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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)648final
Brussels,31stOctober 1980 \
EIGTHREPORT BYTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ontheimplementation ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.543/69
of25March1969ontheharmonization ofcertain
sociallegislation relating toroadtransport
Periodcovered bythereport:1Januaryto31December 1978

CONTENTS
.INTRODUCTION
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OFINFORMATION SUPPLIED BYTHE
•MEMBER STATES
I.Organisation ofcont.ol
1.Administrative organization ofinspection .
2.Authorized inspecting officers andtheir powers
3.Methods ofinspection (place andfrequency )
. .
II.Breaches andpenalties
1.Number ofbreaches oftheRegulation
2.Infringements byTi.ationfl.ls andforeigners respectively :
comparative figures = .
3.Penalties imposed
III.Multilateral mutual assistance -between Member States and
notification ofinfringements
IV.Conclusions andsuggestions bytheMember States
1.Compliance with theprovisions oftheRegulation
2.Difficulties inchecking ontheuseofindividual control
^books ininternational transport operations
3.Proposals forchr^r inthestandard form ofreport
4.Proposals formeasures .-tofacilitate theapplication of
Regulation (EEC)a°5^5/&9
C.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -

INTRODUCTION
1. Tr-.isisthie'r'ithueneralReportont.heimplementation by
theMemberStagesofCo-acilRegulation (ESC)No»5^3/&9of25March
1969.UnderAi'tieie 17ofthisRegulation ,the-Commission is'
requiredtopresentouoh.areport'to'-the'Council?ATh"e*^igli'th:' -IteiMJrt'"-
coverstheperiod1Januaryto31December 19y$»;
2.In1978,thec-.rtgulation wasappliedinthe'United'Kingdom .to
domesticaswellasincerneiionaìtransport ;OÌ>éy^i''ìÒHà-^^'é«"^y3àn<?<B
withtheamendments arisingoutofCommission 'Decision 78/85/^ECofx
21December 1977.Inttiesameyear,consultations tookplace ^with
the-Gomsiosicm inthesmtterofi'aedraft.l«giBlati6n :'tQ::^'w|:^i»^t-Krl
theCouncilRegulation insofarssSomasti-C/l'It
Irelandpreconcerned !however ,
■-•• '- : .;effectuntilJanuary ;1979.'*,■:sfiJ-'ZtHi
3.Despite r?p-^A*defforts on-;;the
gettheKeaberStatescoprovidetheh^cessa^^l^ormatioa^i^ji^v _-■]
countries werestillveryslowin-submitting
variedastotheamountofinformation theyoofitaritted-.".•^rtfc*ittore »$<"
thefigureswerenotpresented inauniform 'f&ehioflj -.so'•"-that'""' y^Z:j\~
•Coumission isstillfindingitextremely difflpu£tffco'-draw ■*'&Y-
•>'\*&<r-"■-'*"« -J*•*
comparisons -Whilstsor/.-sMemberStateswerevefry*g^ierous w£fch;thfeir 1'
y*^ +'*2'■*statistics ,othersforwarded butahandfulofifigureusornode'-Atall*
Section Bc-Ltaiiic acomparative analysis oftheinformation
supplied oytheind'.vidual MemberStatesandSection Ctheconclusions
drawnfroratheirrtsvorUj .

COMPARATIVE ANALYSTS OF IfiivTMATTON SUPPLIED BYTHE MEMBER STATES
I.ORGANIZATION CFCONTPOL
1.Administrative organisation ofinspection , '' ■
\ "
Administrative arrangements intheFederal Republic ofGermany
the Netherlands ,Luxembourg ,the United Kingdom ,Belgium and Denmark
were described atlength inthe1977 report ,France reported that
various measures have been adopted inorder tohelp theauthorities
torecruit more staff and obtain necessary equipment .They will be
implemented instages throughout theduration oftheSeventh Five-Yeaj ;..,
Plan (lJanuary 1976 to31December 1980 ).Atthesame time ,the
Ministry ofTransport hasinvested inasemi-automatic device for
analysing tachograph ,discs .Another ofthese machines istobe - \
acquired inthe near future .. __SS
TheItalian Government hadnothing toadd tothe sparse :
information itprovided in1977 *
Ireland has atlast provided relevant information tothe
Commission .TheIrish authorities reported that they have nowmade
arrangements tomonitor theapplication oftheCommunity rules i:r:
both ontheroad anda^-operators' premises .TheDepartment of "rr
Labour isresponsible forcarrying outthis task .The "Garda Siochana "
-, •;
will carry out checks citheroad and attheports while inspectors
appointed bytheMinister forLabour will carry out checks at
operators' premises -
2. Authorized inspec tingofficers and their powers ■■
InFrance , factory inspectors (transport )and280traffic
examiners (controleui.*B dos xansports terroct^er .)were renpon-^iblo
formonitoring theimplementation ofRegulation '(>rJi1'Vo .

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These government officials carry out checks both onthe road
andatfirms' premises .Inaddition ,some 6500police and
gendarmerie motorcycle ~tscarry outroadside checks .Anyinfringements
arereported tothe relevant authorities for further action .The
"police judiciaire !!(criminal investigation department )andofficials
authorized torecord road traffic offences may impound vehicles
iftheir drivers have breached therules ondriving and rest periods
inroad transport .
In.theFederal Republic ofGermany ,as/iri1977 »Isome 2500
ι
officials (police ^the ,-BAG ,factory inspectors )-were responsible for
monitoring the employment andactivities ofroad haulage drivers
aspart oftheir wide --ranging duties . V
Thefactory inspectorate employs about 250 to300officials .
Theinspectors have thepower toconduct investigations and to
report offenders with aview totheimposition ofpenalties .The
factory inspectorate canimpose fines forbr?acfces .committed in^/
long-distance road transport .TheBAG alone -oapVimpose' -.fines -in .V. -
relation toinfringements byforeign drivers anti operators onthe .
roads oftheFederal Republic . ..." • X.
InBelgium ,checks were carried out .by2&7factory inspectorate
officials (inspectors andassistant vi/isp.ectars ).and 50-'examiners „and
inspectors from the Transport Administration .These officials were ,
invested with thesame powers as .in1977 •- • '
IntheUnited Kingdom steps were taken tofill thevacancies
referrea tointheprevious report .At31December 1978 ,thenumber
ofoff;' .-.era -hadbeen increased to226 ,compared with 217in1977 -
Thepowers ofTraffic Examiners andpolice remain unchanged and
are KGstated intheprevious report .
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The L' ii..ir uo*'ernai<ant reported that there had been no
changes .sui4"->ch?" ,r"tem ,details ofvhich ware given inthe
1973 report .
Inthe F^tiierx«uid6 ,checks are carried outbytheinspection
division ofthaKationa.' .Transport Inspectorate (Rijksverkeersinspectie )
which comes under ch«directorate-general fortransport inthe
Ministry ofTransport ,eid ^Waterways andhas atotal of173inspectors
(more than in1977 )i*?ad-ii'^ion toadministrative staff .Thefactory
and -
.inspectorate national mdlocal police also assist inconducting
checks .Where there has been aserious breach ofthe decree relating to
driving time ,officials have thepower toprohibit the driver from
-taking theroad and ,after consultation with the public prosecutor ,
-toimpound thevehicle .Thetransport operator must beat the costs .
r-kThey -have access atany time toanypremises inpursuance oftheir
duties where thi6 isconsidered necessary and they may ask tosee
•="-any --documents they require tosatisfy themselves that the decree on
a0-dr1iWng time isbeing observed .
\ - I
*-■*The Irish GoT^rnment reported that roadside checks and checks
at arecarried out fcyTraffic Comps officers (250inall).
Oneoftheir main task ,3listomonitor theimplementation' ^^social ..'
legislation relating toroad transport .Moreover ,inaddition to
•their ^normal duties ,customs and excise officers stationed at
---frontiers andports ar :al-so responsible forensuring that Regulation
"5^3/69isobserved .Finally ,four Department ofLabour inspectors
rare engaged solely in -arrying outinspections attransport operators'
-premises .-TheIrish Gcernment reported that the -powers ofofficers
--„'^nd' 4-nepe.ctors were unchanged compared with previous years .
o;r3i'&tors -orci ■? " •1 -- :
-TheItalian Government stated that checks arec"ar|ie*S put *by '*
*'(*••
traffi<L"^Qlice officers and the :factory inspectorate ,but could hot *
give figures astothenumber ofofficers involved . f '""§
»There has beoa .nochange inDenmark asregards inspectinf -
offleers since thelast report .

