8 Amendments of Miltiadis KYRKOS related to 2017/0122(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Good working conditions for drivers and fair business conditions for road transport undertakings are of paramount importance to creating a safe, efficient and socially accountable road transport sector, which is able to attract qualified workers and ensure a wide-level playing field across Europe. To facilitate that process it is essential that the Union social rules in road transport are clear, fit for purpose, easy to apply and to enforce and implemented in an effective and consistent manner throughout the Union.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) In order to improve road safety and the working conditions of drivers, the scope of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should cover drivers of vehicles for the transport of goods with a permissible mass of more than 2,4 tonnes.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
-1a Article 2, paragraph 1, point a is amended as follows: "(a) of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,52,4 tonnes, or " Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561&from=EN)
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
A driver shall record as other work any time spent as described in Article 4(e) as well as any time spent driving a vehicle used for commercial operations not falling within the scope of this Regulation, and shall record any periods of availability, as defined in Article 3(b) of Directive 2002/15/EC15(3)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, sin accordance with Article 34(5)(b)(iii) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014ce his last daily or weekly rest period. This record shall be entered either manually on a record sheet, a printout or by use of manual input facilities on recording equipment.;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
A driver engaged in multi-manning may decide to take a break of 45 minutes in aperiod of 45 minutes of a driver’s period of availability shall be considered as a break in the case of a driver engaged in multi-manning in a moving vehicle driven by another driver provided that the driver taking the break is not involved in assisting the driver driving the vehicle.;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
-a In Article 8, new paragraph 2 a is inserted: "2a. By way of derogation, a driver engaged in occasional coach services, as the latter’s define in Regulation (ΕC) No 1073/2009 can increase to 16 hours the maximum daily duty time, provided that this applies maximum twice between two weekly rest periods. By way of derogation, drivers who are the owners of vehicles carrying out freight transport and who are also transport undertaking as defined in Article 4p can increase to 16 hours the maximum daily duty time, provided that this applies maximum twice between two weekly rest periods."
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In Article 8, paragraph 6, new subparagraph 3 should be added: "By way of derogation, a driver engaged in international goods transport operation, as established in Regulation(EC) 1072/2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market, could postpone his weekly rest period up to nine (9) periods of 24 hours after the end of the previous daily rest period, provided that: (a) International transport operations should include at least 24 consecutive hours in a Member State that is not the country where the undertaking is established. (b) Once the exception granted, driver should take a regular weekly rest period within the Member State where the undertaking is established. (c)The regular weekly rest period provided in paragraph b) should be increased by one hour for each period of three hours (or fraction) exceeded by the driver in the six 24-hour period after the end of the previous weekly rest period."
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(c a) In Article 8, new paragraph 9 a is added: (9a) Member States shall issue an annual report to the European Commission on the availability of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities on their national territory, from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The European Commission shall, by [31 December 2019], present an overall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities on the TEN-T network. This report shall be updated every two years on the basis of information gathered by the European Commission and contain a list of proposed measures to increase the number and quality of suitable rest facilities for drivers and secured parking facilities. On the basis of these reports, the European Commission shall reassess whether it is necessary to propose additional measures."