EN Official Journal of the European Union L 153/28

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/1013

of 30 March 2017

drawing up the standard reporting form referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2017) 1927)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 25(2) thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Road Transport established by Article 42(1) of 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 (2),

Whereas:

(1) The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should be used as the medium through which the Member States communicate to the Commission, every 2 years, the necessary information for the preparation of a report on the implementation of that Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 and on developments in the fields covered by those acts.

(2) The standard form established by Commission Decision 2009/810/EC (3) should be repealed and a new Decision should be adopted in order to take into account, inter alia, the developments in the Union, such as the accession of Croatia, and the new rules on driving times and rest periods intervened since the adoption of that Decision.

(3) The reporting requirements established by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) which lays down minimum conditions for its implementation cover in particular information on national exceptions granted by Member States under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and more precise details on checks undertaken on vehicles.

(4) Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) complements the provisions on driving time, breaks and rest periods laid down in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(5) In accordance with Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/15/EC, a report on the implementation of that Directive should be made by the Member States every 2 years. This 2-year period coincides with that laid down in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. It is therefore appropriate for reasons of administrative convenience and effective monitoring of the impact of the Union rules in this field to make provision for the inclusion of this information on the standard form,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

1. Decision 2009/810/EC is repealed.

2. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2017. For the Commission Violeta BULC Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 1.

(3) Commission Decision 2009/810/EC of 22 September 2008 drawing up the standard reporting form referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 289, 5.11.2009, p. 9).

(4) Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 35).

(5) 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).