Acomparison ofthefigures given intheMember States reports
shows that thenumber ofofficers actually engaged ininspection
activities continues tovaryconsiderably fromonecountry tothenext .
Thus ,'the -Netherlands ,Belgium ,theUnited Kingdom andFrance have
recruited morestaff forinspection purposes .Nonewstaff have
beenrecruited inLuxembourg ,Denmark ,theFederal Republic of
Germany orIreland ,where checking hasnotalways been ;meticulously
carried out.Italy omitted oncemoretoprovide theCopi?s;Lon with
figures relating toitsinspection force ,whose maint^skisto
ensure thatRegulation 5^3/6?''isproperly implemented.'
S
3.Methods ofinspection (placeandfrequency ) .. j
InFrance ,thainspection metho ^dsusedwere tljissame -asin!
1977 .Roadside checks werecarried out-primarily to -ensure that
documentary records andmechanical instruments wereproperly used
andthat standards directly affecting road safety werebeing
observed «Thenumber ofchecks carried outatoperators' premises
was2k928in1978asagainst 17$73 .1*^^.// A.total ofi?8B2k
record ,sheets were ■" .
'^ *' :* ' '■*:-■ ,V-.'■'.*/*V 9 •
Atotal of30368.8£rews^weti <^ tke -foad ,but ,
checks carried outbytheGendarmerie ,forwhich ,nofigures are
available ,alsoledtothe_detection ofinfringements andshould be
added tothis ,total . •^.5.* t'*:v '' »
Checks inGermany werecarried out ,inthemanner described in
previous reports .laall,^8l6lchecks weremade ,ofwhich 11^+59
atoperators' presses and36702 .ontheroad .TheCommission notes
that thenumber ofclicks hasagain fallen compared with the
previov syear .

InBelgium ,,the "iu .pection sociale "(Factory Inspectorate )
wasresponsible forthebulk ofthechecks made atoperators'
premises -895inspections were conducted (59^relating toroad
haulage operations andJ01topassenger transport ).TheBelgian
t -–
Government reported transport department officers conducted
about 8300roadside checks (?200on-rOad haulage vehicles and
1100onpassenger transport vehicles ).These figures areidentical
tothose for1977 •Theru were nofigures available forroadside
checks carried outbytheGendarmerie ,Customs andother departments
but the number amounted toseveral thousand . -
■ .Inthe Netherlands ,officials ofthe National Transport
Inspectorate (seeabove )carry outregular roadside checks jthe
/police koften help with checks onmotorways byBtopping vehicles .
Jre<jj^en,t border checks arealso made .Asforchecks onheavy
^veh^^es ^thepolice ,isresponsible fortechnical natters and
theNational Inspectorate deals ,with theadministrative aspect .
Thenumber of .checks made during theperiod under review exceeded
1^0 O.Q.O. ,slightly fewer than in1977 *Inaddition tochecks atOO v. ' -
firms ^*.premises following thedetection ofinfringements during
roadsi.de checks ,National Transport Inspectorate officials
^conducted 211in-depth investigations into certain operators'
■activities .
a, ,,.^2.4.-,.. ..j■' : •• ,
«■* · *-· «-· '·.'· ν ···
^\Aain -1977 1inspection intheUnited Kingdoa took the
form ofvehicle checks ontrunk roads (twice aweek )organized
y'. ',La.-iit Li *.'.,4 .s-/a
by .the .Department ofTransport traffic areas inconjunction
with thepolice .Checks .enabout 10to15%efincoming vehicles at
ports ofentry into theUnited Kingdom were made and "silent "
checks .,also took ,place .In1978 ,178580goods vehicles werevi .«.--i... *
inspected .This /igure was tentimes higher than that for1977 asO-"*' C5 ® «- ■'
aresult oftheapplication oftheRegulation todomestic traffic .
Thefigures refer solely tothe^activities ofMinintry ofTransport
officials responsible forchecking asthere isno .rr^Antf *
ofthemeasures taken laythepolice .Nofigures wnre tfxvon for
checks onpassenger-carrying vehicles .

1'heLuxu^";;urgGovernment reported thattherehavebeenno
changesininspeccioa methodsbutasinthepastitomittedto
providefiguresrelating totheactualnumberofchecksmade.
TheDaaitiiGovernment reportedthattheFactories Inspectorat
inconjunction withthepolice,carriedoutalargenumberofwide-
rangingandsystematic checkstodetermine whethertheprovisions
ondrivingtimeand'restperiodswerebeingobserved .These
operations tooktheformofspotchecksatmajorintersections .
Inaddition ,thepolicewereabletoensurethat"theruleswere
-........ i
beingobservedinthecourseofcheckscarriedojitconnection
with;r.oad.trafficlegislatibri ."Unfortunately ,th(eDanishGovernment
Also;oait&ed/.supply .fx^r^sVi>elati'ng tothenumberof; .
checkscarried ,out.> • ;-v 'iV-Vv-' -
Monitoring oftheimplementation ofthe:Community rulesin
Italyconsists mainlyof;inspections atoperators 'premises ,to
checkwhether ;thelogbdok"anddutyrostershave-been,drawnupand
usedand'whetherthet&cTiogr^ph hasbeeninstalled ?invehicles where
thi^is'required .Inaddition ,aconstant cheok&is keptonVehicles
.on;the'' .$ff.icers.\l.n«19-7$iTmafatralL recordswere·'ϊί.'·:··:.·'·■' '"*>·'·'*·»:.ί.···..·.·**·^ ;
replaced *alGsost ; |in^utjoifl&ti& jr^p;&^£ii£;^yst :em(jusing
theV^ûciôgrâpii..V:' ;;: V*1/*«"•• J
·;*·;·*'"·».··~V% Α>**-·.*·*£♦·-><£*ί-η%·-.\ ·Λ■*· 'Λ""
•vr:...''."'v.Aê./xkl-br^vxoVLë' courseof
•; . •V '•a'«**j'Vr' .«.•_*inspectiTiné provide-d jfócl-tfhtfcrJtalifeii »£a%qu/.'5#w'i:'^i.e.at
• .••,...vJT7~T-n-1-¿%;.*•«s••irregular i;>téryals..Ôonseflù^tl ^,- kut^p^ities could
notsupplyfiguresrelating tothenumberoffirmsatwhosepremises
inspections werecarried out.

