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2008/0195(COD) Organisation of working time: persons performing mobile road transport activities

Progress: Procedure lapsed or withdrawn

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
EMPL BAUER Edit (icon: )
EMPL
TRAN EL KHADRAOUI Saïd (icon: )
TRAN
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 091, TFEU 153-p3

Events

2011/07/30
   EC - Proposal withdrawn by Commission
Details

As announced in Official Journal C 225 of 30 July 2011, the Commission decided to withdraw this proposal, which had become obsolete.

2010/06/24
   CSL - Debate in Council
Details

The Commission informed the Council about the rejection by the European Parliament of the proposal for a modified directive on the working time of mobile road transport workers.

The Parliament did not accept the exclusion of self-employed workers from the scope of the directive. Given this situation, the Commission announced that it would withdraw its proposal.

Consequently the current directive remains applicable.

Documents
2010/06/24
   CSL - Council Meeting
2010/06/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 383 votes to 263 with 23 abstentions, a legislative resolution rejecting the proposal for a directive on amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organization of working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.

The Parliament calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal and take appropriate steps together with Parliament to submit a new proposal.

Documents
2010/06/15
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2010/05/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2010/05/04
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
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2010/04/28
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
Details

Background

Directive 2002/15/EC was adopted following a conciliation procedure between Parliament and Council (see 1998/0319(COD )). One of the main points of contention had been whether or not self-employed drivers should be included in the directive, as Parliament had wanted. Under the compromise reached in conciliation, self-employed drivers would be excluded temporarily from the directive - until 23 March 2009 - but the Commission would present a report at the latest two years before that date, analysing the likely consequences of their exclusion. Based on the conclusions of this report, the Commission would recommend either the inclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of the Directive or their exclusion from it, and would present a legislative proposal accordingly.

The Commission report, presented in May 2007, highlighted the different ways in which the provisions of the directive were interpreted and implemented in the various Member States, and pointed out that this could result in distortions of competition and differences in the minimum social standards applied across Member States. It said that difficulties were arising in particular from an unclear distinction between mobile workers and self-employed drivers. This had led to enforcement problems and the risk of an increasing number of 'false' self-employed drivers (i.e. drivers who are not tied to an employer by an employment contract, so that they do not fall within the scope of the directive, but who in reality are not free to work for more than one client).

The Commission report concluded that there was not a decisive case for including self-employed drivers under the directive, but that it was important to address the issue of definitions and make it clear through an appropriate amendment that the notion of mobile worker covered by the directive should also include 'false' self-employed drivers. The legislative proposal amending the 2002 directive along these lines was unveiled by the Commission in 2008.

The proposal was examined in committee during the 6th parliamentary term and a report was tabled but referred back to committee by the plenary in May 2009. At the start of the 7th parliamentary term the committee appointed a new rapporteur, who drew up a draft report that was rejected in committee (for more information see the background note dated 29/09/2009). The committee was therefore required to draw up a new report, which it adopted on 28/04/2010. The new report recommended that the proposal be rejected by Parliament (see first paragraph).

In adopting this report, the committee therefore reiterated Parliament's previous opposition to the idea of exempting self-employed drivers from Directive 2002/15/EC.

2010/02/16
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2009/12/18
   EP - Committee draft report
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2009/10/22
   EP -
2009/10/19
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2009/09/29
   all - Additional information
Details

At the start of the 7th parliamentary term following the European Parliament elections in June 2009, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs appointed Edit BAUER (PPE, SK) rapporteur on this issue. At its meeting of 29 September 2009 the committee voted narrowly - by 25 votes to 24, with no abstentions - to reject the draft report, which proposed that Parliament should reject the Commission proposal.

As a result of its rejection of the draft report, the committee is required to draw up a new report on the proposal, to be submitted to plenary in due course. It should be noted that the procedure is still in the first reading stage, as Parliament has not yet adopted a legislative resolution on the proposal.

2009/07/24
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2009/07/21
   EP -
2009/05/05
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2009/05/05
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted an amendment calling for the rejection, under the first reading of the codecision procedure, of 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.

As the Commission did not withdraw its proposal, the issue was referred back to the committee responsible, under Rule 52(3) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.

