11 Amendments of Marianne VIND related to 2023/0053(COD)
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences. Member States should be allowed to contribute to the free movement of persons by altering certain restrictions on driving licences for people using new medical technologies, which minimizes or eliminates the risk connected to driving with their medical condition.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Recent years new medical technologies have contributed to improve road safety. Technologies which minimize or eliminate the risk connected to driving with specific medical conditions have been introduced to the market and implemented among patients. Monitoring technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) for people with diabetes mellitus, allows persons to effectively and continuously controlling their medical conditions thus eliminating the risk to driving connected to their disease. Furthermore technologies like CGM systems are currently being developed and improved at a rapid pace ensuring a continuously improved control of medical conditions and thereby contributing to increase road safety.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) The European Parliament by resolution 2022/2901 has called on the Commission to review the relevant occupational health and safety legal framework and the road safety legislation to avoid further discrimination of people living with diabetes.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules or sanctions and penalties Union- wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol or drugs should apply, without prejudice to the Member States’ competence to regulate drivers’ behaviour. Such stricter rules could include specific training for novice drivers in which they receive further instruction on risk awareness and could reflect on their behaviour. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid- term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory to novice drivers to improve road safety.
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Member States shallmay reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached thean age of 70at least 70 years, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States mayshall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
When renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, may instead of examination (a) Require the holder to fill in a self- assessment form covering all the medical conditions mentioned in Annex III; or (b) establish a national mechanism for competent health authorities to ensure that significant changes in the physical or mental fitness are reacted upon in order to comply with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness set out in Annex III.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall lay down rules on penalties for novice drivers who drive with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.0g/mL and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties shall be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatorystricter rules or sanctions, or both, for driving under the influence of alcohol for novice drivers than for experienced drivers and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented.
Amendment 762 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 3 – point 1
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 3 – point 1
(1) Driving licences may be issued to, or renewed for, applicants or drivers who have diabetes mellitus. When treated with medication, they shallwhich does not carry a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia, they should be subject to the normal procedure of obtaining a driving licence as defined by article 10 of this directive and thus be subject to authorised medical opinion and regular medical review, appropriate to each case, but the interval shall not exceed tfifteen years. Applicants or drivers who have diabetes mellitus and who are treated with medication which carries a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia should be subject to authorized medical opinion and regular medical review, appropriate to each case, and the interval shall not exceed ten years. National authorities may prolong the interval to fifteen years for applicants using a continuous glucose monitoring system, which allows the person to monitor the level of blood glucose precisely and continuously.
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 7 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Annex III – point 10 – paragraph 7 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Moreover, in those cases, such licences shall be issued subject to the opinion of a competent medical authority and to regular medical review, undertaken at intervals of not more than three years. National authorities may prolong the interval to five years for applicants using a continuous glucose monitoring system, which allows the person to monitor the level of blood glucose precisely and continuously.