Inthetable "bel' .;f,tneCommission hasattempted toindicate the
number ofchecks carried o i 1each Member State inorder togive anidea ■
ofthescale oficspec+'ion operations inthevarious countries ,'jjhemost
detailed information wasevpplJ edbyGermany ,France andBelgium ,both from
thepoint ofview ofthe pla.cc >and rumfber ofchecks made .However ,the
result would suggest ,that thefigures relating tothenumber ofchecks
carried outdonot ,uuforianate.ly ,present aready basis forcomparison as
some countries (such asBo-giuE andtheFederal Republic )donotindicate
clearly whether they rolat .toohe^njibor ofinspection operations orthe ,
actual number ofcrews che ^:e<l.
TheCommission r-jgrets that thenumber ofchecks carried outin
theNetherlands andtheFederal Republic ofGermany islower than inthe
previous year andthat theUnit ydKingdom has still notcarried outinspections
.atfirms *premises orchecks onpassenger vehicles . '
Inanycase ,comparison onthis point isimpossible since Luxembourg
• * /
-andItaly failed tosupply figures andIreland supplied noinformation whatsoever

r^bJPCBESR' OPCHECKSCARRIED OUTIN1978
MemberState
/'Rbactside ;s;■
t • r:V^ ~
''!•JOperator *spremises
]>■'*" •••'.*
•r«:
-,fc_:– .-.-. ■■•■■- --, . ■1111 jr~ 1
Comparisons betweeh »
1977and1978 |
Germany •< < ."
0. £i'•
36.702I*4
Vi's.J._^ ----■ '--<- ,■ ., I"
I. »,.< ·.*ι. 'Κ .
Υ">'11.459
Γ..< (· .1.
---- * _ ■.. ■I
IFewerchecksin1978 .
Prance -*t.
303.6881'f" 24.928+188.824recordsheets
t ■■canalysed
■–L . J\
Morechecksin1978 *
I
- ..... _ n
Tielffiuro 8.3G02/:^
r 895Nochange |
1 r••'
Noinformation­:•'- >'• 'Noinformation
1■•.ambourg idem idem
:7ovherlanda 140.0003 211in-depth cheoks Slightly fewerchecksim
1978
UnitedKingdom■
i$u-58oí .
V.•Noinformation
■10$increase j
Denmark Noinformation (v;Noinformation
Ireland
---*''•'
i*<■.■iàé$tj :'"i.i'i
■idem
•.:.<'*1
' **1m'i1 1 11 1 1
CheckscarriedoutbytheGendarmerie shouldbeadded(figuresnotsupplied).
Nofiguresmadeavailableforcheckscarriedout;bythepolice,customsandotherdepartments ,estimatedatseveralthousand.
Figuresdrawnfromasurvey.
a *•.• •'..f*TtT •«1^ I4 « I« «t• *■Nofiguresavailable onmeasures takenbythepolice. '■/i

In£V?,nou ;•.l-.oFactoryTnupeoto-rte detected106.063breach finthe
courseofroadside chee *whilecheerse.toperators *premisesuncovered
88.540infrin^:^, -l-H.tuj,thenumbeiox"infringements detectedinthecourse
ofroadside oif-ck*ro»tfrlightlywhereastherewas-■n.dropinthemoabord«>.ected
atoperators *premises,despitethefr?.tthatmore',checkswer-5c*Tiedout.The_
lattertotalc:.',nbebrokendownasfollows:
Infringements ofRegulation 543/^9
Exceeding maximum
drivingperiod:continuous :14.819
daily 25-249
weekly .3-068
,fortrdgb.tly 1.462Infringements ofRegulation 146/70
Tachograph discs
unsuitable ornotof
approved type:
Information onrecord
sheetsincomplete1.965
9.223
Insufficient daixyres.
ornoneatall:
Total32-759 -
77*357.11.193
Ther3was-ixrao^es :2inxhenumberofinfringements do+'jcteciintne
federalRepubli'ofGcrmu-Vjalthoughfewercheckswer<rcarried The
gramberof'infi :=rlsoPogi-lation 543/69rosetoabout59..200,ofwhich
§6.200relatedtogoodstransport andabout3.000topassengertransport,
furiously/onlysix-infringen>ents ofRegulation 1A63/70andtheAETRweredetected
About30.200ofthe5?,200irsringsments concernedrulesonworkingtime,and
about23.000oo^oorr :^r:.Jesregarding therenordrtobek®FI:*
Tj?°fcabxeoel'iv~'"«ha

■«
Brf.-.v •^p-niafton 543/69inthe-FederalRepublic ofGermany
xticle Goodsir-: -or-;
"National
~JL, -JU
7/1 3.760
'7/2:10.223
7/4: I185
7/1 l2.000
(Vehicles
notreferred .
toinArt.6)1
7/3'\1.351
7/4 45
8 2.793
11/1.6.633
i1/2
12. 76
14/1 16.762
;4/2. 7.905
-7 ' • •
iag.I463/7O-
:5/i '■• 6
b/3 '.7orc".ga
2
347'.
565 :
14
72
74
'.1
384
835
•6
134
2.122
9
3r~Passenger Transport
Regularservices .
National
57
10
"4
57
11
46
549
4
1
29
2Occs.sional services
Foreign INational 5Foreign
13
14
1
327
426 .
12
162
445
.59
'95"
523;

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InBelgium,thefailiii+'1mijutferofinfringements deteotedin1977
wasnotrepe^+-dm1J73.However.i-icre& 'meminimal.In'I?*075.
checksuncovered c}Oiiiii'ringemeiv .sfc-j&jredwith9*195checksand.;'3-5infringe­
mentsin1978*Avofcalof525infri'^SBvsuts weredetectedinconnecionwith .
goodstransport operations (378"bytb'atransport department and147the-
factoryinspectorate );tL.afactoryinspectoral;' *alsodeteoted 20infringements
inregularpassenger transport operations and9inconnection withooos"■->nal'
passenger transport .
BreachesofRegulation 543/69inBelgium
Goodstransport |
Article Breaches
-r *
7/1 2
7/2
iu.■;
3 ' '
!11■■■.. 21'■'
i
I12
H I0
.14/1 276
!14/2 14 l
j-14/7 40 .
14/8' :'19 -\
]Annex4 {. 1 .
î~/I 11 *11 »
15/2 | 0
16 (1) 43
~Reg.1643/70(2) 52
525 •j
(1;Vehicles !uotfittedwithrecord: *
(2)Vaòiclos '"i"j+oa•«1rv'-j'O.,-.5;.,•\./'leni;"(r.-rioursiraftiitt -emoirts)«•

