REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation in the period from 4 December 2011 until 31 December 2012 of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (1st report from the Commission on the implementation by Member States of certain provisions concerning the access to the occupation of road transport operator)
Date: 2014-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, access to a profession, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, carrier, exchange of information, information analysis, professional qualifications, road transport, technical specification













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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation in the period from 4 December 2011 until 31 December 2012 of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (1st report from the Commission on the implementation by Member States of certain provisions concerning the access to the occupation of road transport operator) /* COM/2014/0592 final */









I.           
Introduction 
This
report refers to the pursuit of the occupation of road transport operators in
Member States. 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 [1]
(hereafter "Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009") applies to all
undertakings established in the EU which are engaged in the occupation of road
transport operator, as well as those which intend to engage in such an
occupation. The occupation of road transport operator refers to both the
occupation road haulage operator[2]
and the occupation of road passenger transport operator[3].
Certain categories of undertakings, such as those using motor vehicles of a
laden mass of less than 3.5 tonnes, are exempted from the scope of the
Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 defines common rules governing the
admission to the occupation of road haulage and road passenger transport
operators. 
In
accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, undertakings engaged in the
occupation of road transport operator should have an effective and stable
establishment in a Member State, be of good repute, have appropriate financial
standing and the requisite professional competence. Furthermore, Article 4 of
this Regulation imposes an obligation on road transport undertakings to
designate a transport manager who holds a certificate of professional
competence that confirms the possession of skills and knowledge necessary to
manage transport operations in line with all legal and industrial requirements and
in an effective and continuous manner. The responsibility to verify transport
undertakings' compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No
1071/2009, lies with the Member States. Moreover, well organised administrative
cooperation between Member States plays a key role in improving the
effectiveness of monitoring of undertakings operating in the European Union. 
Article
26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 sets several deadlines: 

 Every
     two years from the date of application of the Regulation, Member States must
     communicate the data as required in Article 26 of the Regulation;
  On
     the basis of the submissions from Member States, the Commission shall draw
     up a report every two years to be communicated to the European Parliament
     and Council.

