its abstention from the vote on the grounds that: -it has not been possible to dispel general doubts concerning its compatibility with Article 150 of the EC Treaty, and -doubts also persist as to whether the Directive in its present form will have any positive economic effects, and in particular whether the burden which the Directive will impose on business, the citizen and the administration will be proportionate to the benefits the directive is expected to provide. The Council made the following statement: "The Council shall ensure, that as far as possible, the terminology used for the exemptions specified in Article 2of this directive coincides with that to be used for the same exemptions under the future Regulation on the harmonisation of certain social provisions in the road transport sector."�
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08938/1/2002
summary
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2002/10/01
Modified legislative proposal published
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COM(2002)0541
summary
The Commission has made three types of amendments which are justified for the reasons set out below. First, a number of new provisions were accepted without amendment after the first reading by the European Parliament. These are intended to improve the technical definitions or to bring balance to or clarify the text and to go into further detail regarding certain points of the proposal. Second, the Commission accepted some amendments in substance, and made editorial amendments, in particular to make the text more consistent with other parts of the proposal or to define certain conditions, restrictions or exceptions more clearly. Third, the Commission adopted some parts of the amendments from the first reading if it considered them to be compatible with the aim of the proposal and if these parts provided added value, although this was not the case with all the amendments. As regards the amendments accepted, these refer to - adding drivers from third countries; - removing the limit of travel within a 50 km radius; - recasting Article 3 in the light of an amendment. It is useful to specify that a driver who has undergone vocational training may already drive a vehicle without having obtained a certificate of professional competence. However, the exemption must be limited in terms of area (territory of the Member State concerned) and time (training over a minimum of six months and a maximum of three years); - basic training : the amended proposal states that basic training may be designed as an integral part of vocational training which directly enables a driving licence to be obtained. In addition, it states that professional drivers for the carriage of passengers by road may work from the age of 21 on a vehicle in categories D and DE used, on a route which does not exceed 50 kilometres, for regular services for the carriage of passengers, provided they have undergone minimum basic training; - test of knowledge : the proposal specifies that the common part for the minimum basic training shall be subject to a final examination of professional competence. After successfully completing this examination, those wishing to become professional drivers shall undergo specific training in a company or an approved training centre. On completion of the two parts of the training, the common part and the specific training, a minimum basic training document shall be issued to the driver; - continuous training : the proposal states that the duration of the continuous training shall be thirty-five hours every five years. The programme shall be laid down in such manner that a single session shall be a minimum of seven hours; - the place of training and validity of training documents, the text states that drivers from a third country who work for an undertaking established in one or more Member States and are not normally resident in the Community shall undergo the training required in the Member State in which the undertaking employing them is established; - report : the amended proposal stipulates that eight years following the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall a report containing an initial evaluation of the implementation of this Directive, in particular as regards the equivalence of the various basic qualification schemes. The report shall be accompanied by appropriate proposals, ifnecessary. As regards the amendments made to the Annex: - Section 1(Training programme) of the Annex to the Commission proposal has been recast. The structure proposed by the European Parliament is clearer: a clear distinction has been made between the carriage of goods and the carriage of passengers and objectives have been set for each point in this section. - Section 4 : the introduction of an independent body responsible for examinations is justified and is a useful addition which is in line with the Commission's proposal. - Section 5 : the amendment introduces slightly greater flexibility as regards the previous experience of instructors. It has been found that the requirement of five years' experience as a professional driver would have made it difficult to recruit instructors.�
- DG ['Energy and Transport'],
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COM(2002)0541
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2002/01/17
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T5-0012/2002
summary
The European Parliament adopted the resolution by Mr Mathieu J.H. GROSCH (EPP-ED, B). (Please refer to the decisions of the committee responsible 21/11/01).�
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T5-0012/2002
summary
- 2001/11/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- #2374
- 2001/10/15 Council Meeting
- #2364
- 2001/06/27 Council Meeting
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2001/02/12
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2001/02/02
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2001)0056
summary
PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Directive on the training of professional drivers for the carriage of goods or passengers by road. CONTENT : strictly speaking, there is no obligation to undergo vocational training for the carriage of goods or passengers by road. This is confirmed by the fact that in most of the Member States today only a very small number of professional drivers (5-10%) undergo such training. Only France and the Netherlands have made basic vocational training compulsory. The vast majority of professional drivers therefore work solely on the basis of their driving licence. The demand on professional drivers today obviously call for solid basic and continuous training. Such training will help to improve road safety, safety during stops as well as the standard of service, and will help people taking up the occupation and boost employment. For both young people interested in becoming professional drivers and drivers who are already working, the introduction of harmonised compulsory training for all will underline the fact that the opening up of the transport market and growth in competition go hand in hand with the harmonisation of social matters and conditions of employment. This proposal for a Directive therefore develops a Community framework which encompasses the existing vocational training under Regulation 3820/85/EEC and provides answers to the specific problems of recruitment, quaility and competition. Lastly, the Member States are totally at liberty to decide how they wish to make the arrangements for the vocational training, in accordance with the requirements, so as to avoid any temporary distortions in training capacity.�
- DG ['Energy and Transport'],
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COM(2001)0056
summary
Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0056
- Debate in Council: 2364
- Debate in Council: 2374
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0430/2001
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0012/2002
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0541
- Council position published: 08938/1/2002
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0083/2003
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0144/2003
- : Directive 2003/59
- : OJ L 226 10.09.2003, p. 0004-0017
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