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Regularpassenge :services
|ArticleBreaches '
15 10I
U/2 3
H/7 3
14/8
20j
Itshould "be"borneinmindthatallthefirmscheckedwereBelgianand
allthevehicles Belgian–registered .
|Occasionaltransportservices
jArticle Breaches|
14/2 1
14/7 1
14/8 1
!T/1 1
7/2. *
7/4 1
I111
12 1
9
Unfortunately,theresponsible departments didnotstatewhetnerthe
figuresrelating topassenger transport referred ±0individual checksonbusesor
operations duringwhichseveralsuchvehicles werechecked.
Anestimated 1.000roadcheckswerecarriedout"bythetransport depart­
mentonpassenger transport operations andatotalof342infringements were
detected.Aswasthecaseforclockscarriedoutbythefactoryinspectorate ,the
Belgianauthorities dieuo'~r<.d;<■-->whethertheirfigures-related tothenumber
ofvehicles involved -ortheliu.nivii *oxchecks.

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/
'Denmarkreported ato+i'-lof577'infringements# Thisfi/ju~.*eT:vaich
relatesoxolvrrively tooffences oomriit-S' -'byI>nmifh -mtionalSi 'Vw-kadown
asfollows :
fmmm– mm*xmmmmmm wn'in■!-»n–■–wwi'W* ■ -»
BreachesofRegulation 543/69inDenmark
1! 1
IArticle jBreaches|nri 56/
8 :-8 ■•
11~ 47;
14 |!,,460:•
15 4
I 577-|y
Itisinteresting tonotethatmostofthebreaches recorded were
committed inconjunction withinfringements ofotherArticles oftheRegulation .
Nevertheless ,theinformation supplied bytheDanishGovernment showsnoevidence
ofcheckshaving "beencarriedouton-non-Danish nationals ,thusr:lingcuta
properapplication r-.ftheRegulation inthatcountry.
Irelandfailedyetagaintoforwardanyinfoiina-';ion cc.iuoming 'breaches
oftheRegulation .,^.
ThenraaLc.:'ofi..:frir>genents oftheCommunity Regulai :.r;continued to
fallinLuxembourg .Th<=>Govarnmont reportsthatthebranches rocordodinthe
tablebelowwerecomi..dt*i;ed mainly "byLuxembourg nationals inthectoornoof.
international g^odstransport operations .
BreachesofRagalo/ci.on543/59inLuxembourg
Article
6
7/2
7/4
8
11
12orO'iche-
-1,675 .
Ολ
..»•''k<
cO
- 1j
'1
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HisLuxembourg authorities alsoinformedtheCommission thatcheckson
operators andcrewmc;/.b-res&Q-sredthatbyandlargotheywerecomplying withtheir
mainobligations .
TheCommission 'isboundtoconclude ,onthe"basisoftheinformation
provided,thatchecksonforeigntransportoperatorsinLuxembourg needtostepped
up.
FiguressuppliedbytheDutchauthorities showthat68.2$ofall
infringements detectedrelatetotheuseoftheindividual controlbook(5*4$)and
thetachograph (62-8$)»
<%
; ~ - 41'
Abreakdown ofthe.infringements detectedintheNetherlands isgiven
inthetablebelowî-
BreachesofRegulation 543/69intheNetherlands
Article;«»rni>iii-|f1 1 .1 ■
Goodstransport
.....■ 11■ v
Passenger transport
1 ■
Regularservices Occasional services
--- ■ ■■ ■ ■ ....
89 *-
ih,.î'-2.518 ?
Ι-Λ'· Ι '7/?λ'·5.038 - 13
7/3,; '313 1 50
7/4,' ;«"
8 " "
I11/1 5.043-
]11/2•1° 113
12 12 7 ..2
L__1.110 24 28
14/2 1.010 25 •: 41
14/4, -15.524 24 191
I.5/I ,!i'~ -
-15/5'i! j 1 "
,6 I10.186 |1' 305
1 l -.1
! I!–-
IJj40.886" |I.»... 75° j

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Figuresrelatingto-broaches oftheRegulation detectedinthe
UnitedKingomaregiveninthetablebelow.ALittleover6.7%ofLhe
vehicles 'crocked (12016)werefr»jnHfo>cinbreachoftheReguLMi ™,.
Breaches ofRegulation 543/69intheUnitedKingdom .
Article Nationality oftheoffenders "'Vtal -,
UK ΒFR6 DKFIIRl I-L
I:NL|Olhercountries i i
6
7 22801
2 2 1\I
2285 <
8 .292I'1
i193
11 206 1 I1
i2l 1
!~i-! m;
12 142
Il
'.!■' I
ί!" !
I.·'·142
i
14/1'I
1679■
i"I
1 43.|47!31744'
14/2 6499 i1
iI
ir
i13.9■!25r­
iïz
i.S -I
''10'j6560
14/7 :781.i-* Ν
I-.
ί*
i"I781
Total»
11878 1j
:2»
I
Îj'
i2212;76l•
<
i„
fy
ls
*.7-\ ;
\\? ,!
«
!120i6
L––––ii
j. .^ii
JJ Ii-,i.i­ ;
The2tal .'TenGqvqh .m'".'i:^reported thatinmostcjsyr;in'"J^nement.^related
todocuments containing incomplete .orinaccurate informal :ion.•It»-rsicur.<l
thatinformation :-vteredondoilytachograph wasin<.:o->pi.el.e ^ndti-'1
sheetswerenot:correctly filleoin.However,no.pr-ecisefigurescoulH .bo
givensincetheautomated equipr.icrrtatttjeH'nistry ofTrrtnr.port*s-tui•"•ut.-i'•c
dataprocessinq ventreis"hotyetinonerai' >o

2.Infringements bynationalsandforeignersrespectively ;comparative
figures
FairlydetailedfiguresweresuppliedbytheUnitedKingdomGovernment
(seeTable,page16).Theresponsible authorities checked4568foreign
vehiclesanddetected138infringements (about3%).Atotalof174012UK
vehicleswerecheckedandthenumberofinfringements revealedwas11878
(6.8%).
InFrance/atotalof274121Frenchcrewsand29567foreigncrews
werecheckedontheroadin1978.Thesechecksledtothedetectionof
100778infringements byFrenchcrewsand5290bynon-French crews'.
TheFederalRepublicofGermanyagainsuppliedv.erydetailedfigures.
Non-Germandriversandtransportoperatorsaccountedforabout8.7%ofall
infringements .In1978,theresponsibleauthorities detected53990
infringements byGermancrewsand5068byforeigncrews(seeTable,page10)
InBelgium,21ofthe525infringements reportedinthegoodstransport
sectorrelatedtovehiclesregisteredinotherMemberStatesoftheCommunity
TableIbelowgivesabreakdownoftheseinfringements andTableIIa
breakdownofthe504infringements committedbyBelgians.Forpassenger
transport,TablesIIIandIVgiveabreakdownoftheinfringements committed
bynon-Belgians andBelgiansrespecitvely ;about13%ofthosedetectedwere
committedbynon-Belgians . *

