2 Amendments of Willi PIECYK related to 2007/0098(COD)
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) To encourage coach tours specifically for tourists on low incomes and promote tourism in the regions there is a need to re-introduce the 12-day rule for round trips by coach (see paragraph 78 of Parliament’s Resolution of 29 November 2007). For this reason Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006, on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, should be extended accordingly.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 8 of Regulation (EG) No 561/2006: (6a) By way of derogation from the above, it shall be permissible in the case of cross- frontier occasional transport to allow the weekly rest period to begin no later than at the end of twelve 24-hour periods after the previous weekly rest period. In such cases two regular, or one regular and one reduced, weekly rest periods shall be granted consecutively. The total accumulated driving time during these twelve 24-hour periods may not exceed 90 hours.