MEPs proposed to reject the proposal on the grounds that it contradicted Parliament's demands for the full inclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of the Directive after the transitional period by 23 March 2009. They also felt that it contradicted the motion for a resolution adopted by the European Parliament in October 2008 which reaffirmed that it is in the general interest that the rules on working time, driving times and rest periods for both mobile workers and self-employed drivers should be properly applied in order to improve the health and safety protection of persons performing mobile road transport activities, improve road safety and align conditions of competition.

2009/05/04
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2009/03/30
   CSL - Debate in Council
Details

The Council reached, in a public deliberation, a general approach on a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.

When adopting Directive 2002/15/EC, the Council and the European Parliament agreed that it would in principle apply to all self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009 and the Commission was requested to present both institutions with a report at the latest two years before that date, followed by a legislative proposal. The Commission accordingly presented its proposal to amend Directive 2002/15/EC in October 2008.

The text approved by the Council, in line with the principles of the Commission proposal, foresees that self-employed workers are to be excluded from the scope of the Directive. However, this should be without prejudice to the right of Member States to include those drivers and apply the provisions of Directive 2002/15/EC to them.

In March 2009, the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee rejected the Commission's proposal. It will be submitted for vote in a plenary session in May 2009.

Documents
2009/03/30
   CSL - Council Meeting
2009/03/24
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2008/10/21
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2008/10/15
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities to enhance clarity, readability and enforceability of the current rules by providing a more precise definition of mobile workers including so called 'false' self-employed drivers.

PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.

BACKGROUND: Directive 2002/15/EC became applicable on 23 March 2005. Its common rules ensure minimum social protection standards for mobile workers in the road transport sector and are perceived as an important step towards improving the health and safety protection of mobile workers in the sector.

When adopting the Directive after a conciliation procedure, Council and Parliament agreed that it should in principle apply to self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009. In addition, the Commission is requested to present a report at the latest two years before that date to the European Parliament and the Council, followed by a legislative proposal based on the report, which would either define the modalities for the inclusion or exclude the self-employed drivers from the scope of the Directive.

The Commission report concluded that there was not a decisive case for including self-employed drivers under the directive, but that it was important to address the issue of definitions and make them clear through an appropriate amendment that the notion of mobile worker covered by the directive also included the so-called 'false' self-employed drivers.

CONTENT: the proposal introduces the following modifications without changing the overall purpose of the directive, namely social protection of workers and those who are assimilated to workers under the social rules in road transport. In particular, it:

clarifies the scope : the Directive applies to all mobile workers as defined in Article 3(d) including the so called 'false' self-employed drivers, i.e. those drivers who are officially self-employed, but in fact are not free to organise their working activities. It does not cover genuine self-employed drivers who are not in the scope of the Directive; maintains the definition of 'working time' applicable to all drivers covered by the directive , but deletes the definition of "working time" for self-employed drivers as they fall out of the scope. In order to tackle the phenomenon of so called false self-employed, a more precise definition of 'mobile workers' is added and it makes the definition of "night work" applicable in practice; introduces common principles designed to ensure greater transparency and effectiveness of national enforcement regimes, common understanding of the rules and their equitable application; calls for greater cooperation between Member States' relevant authorities responsible for enforcement as well as for support from the Commission to facilitate the dialogue between enforcers and industry and between Member States to ensure common approach to the implementation of working time rules. All this aims at improving compliance with the Community rules and consequently at contributing to EU transport policy objectives.

2008/10/15
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2008/10/15
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2008/10/14
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities to enhance clarity, readability and enforceability of the current rules by providing a more precise definition of mobile workers including so called 'false' self-employed drivers.

PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.

BACKGROUND: Directive 2002/15/EC became applicable on 23 March 2005. Its common rules ensure minimum social protection standards for mobile workers in the road transport sector and are perceived as an important step towards improving the health and safety protection of mobile workers in the sector.

When adopting the Directive after a conciliation procedure, Council and Parliament agreed that it should in principle apply to self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009. In addition, the Commission is requested to present a report at the latest two years before that date to the European Parliament and the Council, followed by a legislative proposal based on the report, which would either define the modalities for the inclusion or exclude the self-employed drivers from the scope of the Directive.

The Commission report concluded that there was not a decisive case for including self-employed drivers under the directive, but that it was important to address the issue of definitions and make them clear through an appropriate amendment that the notion of mobile worker covered by the directive also included the so-called 'false' self-employed drivers.