18
Table I
Goods transport
Breaches ofRegulation 543 /69inBelgium by non-Belgians
: . ,–
Article Nationality oftheoffenders Total
IRL L NL FRG I DK F UK
7/11
11
14/1 •: 1 81 10
Regulation 1 * 31 1 10
|1463/70 j L_Jt ^ J___LJ
Total 0 1 4 3 3t2 21
Table II
Goocfe transport
Breaches ofRegulation 545 /69inBelgium by •Colginn nationals
,'■ ■ ■ ■ '1Article ! Breaches
I6 4
• . I
7/1- 1
7/2 21-
7/4■■20 ■ ; ■;
8 1
11 21
14/1 | ?6o . ■ !
14/2 h *.!
14/7 .40 , ; -
14/8 ■19 . ' j
14/annex 4*I •' !
! * i
15/1 > j! 11 .i
.16i 43
I ' !
I
Regul-ptiGo i'♦6.51«Q W. I
I
I
I! .5ÔA " ' '

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TableIII
Passengertransport ~n
.'BreachesofRegularion545/69inBelgiumbynon-BeIgians
Article Nationalityoftheoffenders TotaI
NL DKFRGILF UK
14/1 4 1
I5
14/2 1
■!
ii•
- r. 2
16i
2 1ï 2 1 •7
χ »
Regulation
1463/70 32 128163I17
I_:■;'1|98
Total 34 13417 3■■■■
20 3 H2•
"*r
TauleIV
Passenger
BreachesofRegulation 543/69transport
inBelgiumbyBelgiannationals
I • -- :
Artieie Breaches
14/1 '■.' ■33
14/2 : 12
16 i
Regulation 1463/70• 155 ...
I-'■-■-- ■ I .230 ■ |
?

Thedetailedtablesentin"bytheDutchauthorities shows
that40959infringements yerecommittedbyDutchcrewsand771,i.e.
about2.'%byforeigndrews(littlechangefrom1977).
BreachesofRegulation 543/69intheNetherlands
Article Nationality ofoffenders
NL ΒDKFR6 UKFIOther
countries
6 87I
!2mm
I
I.'
7/1 2.449 15317 374|'■.
7/2 4921 55423 378
7/3 341 1044-113
7/4 *3mm-■■
I**--
8mm
11/1 4892 67532 3764
11/2 100 182j•1*
12 21
14/1 1143 76222
14/2 1073 | 1 2 - -
14/4 15672 14 138.113mm
15/1 1
15/5 1■.- -
16 10215 155 7327501511
Total 40959 34133148 !I
l.
121793523
ItalyandIrelanddidnotsupplyinformation .Luxembourg andDenmark
againfailedtodistinguish betweennationalsandnon-nationals .

INFRINGEMENTS
ro
| Numberofinfringementsdetected
•i : ––:,
BynationalsoftheMemberStateconcerned^ ByforeigriersÉ
j
TOTAL
«■■■■* Passenger Passenger
Goods ~T !~~Goods ""
Regular Occasional Regular Occasional
FederalRepublic
ofSermany51.759(1) 251(1) 2077C1) 4568
________50 650 59355
Frarace100788(2) 5290(2)
88540(3)194608
r ;
Belcpum |504 'Λ.
259 21 112 j896
!Itally ^ 'Nodetailssupplied j
iLuxsmt-urg
l6966(4) i
!|6966
». ~"
|f....-rinds.;40369I
92
.i.664681 2 88|41896
i
....,
!JniiedKingdom 11878.138 |12016
i
)emmark 577(5)577
îiIrc^and
iNodetailssupplied
(1)IncludingforeignerswheretheLanderwereunabletoprovideseparatefigures.
(2)>Detectedontheroad-nodistinction betweengoodsandpassengertransportoperatiQns.
(3)Allinfringements detectedinthecourseofchecksatoperators'premises~nobreakdown.
(4MainlycommittedbyLuxembourgnationalsengagedininternational transportoperations.
i!(5;Figurerelatesexclusivelytoinfringements byDanishnationals.

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TheCommission hasdrawnupacomparative table(seeprevious page)
oftheinfringements detected.Althoughthefiguressupplied bythe
MemberStatesIndicatethatthesituation hascontinued toimprovesince
1977itisunfortunately notalwayspossible todrawvalidcomparisons .
Themethodofrecording datashouldbefurtherstandardised andthere
shouldbeamore-uniformpresentation ofthefiguressothattheCommission
cangaugemoreeffectively theprogress beingmadetowardsharmonization .
Unfortunately ,Germany wastheonlycountrytomentioninfringements
oftheAETR.ThefactthattheMemberStatesarenotmonitoring theimple­
mentation ofthisEuropean Agreement isperhapslargelyduetothedif-"
ferences betweentheprovisions oftheAETRandthoseofRegulation 543/69.
Bethatasitmay,theAETRwasincorporated irvCommunity legislation on
1January 1978(seeCouncilDecision No2829/77of12.12.1977 ,OJNoL334/1
of24.11.'1977)inconformity withArticle2(2)ofRegulation 543/69.
*
3.Penalties imposed
Theinformation supplied wassomultifarious astomakeprecise
evaluation practically impossible .
AsfarasBelgiumisconcerned,previous reportshavealreadyset
outthereasonsfortheconsiderable time-lag betweentheinstitution of
proceedings andthepassingofsentences.Thesereport^showthatthelist
ofofficial reports madeovertheyearandtheactionknowntohavebeen
takenbythetimesubmissions forthisreportweredueonlygiveapartial
pictureoftheactualsituation asregardspenalties imposed.Inthegoods
transport sector,forexample,525infringements gaveriseto407official
reportsbutpenalties wereimposedinonlythreecases.Inpassenger trans­
port,342official reportsweremadebutnopenalties wereimposedbythe
courts. •
./..

Officialreportsandactiontaken •-goodstransportoperations
...Numberof No Outof Penalties IFollow-i
officiai|further Court Acquittals imposed up
Reports I■action ||settlemerits |bycourts|unknown
2 1Im
7/1 1I1'
7/2i1-' 1' -
14/1 276 . 24 37 1 ■1 213.
14/2I15 1 14
14/8'2 2
Annex 11
16/8 35 1 34
Regulation■
|1463/70 ||74-[2 ||4 |2I66
Total
'407 28 431!3 332
rV:,1
T*')
Officialreportsandactiontaken-passengertransportoperations
IflrfîrIaINumberof No iloutof !Penalties IFollow-
in*wiwofficiai|further Court Acquittals imposed up
L_J|reports,»]action j[sattlements | |bycourts [unknown [
11/1 - "
14/1 38 4 34
14/2 14 I .14
14/7 -
14/8
16 37 ■2■7 28
Regulation '-
|1463/702536 I10 237
Total 3421
*-> ■ I12 j17 0 0 313
Surprisingly andregrettably,conspicuously fewpenaltieswereimposed
inBelgiumin1978.

