COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/695

of 2 May 2022

laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the common formula for calculating the risk rating of transport undertakings

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on minimum conditions for the implementation of Regulations (EC) No 561/2006 and (EU) No 165/2014 and Directive 2002/15/EC as regards social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC (1), and in particular Article 9(1), second subparagraph thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Effective and cost-efficient enforcement of the Union road transport legislation is of paramount importance for improving road safety, drivers’ working conditions and social protection and ensuring fair competition between road transport undertakings.

(2) National risk rating systems introduced by Member States to better target controls at undertakings with high-risk rating are based on different national calculation methods. This hampers comparability and exchange of information on risk scores in the context of cross-border enforcement.

(3) Article 9(1), second subparagraph of Directive 2006/22/EC requires the Commission to establish, by means of implementing acts, a common formula for calculating the risk rating of an undertaking.

(4) In establishing this formula, the Commission should take into account all infringements susceptible to affect the risk rating of the undertakings, which includes infringements of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), of national provisions transposing Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and the infringements specified in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).

(5) The common formula should take into account the number, gravity and frequency of occurrence of infringements, the results of controls where no infringement has been detected and whether a road transport undertaking has been using the smart tachograph, pursuant to Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014, on all its vehicles.

(6) The common formula for calculating the risk rating of an undertaking should contribute significantly to the harmonisation of enforcement practices throughout the Union, by ensuring that all drivers and transport undertakings are treated equally as regards checks and sanctions under the applicable Union rules.

(7) Where the measures provided for in this Regulation entail the processing of personal data, they should be carried out in accordance with Union law on the protection of personal data and privacy, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), and, where applicable, Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7).

(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee established by Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The common formula for calculating the risk rating of a transport undertaking and the requirements for its application are laid down in the Annex.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 May 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, p. 45.

(2) 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 and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1).

(3) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 1).

(4) Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 35).

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 51).

(6) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).

(7) Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37).