CONTENT: the proposal introduces the following modifications without changing the overall purpose of the directive, namely social protection of workers and those who are assimilated to workers under the social rules in road transport. In particular, it:

clarifies the scope : the Directive applies to all mobile workers as defined in Article 3(d) including the so called 'false' self-employed drivers, i.e. those drivers who are officially self-employed, but in fact are not free to organise their working activities. It does not cover genuine self-employed drivers who are not in the scope of the Directive; maintains the definition of 'working time' applicable to all drivers covered by the directive , but deletes the definition of "working time" for self-employed drivers as they fall out of the scope. In order to tackle the phenomenon of so called false self-employed, a more precise definition of 'mobile workers' is added and it makes the definition of "night work" applicable in practice; introduces common principles designed to ensure greater transparency and effectiveness of national enforcement regimes, common understanding of the rules and their equitable application; calls for greater cooperation between Member States' relevant authorities responsible for enforcement as well as for support from the Commission to facilitate the dialogue between enforcers and industry and between Member States to ensure common approach to the implementation of working time rules. All this aims at improving compliance with the Community rules and consequently at contributing to EU transport policy objectives.

Documents

Activities

AmendmentsDossier
200 2008/0195(COD)
2009/01/28 EMPL 80 amendments...
source: PE-418.144
2010/02/03 TRAN 22 amendments...
source: PE-438.445
2010/02/09 EMPL 98 amendments...
source: PE-431.178