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ThetablebelowIllustrates thesituation InthePederalRepublic of
Germany in1978:
Î.
Penalties imposed onGermancrewmembersintheFederalRepublic
;ypeofpenalty| Number
Comparison with1977
19771978 .
Oralwarning (withoutfine)
Writtenwarning (without
fine)668K
I7039
358J7543-j
4ul7957
»morewarnings
Warning andcautionary fine
a)operators
b)crewmembers4'486")
8049J25353805;
6862,^10667 fewerwarnings
Administrative order
imposing fine
.a)operators
j?)crewmembers ,1^1785,-47811
12369«\17150 fewerfinesimposed
£ourtproceedings
instituted
V]-Two One,
II.Inaddition,230writtenwarnings wereissued,ofwhich53tooperators
and177tocrewmembers.
Penalties imposedonforeigncrewmembersintheFederalRepublic ofGermany
iAdministrative or­
derimposing fine! 7T'
WarningsWarnings with
cautionary fine
19771978 jtrendj1977i!1978 Ijtrend1977 Τ978trend
1429617483 930 1027 16308 17696Formaiwarning
withoutfine
1977
18321978
823trend
TheBAGisaloneresponsible forimposing finesonforeigncrewmembers
andoperators wheninfringements occurontheroadsoftheFederalRepublic of
Germany.Thisbodyimposed atotalof17483fines(asagainst 14296in1977).
Inaddition,1027warnings (930in1977),823formalwarnings withoutfine
(1832in1977)and17696warnings withcautionary fine(16308in1977)wereissued.
TheCommission ispleasedtonotethattherehasbeenanincrease in
thesevererfinesandwarnings .

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InFrance/atotalof14573fineswereimposedasaresultof
officials reportsdrawnupbyfactoryinspectors (transport )androad
traffic examiners .
Amount <FF) Numberoffines *
LLessthanFF40
I 4086
i|28%
FF41toFF100 4317 29,6%
FF101toFF160 2587 17-8%
FF161toFF220 ! 2088 14.3%
More;thanFF220 1500 10,3%
•,1' ,
Total 14573 100%
TheNetherlands onceagainsupplied averydetailed breakdown of
thefinesimposedin1978<FL1459563intotal/downon1977).The
-Commission wouldliketocongratulate theDutchauthorities ontheir
verydetailedtableswhichcouldserveasanexamplefortheother
MemberStates.
Official reportsandinspection reportsinrespectofgoodsand
passenger transport operations intheNetherlands
Country Officiai
reportsInspection
reports *Infringements Totalof
finesinOfficial reports
onwhichno
action wastaken
INetherlands 9317 40959'1456998 482
Denmark 94 !33 1 6
Belgium 80 2 341 ' 1555 * .
Federal
Republic h .32''»I:
148 410 20
United
Kingdom 4 2.12' 4
France -'41 !500 23
Italy 6 35 '100 4
Non-member '
countries 5 1 23 5•
[Total '!I9494 9 41730 |p459563551
*Nopenalties imposed ./.._

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PenaltiesimposedonDutchgoodstransportoperators
•i
ArticleOfficiai
reportsInfringementsTotal
fines
(FL)of
6 2 ■2
7/1 23 36 2190
7/2 119 171 17850
7/3 15 22 1975
11/1• 115 147 '13115
14/1 357 '364 26853
14/2 68 '338 5985
972 14/4 3027 6930 366
16 1862 4692 192278 ,
[Variousarticles I3528 27667 I805575 I
Total 9116 40369 1432793
PenaltiesimposedonDutchoperatorsinrespectofregular
passengerservices '
!
ArticleOfficiai
reportsI
InfringementsTotalof
fines
(FL)
11/2 1 1 100
12 1 Ô; ^M
1471 23 -23 1725
14/2 11 24 1205
14/4 11 16 700
16 1 1
jVariousarticles I5-. 21 590 I
Total 53 92
i4345
i ' :
I

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Penalties imposedonDutchoperators inrespectofoccasional
passenger services
Officiai!
InfringementsTotaloffinesArticlereports CFL)
7/2 1!
! 1150
11/2 3 5 275
4;
14/1' 9 9 600
14/2 2 2 150
14/4- ■93 123 8405
16 67 96 6310
Variousarticles 58 428 11440
Total 233 664 27.330
Penalties imposed onBelgiangoodstransport operators
ArticleOfficiai
reports .!
i
Inspection
reportInfringementsTotaloffines
(FL)
6
7/2
14/1
14/2
14/4
16
Variousarticles
i
I2
5
7
24
33 2
j2
6
8
64
208225
410
880
Total 71 2 288 1515
V

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PenaltiesimposedonBelgianoperatorsinrctpsctofregular
andoccasional passengerservices
ArticleOfficial
reportsInspection
report InfringementsTotaloffines
(FL)
I
Regularpasser
Various
artie'les1 I
igertranspo
1i ; :
rt
i
2
i.
Total: 1 2
Occasional pa:
16
Various
articlesssengerserv
2
6i :
ices
11
40 40
Total: 8 51 40
: ; ; ; > ; ;
PenaltiesimposedonDanishgoodstransportoperatorsinrespectof
goodstransportandoccasional passengerservices
ArticleOfficiai
reportsInspection
reportInfringementsTotaloffines
(FL)
i
Goodstranspoi
14/2
16
Various
articlesi
rt
1
1
51
3
14-
Total: 7 18
Occasional pa
14/1
Various
articlesssengertrar
2îsport
3
1i
5'
'^
10
i!'i
|Total:2 4 15

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– ., ^ IPenaltiesImposedonGermangoodstransportendoccasional passenger 1
transportoperators
ArticleOfficiai
reportsInspection
reportInfringements Totaloffines
(FL)
i
Goodstransf
11/1
14/1*
16
Various
articles
*- ■ '>ort
1
2
5
23I
I"<_
I1
2
I
8
135125\:
yt
285
;:14*;i'3Ul
Total: 31 146
i,®$rÉf
410
Occasional p
14/1
'lassenger 1
1transport
!2
PenaltiesimposedonFrenchgoodstransportoperators
Article Officiai
reportsInspection
reportInfringements Totaloffines
(FL)
'
11/1
16
Various
articles1
1
39"" I1
1
177 500
Total;
141m» 179 500

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PenaltiesimposedonItaliangoodstransportandoccasional
pessenc®rtransportoperators /
ArtieleOfficiai
reportsInspection
report!
InfringementsTotaloffines
(FL)
1
Goodstrans
Various
articlessport
5 33 100
Occasional
Various
articlesr
passenger
1transport
\2
i
PenaltiesimposedonUKgoodstransportandoccasional passenger
transportoperators
Articlei
Official
reportsInspection
reportInfringements
!Totaloffines
CFL)
H
Goodstrans
■
14/2
14/4
16sport
1
1
1 1*1
1 !
4
Total:3,_l?
Occasional
14/1
16I
;passenger
1I
transport
1 2
3
Total: 1
!1 5
■/β·

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Penalt-ksimposedongoodstransport andoccasional passenger
transportoperatorsfromnun-rr.einbercountries
Artiele.OfficiaiInspection
reportsreportInfringementsTotaloffines
<FL)
■1T ''
Goodstrensp <
Various
articles
Occasional p«
11/2
Various
articles
Total:F I
jrt
3
jssengertransport
1-
% 1
2 110
2
11
13%
\
i
i
PenaltiesimposedonDutchroadtransportoperatorsbythe
Belgianauthorities
Article^reficial
ports ]InfringementsI ■
Totaloffines
<FL)
Goodstransport
6
7/2
7/3
14/1
14/4
16
Variousarticles1
2
1
1
30
27
21■'-!
1
2
1
1
48
•;ι
33
78ι80
100
75 .
2565
1785
2665
ITotal:
iI
83 |i
164 7270
Occasional passenger
-14/4
16•i
transport
1
1j ■.i■■
1
V'
1200
Totalï 2 |2 200
Unfortunately ,Belgiumwastneonlycountrytosupplysimilar
information forDutchtransportoperators.