National
reports provided by Member States constitute a crucial input to the Commission
report. Article 26 of the Regulation outlines what data should be included in national
reports:
"(a)
an overview of the sector with regard to good repute, financial standing and
professional competence;
(b)
the number of authorisations granted by year and by type, those suspended,
those withdrawn, the number of declarations of unfitness and the reasons on
which those decisions were based;
(c)
the number of certificates of professional competence issued each year; 
(d)
core statistics relating to the national electronic registers and their use by
the competent authorities; and 
(e)
an overview of exchanges of information with other Member States pursuant to
Article 18(2), including in particular the annual number of established
infringements notified to other Member States and the replies received, as well
as the annual number of requests and replies received pursuant to Article
18(3)."
In
addition to this introduction, the report comprises three sections that cover
the quality and timeliness of national data submissions (Section II) and an analysis
of the reports provided by Member States (Section III). Section IV presents
conclusions drawn.
II.           
Data submission 
This
is a first report under Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 and it covers the period
from 4 December 2011 until 31 December 2012 in order to synchronise its
publication with the report on the implementation of the social legislation
relating to road transport[4],
as set out in Article 26(2) of Regulation 1071/2009. The starting point of this
timeframe corresponds with the date from which this Regulation started to
apply. The next reporting period will cover the full two-year timeframe from 1
January 2013 till 31 December 2014. 
Despite
the obligation to report contained in Article 26 of this Regulation at the
point in time when this report was drafted six Member States, namely Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg and Portugal, did not submit their
national reports. Some Member States had a serious delay in providing their
data by the deadline of 30 September 2013, which significantly affected the
timing of preparation of this Commission report. In a number of reports certain
necessary information was not provided, thus making it problematic to carry out
a comprehensive analysis. There are also cases where the data provided covered
a different timeframe than required. 
Not
all Member States provided a justification for the delay in submitting their
reports or gaps in data. Those who did remarked that difficulties in
inter-connecting their national register to the European Register of Road Transport
Undertakings had prevented them from providing the data on this subject. Other
indicated that certain terms of the reporting requirement were unclear, such as
the reference to "core statistics". Finally certain Member States in
which local or regional authorities are responsible for enforcement noted that
collecting data from these authorities was challenging.
It
should be taken into consideration that even though the content of the report
is outlined in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, there is no
standard reporting format established. For the purpose of consistency and in
order to assist the national competent authorities with fulfilling their
reporting obligation in the future, a standard form will be proposed to Member
States following the analysis of national submissions. 
III.           
Analysis of data on pursuit of the
occupation of road transport operator 
1.
Overview of the road transport sector with regard to good repute, financial
standing and professional competence
This
part consists of a presentation of national requirements, organization of
checks, level of compliance and difficulties encountered, on the basis of
information submitted by Member States. Due to the fragmentary nature of the
reports by Member States, this overview is not comprehensive in scope.
Data
on national systems for awarding access to the occupation was presented by Austria, France, Italy, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Two Member States, namely Austria and Slovakia imposed national requirements that need to be satisfied in parallel with
conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. Slovakia added a
requirement defining the minimum age of a transport manager at 21 years. Austria included a condition for a road transport operator to have necessary off-road parking
spaces in the municipality or in another municipality in the same or adjacent
administrative district.
France
decided to extend the obligation of compliance with the rules on access to
occupation of road transport undertaking to road hauliers operating vehicles
with a permissible laden mass not exceeding 3.5 tones and undertakings engaged
in road passenger transport operating vehicles suitable for carrying less than
nine passengers. In addition, a simplification of the administrative procedures
in relation to financial standing has been introduced. 
In
the Czech Republic, there are four types of authorisations for undertakings
operating. Namely: (i) passenger vehicles for transporting more than nine
persons including the driver, (ii) goods vehicles or combination vehicles, whose
permissible laden mass exceeds 3.5 tonnes, (iii) passenger vehicles for
transporting no more than nine persons, including the driver and (iv) goods
vehicles or combination vehicles whose permissible laden mass does not exceed
3.5 tonnes. The first two categories are under an obligation to meet the
requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. 
 Italy indicated that rules were being drawn up for adoption, which provide for a review of
what constitutes an infringement under the legislation in force and of the
associated penalties. Italy is also drawing up procedural measures which the
competent authority may take if, in specific cases, it finds that loss of good
repute would be disproportionate to the infringement committed. Finally the
Italian authorities are improving their administrative and technical procedures
so as to ensure that the measures provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC)
No 1071/2009 are effective. In addition, Italy specified difficulties
encountered when verifying compliance with the requirement of financial standing
in real time and due to the divergent legal concepts of a guarantee laid down
in national law, lack of corporate insurance policies at early stages and
management of procedures in relation to this requirement by more than a hundred
independent and administratively independent provincial administrations across
Italy. 
Spain
explained that conditions in relation to professional competence, financial
standing and good repute were very rigorous in national law and consequently,
no significant changes were required after the coming into force of Regulation
(EC) No 1071/2009 apart from specific amendments to legislation as regards the
description of people working as transport managers. 
With
regard to the implementation of the provisions concerning good repute (Article
6 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009), Slovenia considered that the instances in
which the licensing authority may suspend or withdraw the transport operator
authorisation or declare a transport operator unfit to pursue that occupation
were lacking precision.
As
regards checks of the compliance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1071/2009, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland and Latvia shed some light on their
national situation.  
Estonia
pointed out that checks are carried out according to a risk-based system and mainly
undertakings which have an increased risk of committing serious or frequent
infringements to road transport rules are targeted. 
In
  Ireland checks of good repute, financial standing and professional competence
are performed at least every five years in the framework of an authorisation
renewal process for each undertaking, as the duration of an authorisation is
limited to this period. In addition, these checks might take place more frequently
for some operators who are deemed high risk or come to the attention of the
competent authority. Good repute is checked by vetting the transport manager
and any other relevant person with the National Vetting Service provided by the
National Police Force. This vetting service provides the competent authority
with a list of convictions that can be used to determine good repute. 
In
  Latvia, checks of compliance with financial standing are performed by means
of information from the annual reports provided by the Register of Enterprises.

