Activities of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2017/0122(COD)
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs PDF (980 KB) DOC (164 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Passenger transport is fundamentally different from freight transport. Bus drivers are in close contact with their passengers and need flexibility for taking their breaks but without lengthening driving times or reducing rest periods and breaks.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Technological development allows for a differentiated usage of the vehicle without requiring the full attention of the driver for driving.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The legislative framework on driving and rest times should not act as a barrier to the introduction of autonomous driving systems and new operational opportunities such as truck platooning. Knowledge gained from future tests and trials will be essential to further clarify how legislation should be adapted to allow for innovative changes.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) In Article 4, new point ra is added: "´autonomous driving systems’ is the systems responsible for driving the vehicle according to the task to be performed defined according to UNECE legislation."
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 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/EC, in accordance with Article 34(5)(b)(iii) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014. This record shall be entered either manually on a record sheet, a printout or by use of manual input facilities on recording equipment or digitally once new technologies are available.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(3a) In paragraph 6, new paragraph 5 a is added: (5a) A driver may record the period during which an autonomous driving system is activated as ‘other work’, provided that the driver is not involved in the active manoeuvre of the vehicles.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 (new)
In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: "A driver in passenger transport must take a break of at least 45 minutes after a driving period of four and a half hours. This break may be replaced by breaks of at least 15 minutes each, which shall be fitted into the driving time or immediately after in such a way as to comply with paragraph 1."
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – introductory part
(5 a) In Article 8, introductory part of paragraph 6a shall be replaced by the following: "6a. By way of derogation from paragraph 6, a driver engaged in a single occasional service of international carriage of passengers, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, may postpone the weekly rest period for up to 12 consecutive 24-hour periods following a previous regular weekly rest period, provided that: " Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561)
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – Paragraph 6a – Point (a)
Article 8 – Paragraph 6a – Point (a)
(a) the serv5 b) Article lasts at least 24 consecutive hours in a Member State or a third country to which this Regulation applies other than the one in which the service started; 8, paragraph 6a point (a) is deleted: "" Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R0561)
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a a (new)
(a a) In Article 8, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "6aa. Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, a driver engaged in occasional carriage of passengers, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and the of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, may depart from Article8(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 8(6) and postpone, at most twice per week, daily resting time by one hour, provided that the daily rest period taken after making use of the derogation lasts for at least 9 hours."
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8, paragraph 7
Article 8, paragraph 7
(b a) in Article 8 (7), the following paragraph is added: By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in the case of occasional passenger services any rest taken as a compensation for a reduced weekly rest period shall be attached to another rest period of at least nine hours or a weekly rest period of at least 45 hours.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
Article 8 – paragraph 8 b
8b. A transport undertaking shall organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to spend at least one regular weekly rest period or a weekly rest of more than 45 hours taken in compensation for reduced weekly rest at home within each period of three consecutive weeks."; The competent authorities should carry out specific and thorough inspections to check compliance with said paragraph;
Amendment 375 #
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. Paragraph 8a of this Article shall not apply as long as the revised 2013 TEN-T guidelines have not been implemented, which foresee rest areas on motorways approximately every 100 km in order to provide appropriate parking space for commercial road users with adequate sleeping and sanitary facilities and an appropriate level of safety and security.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Provided that road safety is not thereby jeopardised, the driver may depart from Article 8(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 8(6) to be able to reach a suitable accommodation as referthe operations centre whered to in Article 8(8a) to take a daily or weekly rest there. Such a departure shall not result in exceeding daily or weekly driving times or shortening daily or weekly rest periodhe employer is based or home, being able to operate after the sixth day and always complying with driving times. The driver shall indicate the reason for such departure manually on the record sheet of the recording equipment or on a printout from the recording equipment or in the duty roster, at the latest on arrival at the suitable accommodation.
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(7 a) Article 13 (b) is replaced by the following: "vehicles used or hired, without a driver, by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or, fishery or construction undertakings for carrying goods as part of their own entrepreneurial activity within a radius of up to 100 km from the base of the undertaking; (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:5cf5ebde-d494-40eb-86a7-" Or. en 2131294ccbd9.0005.02/DOC_1&format=PDF)
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – subparagraph 1
(7 b) In Article 13, the first subparagraph of point (d) is replaced by the following: "(d) vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes used by unany deliversaly service providers as defined in Article 2(13) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (17) to deliver items as part of the universal service. to perform last mile delivery services." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0165)
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(7 a) In Article 13, paragraph 1, the following point is inserted: "(pa) vehicles used for the delivery of off- grid heating fuels operating within a radius of 100 km."
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(7 c) In Article 13, paragraph 1, the following point is added: "(pa) vehicles or combination of vehicles used for own-account transport which are used within a 100 km radius from the base of the undertaking and on the condition that driving the vehicle does not constitute the driver's main activity;"
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point p b (new)
(7 d) In Article 13, paragraph 1, the following point is added: "(pb) vehicles paragraph used for carrying asphalt and ready-mixed concrete to construction sites;"
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 14 – Paragraph 2
Article 14 – Paragraph 2
2. In urgent cases Member States may grant, under exceptional circumstances, a temporary exception for a period not exceeding 30 days, which shall be duly justified and notified immediately to the Commission.;
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 165/2014
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
a) In Article 8(1), the following fourth intend is added: "- every time the autonomous driving system activates or deactivates"