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TheCommissionnotesthattherewasasubstantial increaseinthenumber
ofpenaltiesimposedintheUnitedKingdomasaresultoftheextensionof
theapplication ofCommunityrules*Thissituationisreflectedinthe
followingtable: ■'~
I
. ; | • j
PenaltiesimposedintheUnitedKingdomroadtransportsector
Article Oral
warningsWritten
warnings!•
|Prohi­bitions
iCases
prosecutedTotalfines
<*>
6 1
7/1 t.30 206 - 208 3075
7/2L421112 311 4605
7/4' 20 164 1j1872763
8 45 123 1'124 1842
11. 10 82"5,114 1688
12 2 41 99 1381
14/1 164 -206 63 1311 19448
14/2 304 |1649'.54'!
I4553 68282
14/7-
;5 !123.'j'
653 10293
Total: 6223706.j'128 7560 113377
Denmarkreportedthatthebulkofpenaltiesconsistedofwarningsand
finesofuptoDkr3000.
TheItalianGovernmentreportedthatit1isstillnotp6ssibleforitto
statethenumberandnatureofthepenaltiesimposedastheautomateddata
handlingsystemisnotyetfunctioning .
Onceagain,nofiguresregardingpenaltiesweresuppliedtotheCommission
bytheLuxembourg andIrishGovernments .Luxembourgconfineditselftolisting
thevarioustypesofpenaltyimposed.
Astheprocessofinstituting legalproceedings seemstobeexcessively
slow,theCommissionfeelsboundtourgetheMemberStatestodevotemore
attentiontothismatter.Furthermore,whereassomeMemberStateshavesupplied
detailedinformation onthefinesimposed,othersagainhaveprovidednodetails
whatsoever.Inthesecircumstances ,itismoreorlessimpossibletomake
usefulcomparisons .
/..

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III,MULTILATERAL MUTUALASSISTANCE BETWEENMEMBERSTATESANDNOTIFICATION
OFINFRINGEMENTS
InBetgiurn,theTransportDepartment tooknoteof367officialreports
onBelgiancrewmembersbyGermaninspectingofficers.Inaddition,Listsof
officialreportsoncrewmembersofvehiclesregisteredinotherMemberStates
were,senttotherelevantauthoritiesforinformation purposes.TheTransport
Department wasinformedofinfringements byBelgiannationalsinGermany.
Unfortunately ,nodetailswerereceivedofpenalties imposedinotherMember
States. ,
Asinpreviousyears,theFederalGermanGovernmenttookstepstodiscuss,
theimplementation ofRegulation No543/69withneighbouring states.Bilateral
talkswereheldwithrepresentatives oftheAustrian,Danish,DutchandFrench
Governments .
In1978,theFrenchauthorities kepttheotherMemberStatesinformed
ofinfringements committedbytheirnationalsinFrance.
ι';
TheDutchauthorities reportedthatnoassistance wasreceivedorgiven
duringtheperiodunderreview.However,32infringements werereportedtothe
FederalRepublicofGermanyandthenumberofinfringements reportedbythe
FederalRepublicandBelgiumamountedto3691and85respectively .TheFederal
Republicitselfreportedthatpenalties hadbeenimposedin3691cases.
IntheUnitedKingdom,repeatedinfringements continuetobereported
?vfcrythreemonthsinastandardformtothe,authorities oftheMemberStates
concerned.TheUnitedKingdomGovernmentreceivedonly/occasionalreports
ofinfringements committedbyUKoperatorsin,otherMemberStates.
fLuxembourgreportedanumberofseriousinfringements totheMember-
Statesconcerned . .■

":-c~
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TheDanishauthorities didnotprovideanyassistance tootherMember
States,butreceivedassistance fromtheDutchMinistryofJustic®(twocases),
andtheLabourtribunalinBruges(onecase).-Theassistance involvedreports
ontheinfringements concerned .
Noinformation isavailable forItalyandIreland.
Theimprovement notedinthepreviousreportwasmaintained inthe
periodunderreview.Althoughtherewasan"improvement inthenotification
ofinfringements andpenalties imposed,theCommission stillfeelsthatforeign
offenders areatanadvantage asnotification betweenMember ,Statescontinues
toberatherpatchy.However,theCommission wouldliketheMemberStatesto-...
suggesthownotification ofinfringements andpenalties couldbeimproved *It
wouldalsolikesomeMemberStatestogiveprecisefiguresrelatingtothe
countries concerned .-' ,

IV.CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS BYTHE MEMBER STATES
1.Compliance with theprovisions oftheRegulation
InBelgium ,there was aslight increase inthenumber ofinfringements
in1978 >reversing thedownward trend of1976 and 1977 .Whereas 9075 checks
uncovered 803infringements in1977 ,atotal of?195checks in1978 uncovered
896infringements ,anincrease ofabout 2%.
Inthe Federal .Republic ofGermany ,theauthorities also noted that the
social provisions inthe field ofroad transport are notalways adequately
observed .Checks showed that deterrent measures alone could notconvey the .
importance oftheRegulation .According totheGerman Government ,thefact
that theprovisions ofRegulation (EEC)543/69donotalways coincide with
those oftheAETR also makes itmore difficult fortheauthorities tocarry
out relevant checks .
t
r ■ France and Ireland supplied noinformation
Thefigures available fortheNetherlands show that 6.8% ofthechecks
carried out ledtoofficial reports .Itisalso interesting tonote that
68.2# ofallinfringements concerned theuseofcontrol equipment .
• ,
TheUnited Kingdom reported that ,inthefield ofinternational transport
(theRegulation wasapplied todomestic transport operations from 1January ,1978
inaccordance with the amendments made toCommission Decision 78/85/EEC of
21..12.1977 ),operators from allMember States continued tocomply toalarge
extent with theRegulation .
» ■, '.;I
TheLuxembourg Government reported that ,thedecreasing number of
'{'
infringements committed inLuxembourg reflect ?apromising trend intheappli­
cation ofRegulation (EEC)543/69.
'InDenmark ,initial difficulties experienced inapplying theRegulation
todomestic transport are rapidly being ironed out.„ ■

