2 Amendments of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2008/0195(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) All drivers, mobile workers and self- employed drivers are covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport. It is in the general interest that those rules on driving times and rest periods for all drivers be properly applied, their application efficiently monitored and failure to comply with the requirements of the Regulation appropriately penalised.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) In order to increase safety on the road and because of the changes in the structure of haulage, consideration should be given to extending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 to cover drivers of vehicles of less than 3.5t. which are duly used for business purposes.