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  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy meeting_id: 2935 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2935*&MEET_DATE=30/03/2009 date: 2009-03-30T00:00:00
docs
  • date: 2008-10-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2008/2631/COM_SEC(2008)2631_EN.pdf title: SEC(2008)2631 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=2631 title: EUR-Lex type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC
  • date: 2008-10-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2008/2632/COM_SEC(2008)2632_EN.pdf title: SEC(2008)2632 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=2632 title: EUR-Lex type: Document attached to the procedure body: EC
  • date: 2009-03-24T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.eesc.europa.eu/EESCDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:0619)(documentyear:2009)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CES0619/2009 type: Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body: ESC
  • date: 2009-07-24T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE427.237 title: PE427.237 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2009-12-18T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE431.059 title: PE431.059 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2010-02-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE430.999 title: PE430.999 committee: TRAN type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2010-137&language=EN title: A7-0137/2010 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
events
  • date: 2008-10-15T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0650/COM_COM(2008)0650_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0650 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2008&nu_doc=650 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities to enhance clarity, readability and enforceability of the current rules by providing a more precise definition of mobile workers including so called 'false' self-employed drivers. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: Directive 2002/15/EC became applicable on 23 March 2005. Its common rules ensure minimum social protection standards for mobile workers in the road transport sector and are perceived as an important step towards improving the health and safety protection of mobile workers in the sector. When adopting the Directive after a conciliation procedure, Council and Parliament agreed that it should in principle apply to self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009. In addition, the Commission is requested to present a report at the latest two years before that date to the European Parliament and the Council, followed by a legislative proposal based on the report, which would either define the modalities for the inclusion or exclude the self-employed drivers from the scope of the Directive. The Commission report concluded that there was not a decisive case for including self-employed drivers under the directive, but that it was important to address the issue of definitions and make them clear through an appropriate amendment that the notion of mobile worker covered by the directive also included the so-called 'false' self-employed drivers. CONTENT: the proposal introduces the following modifications without changing the overall purpose of the directive, namely social protection of workers and those who are assimilated to workers under the social rules in road transport. In particular, it: clarifies the scope : the Directive applies to all mobile workers as defined in Article 3(d) including the so called 'false' self-employed drivers, i.e. those drivers who are officially self-employed, but in fact are not free to organise their working activities. It does not cover genuine self-employed drivers who are not in the scope of the Directive; maintains the definition of 'working time' applicable to all drivers covered by the directive , but deletes the definition of "working time" for self-employed drivers as they fall out of the scope. In order to tackle the phenomenon of so called false self-employed, a more precise definition of 'mobile workers' is added and it makes the definition of "night work" applicable in practice; introduces common principles designed to ensure greater transparency and effectiveness of national enforcement regimes, common understanding of the rules and their equitable application; calls for greater cooperation between Member States' relevant authorities responsible for enforcement as well as for support from the Commission to facilitate the dialogue between enforcers and industry and between Member States to ensure common approach to the implementation of working time rules. All this aims at improving compliance with the Community rules and consequently at contributing to EU transport policy objectives.
  • date: 2008-10-21T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2009-03-30T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2935*&MEET_DATE=30/03/2009 title: 2935 summary: The Council reached, in a public deliberation, a general approach on a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. When adopting Directive 2002/15/EC, the Council and the European Parliament agreed that it would in principle apply to all self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009 and the Commission was requested to present both institutions with a report at the latest two years before that date, followed by a legislative proposal. The Commission accordingly presented its proposal to amend Directive 2002/15/EC in October 2008. The text approved by the Council, in line with the principles of the Commission proposal, foresees that self-employed workers are to be excluded from the scope of the Directive. However, this should be without prejudice to the right of Member States to include those drivers and apply the provisions of Directive 2002/15/EC to them. In March 2009, the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee rejected the Commission's proposal. It will be submitted for vote in a plenary session in May 2009.
  • date: 2009-05-04T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090504&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2009-05-05T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The European Parliament adopted an amendment calling for the rejection, under the first reading of the codecision procedure, of 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. As the Commission did not withdraw its proposal, the issue was referred back to the committee responsible, under Rule 52(3) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. MEPs proposed to reject the proposal on the grounds that it contradicted Parliament's demands for the full inclusion of self-employed drivers within the scope of the Directive after the transitional period by 23 March 2009. They also felt that it contradicted the motion for a resolution adopted by the European Parliament in October 2008 which reaffirmed that it is in the general interest that the rules on working time, driving times and rest periods for both mobile workers and self-employed drivers should be properly applied in order to improve the health and safety protection of persons performing mobile road transport activities, improve road safety and align conditions of competition.
  • date: 2009-09-29T00:00:00 type: Additional information body: all summary:
  • date: 2009-10-19T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
  • date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2010-137&language=EN title: A7-0137/2010
  • date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20100615&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2010-221 title: T7-0221/2010 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 383 votes to 263 with 23 abstentions, a legislative resolution rejecting the proposal for a directive on amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organization of working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. The Parliament calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal and take appropriate steps together with Parliament to submit a new proposal.
  • date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3024*&MEET_DATE=24/06/2010 title: 3024 summary: The Commission informed the Council about the rejection by the European Parliament of the proposal for a modified directive on the working time of mobile road transport workers. The Parliament did not accept the exclusion of self-employed workers from the scope of the directive. Given this situation, the Commission announced that it would withdraw its proposal. Consequently the current directive remains applicable.
  • date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00 type: Proposal withdrawn by Commission body: EC summary: As announced in Official Journal C 225 of 30 July 2011, the Commission decided to withdraw this proposal, which had become obsolete.
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  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title: Mobility and Transport commissioner: KALLAS Siim
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  • date: 2008-10-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2008/0650/COM_COM(2008)0650_EN.pdf title: COM(2008)0650 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52008PC0650:EN body: EC type: Legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title: Mobility and Transport Commissioner: KALLAS Siim
  • date: 2008-10-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: EMPL date: 2009-07-21T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE name: BAUER Edit body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: S&D name: EL KHADRAOUI Saïd body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN
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  • date: 2009-05-04T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090504&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2009-05-05T00:00:00 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2009-09-29T00:00:00 body: all type: Additional information
  • date: 2009-10-19T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: EMPL date: 2009-07-21T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE name: BAUER Edit body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: S&D name: EL KHADRAOUI Saïd body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN
  • date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: EMPL date: 2009-07-21T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE name: BAUER Edit body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: S&D name: EL KHADRAOUI Saïd body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2010-137&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A7-0137/2010 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: EMPL date: 2009-07-21T00:00:00 committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE name: BAUER Edit body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: S&D name: EL KHADRAOUI Saïd body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20100615&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2010-221 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0221/2010 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • body: CSL meeting_id: 3024 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3024*&MEET_DATE=24/06/2010 type: Debate in Council title: 3024 council: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00 type: Council Meeting
  • date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00 body: EC type: Proposal withdrawn by Commission commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title: Mobility and Transport Commissioner: KALLAS Siim
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: TRAN date: 2009-10-22T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: S&D name: EL KHADRAOUI Saïd
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN
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  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title: Mobility and Transport commissioner: KALLAS Siim
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