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Although theItalian Government wasunable tosupply any
statistics ,itreported that all the evidence available thus far' ,
indicates that theRegulation isbeing applied satisfactorily .
throughout the country .
2.Difficulties inchecking onthe use ofindividual control books in
international transport operations -possible remedies
Although thenumber ofinfringements relating tothe
absence orimproper use ofthe individual control book has declined
with the gradual introduction ofthetachograph ,this type of
infringement still accounts forthebulk ofthose detected intransport
operations within the Community .
TheFederal Republic ofGermany underlined the fact that
some oftheprovisions ofRegulation (EEC )No.5^3/69areatvariance
with theAETR .Whereas 'the Community rules require some form of -
recording apparatus ,theAETR atpresent makes provision only
foranindividual control book .The German Government proposes ,inthe
interest ofharmonization ,that theprovisions ofthe AETR beadapted
assoon aspossible tothose ofRegulation 5^3/69 (l).
Denmark reported that theproblems encountered with the
observation oftheprovisions ontheuse ofthe individual control book
areless serious than inthepast now that ithasbecome obligatory
toinstall anduse thetachograph .
TheUnited Kingdom reported that itwashaving no
difficulties inthis respect .TheLuxembourg and Dutch authorities
had nofurther observations tomake .This question does sot feature in
theFrench andBelgian Governments' contributions tothe1978 Report .
(l)TheCommission issetting about this task onbehalf oftheCommunity
inaWorking Party oftheUNEconomic Commission forEurope .

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3«Proposals for changes xnthe standard form ofreport
Itisgratifying tonote that all the Member States are
satisfied with thepresent standard form ofreport .This isborne
out bythe fact that none ofthem proposed any changes .
However ,the Commission feels that itshould make afew
minor changes totake account ofRegulation 1463/70 (tachograph )and
theamendments toRegulation 5^3/^9with regard tovehicles being
transported byferryboat ortrain and todrivers' bonuses .
TheCommission will beputting thenecessary proposals
1
tothe Council sometime in19o0 .
4.Proposals formeasures tofacilitate theapplication ofRegulation (EEC )
No.
The German Government again urged the Commission to
encourage theMember States tomonitor the social provisions relating
toroad transport inauniform fashion and toharmonize the
penalties imposed forinfringements oftheRegulation .TheGerman
authorities felt that ameeting should beheld assoon aspossible to
discuss this matter . •
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TheLuxembourg Government had noproposals forimproving
theapplication ofRegulation 5^3/69since itfelt that itwasnot
possible to -make anassessment before anumber ofyears had elapsed .
However ,theGrand Ducal Regulation providing forpenalties for
infringement oftheRegulation concerned wasadopted on23-12.1972 .
Inother words ,aperiod ofeight years should belong enough forthe
Luxembourg Government tobeable toreach useful conclusions .
The Danish Government indicated that itwas awaiting
the outcome ofnegotiations currently under way inthe Council Working
Party ontransport questions .

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The Italian Government pointed out that amalfunction of ,
the tachograph orodometer could cause themonitoring system to
break down .Dismantling the faulty ■equipment and sending itto
themanufacturer wasvery time-consuming ,especially ifthe
equipment had tobesent abroad *Asitwas notpossible atpresent
tofind atemporary replacement for faulty equipment ,drivers
had totravel without atachograph with all the consequences that
this entailed .The Italian Government therefore proposes that
individual control books should beused insuch circumstances *
The Belgian ,French ,Irish and United Kingdom Governments
have noproposals tomake and the Dutch authorities have nothing to
add totheir contribution toprevious reports .

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C.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Although some progress wasmade in1978 compared with the
previous year ,thesituation atthe endoftheyear isnotreally
.satisfactory .
Itwas notpossible todraw firm conclusions orcompare
statistics since the information supplied bythe Member States isstill
patchy andlacking inuniformity .However ,thefollowing conclusions
can bedrawn s! ■
-Régulations î
All Member States have adopted provisions introducing check «
atthe roadside and atoperators' premises . l.
-Number andpowers oftheinspectors : {
Theinformation supplied bysome governments isnot
detailed enough .More complete information oninspectors' powers in
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general should beprovided sothat anassessment can bemade ofthe
scope ofthe rules inforce intheir area .
-Inspection methods :
Itisnotpossible onthe basis ofthe information
received tocompare inspection methods inall the Member States or .to
ascertain whether the Member States give priority toroadside
checks ofchecks atoperators' premises andthereasons fortheir
preference .Neither isitpossible toassess thevalue oftheinspection
methods ,given that solittle information has been supplied .Itis
clear ,however ,that the extent ofthe checks carried out varies -from
one country tothe next .Inmost cases ,the number ofchecks carried
out was inadequate . ■
-Infringements bynationals andnon-nationals J
Satisfactory conclusions canonly bedrawn ,from the '
information supplied ifarelationship isestablished between the
number ofchecks andthenumber ofinfringements detected ,which is
notpossible inthe case ofall the Member States .

-Penalties : .
Some Member States give details ofthe amounts offines
imposed whereas >others areless specific .Generally speaking ,the
Member States are beginning tosupply more detailed information onthe
number ofpenalties imposed .Nevertheless ,the Commission hopes that i
even more details will beprovided ijJ^future since theadoption of -
uniform procedures inall the Member States ,would make formore
efficient checks ,promote theharmonization ofconditions of.competition
and compliance with theprinciple ofequal treatment asregards
penalties .
-Mutual assistance :
Although there has been aslight improvement asregards
themutual assistance provided forinArticle 18(2 )ofRegulation 5^3/69
fargreater efforts could bemade inthis field .
-Conclusions ^ixdsuggestions bytheMember States :
vNone oftheMember States was entirely satisfied with
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the conditions forimplementing theCommunity Regulation ,but few
proposals were put forward forimproving the situation .
TheCommission isbound tonote that although thenecessary
provisions have been adopted intheMember States ,asageneral rule the
practical application ofthese measures falls short ofexpectations .
The extent towhich checks arecarried out andpenalties imposed
still varies from one country tothe next .The Commission cannot
help feeling that insome Member States checks are confined tonationals
ofthe country concerned andwhere they are extended toforeign
nationals the fines imposed are not assevere .

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TheCommission therefore wishes tostress that Regulation
5^3/69cannot succeed asaCommunity instrument unless itisapplied
inauniform fashion tonationals ofall countries .
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Although the standard form ofreport makes nomention
ofthis point ,the Commission would like topoint outonce more that
problems have arisen because insome Member States theresponsibility
forinfringements committed bythe driver falls entirely onthe
employer ,whereas inothers itisshared byemployer andemployee .
Inyet others ,the question ofwhether the employee alone is
atfault has yot tobefully clarified .
TheMember States must therefore step uptheir efforts
toensure that the rules are directly applied byintroducing more
effective checks and penalties and byaffording each other the mutual
assistance provided for intheRegulation .
The Commission hopes that all the Member States will make
thenecessary effort toenforce theRegulation mor^effectively ;
for itspart ,theCommission will doall initspower toensure
that this goal isachieved .