Council Resolution of 19 June 1995 on social harmonization in road freight transport in the Internal Market
Date: 1995-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: carriage of goods, competition, liberalisation of the market, organisation of work, road safety, road transport













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31995Y0705(03)

Council Resolution of 19 June 1995 on social harmonization in road freight transport in the Internal Market  


Official Journal C 169 , 05/07/1995 P. 0004 - 0004 





COUNCIL RESOLUTIONof 19 June 1995on social  harmonization in road freight transport in the Internal Market(95/C  169/03)THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to its resolution of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European  Market  (1); Considering the prospects for liberalizing the internal market and the intensification of relations  with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which mean that better harmonization of  conditions of competition must be ensured; In view of the need to improve road safety and to improve social conditions, which are sources of  stability and efficiency in road transport undertakings; 1. NOTES the consideration, in the current proceedings of the Joint Committee on  Road Transport, of questions relating to working time and vocational training in the road transport  sector; 2. NOTES that the Joint Committee on Road Transport is pressing ahead with its proceedings on those  questions, on the basis of the surveys scheduled in the next few months: - on the one hand, on how account is taken, in legislation in force in the Member States, of the  working time of long-distance drivers of heavy goods vehicles other than the time spent driving or  resting, - on the other hand, of the provisions in force in the Member States relating to the initial  vocational training and continuing vocational training of such drivers, whether or not such  training is compulsory; 3. CALLS UPON the Commission to continue its cooperation with the Joint Committee on Road Transport  in order to ensure that such surveys are actually carried out and that the summaries drawn up on  the basis of those surveys enable the Committee to launch genuine discussions between the  representatives of employers' professional organizations and the representatives of employees'  professional organizations on the provisions to be adopted, taking account of questions concerning  their practical effects and their supervision; 4. EXPRESSES THE WISH that the proceedings of the Joint Committee on Road Transport thus initiated  should lead, as quickly as possible, to concrete and common conclusions; 5. POINTS OUT that it invited the Commission, in its resolution of 24 October 1994, to produce in  particular a report on regulations in force in the Member States relating to the training of  long-distance drivers of heavy goods vehicles, including drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous  substances, and to formulate, where appropriate, proposals for compulsory initial training and  appropriate continuing training; 6. NOTES THAT the Commission, having considered the conclusions emerging from the discussions of  the Joint Committee on Road Transport, intends to follow up as quickly as possible its  communication of 20 March 1992 concerning the introduction of the concept of working time into  Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 on driving time and rest periods in the road  transport sector. (1) OJ No C 309, 5. 11. 1994, p. 4.