Hungary
indicated the numbers of checks on conditions of good repute (11062), financial
standing (7197) and professional competence (5329) during this reporting
period. 
Six
Member States, namely Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta and Slovenia indicated that there was a high compliance rate of road transport undertakings
operating in the sector with requirements laid down in Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. 
2.
Authorisations 
It
stems from data provided that most Member States do not report on authorisation
in the sense of Chapter III of Regulation 1071/2009. According to the
Regulation, "authorisation to pursue the occupation of road transport
operator" refers to an administrative decision which authorises an
undertaking which satisfies the conditions laid down in Regulation 1071/2009 to
pursue the occupation of road transport operator. 
Depending
on the national schemes, there is a range of scenarios; an authorisation might
be a prerequisite to obtain a licence for national transportation and/or a
Community licence in order to carry out international carriage, it might be an
equivalent of a licence for national transportation or it might mean a licence
for national and international transport granted by means of the single
authorisation. However due to a lack of information about national systems in
regard to authorisations, quantitative data submitted by Member States do not give
a clear picture on numbers of undertakings pursuing the occupation of road
transport operator. To this end, Member States are encouraged to prepare an outline
of their national arrangements for authorisations in order to allow for a
collection of consistent data in the next reporting period. 
Several
Member States submitted a global number of authorised operators on 31st
of December 2012, which constitutes a point of reference for data on numbers of
authorisations granted, suspended or withdrawn. The Czech Republic has almost
95,600[5]
authorised operators, Italy about 81,000, the United Kingdom more than 53,500, Sweden around 18,000, the Netherlands almost 11,700, Ireland 5,800, Lithuania 4,500 and Slovakia 2,800. Hungary notified of slightly more than 45,000 valid licences. 
On
the basis of this data, it appears that the vast majority of authorised
undertakings are road hauliers. 
In
addition, Estonia and Spain provided information on the number of Community
licences, respectively 1,700 and 27,000, at the same point in time, however
with no indication of what proportion of all authorisations to pursue the
occupation of road transport operator they amount to. Bulgaria notified that on 13th of January 2014, there were around 10,300 carriers
holding a Community licence.
2.1 Authorisations granted
As
regards authorisations granted, Member States reported divergent data; often on
Community licences and licences for national transportation. Only twelve Member
States[6]
provided data on authorisations granted and half of them[7] referred
to the full period set out by Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. On the basis of this
data, it can be noted that in these twelve Member States around 171,000[8] authorisations
were granted to pursue an occupation of road transport operator in passenger
and goods transport. The number of national authorisations granted range from 900
in Ireland to 81,000 in Italy. A detailed table with the information submitted
is presented in Annex I to this report.
From
the data provided it stems out that the highest quantities of authorisations were
granted in Italy (81,000 for both passenger and goods transport) and Spain (almost 31,000 for both passenger and goods transport). These figures can be compared
to 10,000 granted authorisations for passenger and goods transport in France. It should be noted that the French figure includes also operators engaged in
transportation of goods with vehicles whose permissible laden mass is below the
threshold of 3.5 tonnes and operators engaged in passenger transport with
vehicles for fewer than 9 people, including a driver. In Spain the number of authorisations granted includes registrations, transfers of
undertakings, replacements, change of type, change of residence, upgrades,
lifting of a temporary suspension and takeovers. 
There
are no explanations provided from other Member States in relation to what the
authorisations granted category includes in terms of components. For the
purpose of consistency of data it would be beneficial to reach a common
understanding at the European level of what type of data should be included in
the category of authorisations granted. 
Furthermore,
the proportion of authorisations for road haulage is in all cases at least two
times higher (Ireland) and up to almost seventy times as high (Spain) as
authorisations granted for passenger transport. This tendency is only reversed
in France, where more authorisations were granted to undertakings pursuing
their occupation in passenger transport. This can be explained by the French
decision to include a wider scope of vehicles, which are under an obligation to
satisfy requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.  
2.2 Authorisations withdrawn and
suspended 
On
the basis of data reported by Member States, it can be observed that the highest
number of withdrawals of authorisations was reported in Spain and amounted to almost 37,600 for passenger and goods transport. These withdrawals were
due to failure to provide proof of meeting the conditions needed for an
authorisation to be granted, on the request of an applicant or cease of
operations. France had a second highest number of withdrawals of authorisations
for passenger and goods transport, which equalled to 4,700, followed by Slovakia with 1,200,  Sweden with 965, the Czech Republic with 956 and Slovenia with 599 withdrawals.
In the Netherlands more than 1,000 authorisations were withdrawn only for road
haulage. 
At
the other end of the scale, Greece reported 222 withdrawals for passenger and
goods transport, Poland (68), Latvia (58), Hungary (33), Italy (31) and other   Member States did not reach more than 10. Detailed information on withdrawals
and suspended authorisations is included in Annex II to this report. 
The
number of authorisations for passengers and goods transportation that was
withdrawn was greater than the number of authorisations granted only in three Member
States, namely Slovakia, Spain and the Netherlands. The difference is the
highest in the case of Spain, where 6,600 more authorisations were withdrawn than
granted. This discrepancy might be larger, when taking into consideration
additional 12,500 authorisations that were suspended in Spain. In Slovakia and the Netherlands the prevalence of authorisations withdrawn was less
significant and amounted to 46 and 229 respectively. 
Some
Member States shared details on the reasons for a withdrawal of an authorisation.
In Austria 9 out of 10 and in the Netherlands most withdrawals were caused by
not meeting the requirement of Article 3(1)c of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 on
appropriate financial standing of a road transport operator. In Slovenia the reasons for withdrawals were either winding up of a company or expiry of a
Community licence. Sweden reported that 962 out of 965 withdrawals were due to
the non-fulfilment of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, which
refers to additional requirements that can be imposed by Member States. Lithuania had a single withdrawal based on failing to meet professional competence
requirement and three linked to non-compliance with the requirement on address
of establishment and transport manager data changes. 
3. Certificates of professional
competence
On
the basis of information provided by twenty Member States, there were more than
52 thousand certificates of professional competence issued. This number includes
certificates granted on the basis of examination as provided by Article 8 of
Regulation EC (No) 1071/2009 and through recognition of experience, following
an exemption specified in Article 9 of this Regulation.  
The
biggest share of certificates granted in the European Union during this
reporting period belonged to Romania and amounted to 31.5% of the total number
of certificates granted and reported by Member States, followed by France
(11%), Spain (11%), Italy (8%), the Czech Republic (8%), Sweden (6%) and Poland
(5%). Of the Member States that reported data, only Malta reported that there
was not a single certificate of professional competence issued in the reference
period. Detailed information is presented in Annex III to this report. 
4. Transport managers declared
unfit
In
accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, when a transport
manager loses its good repute, the competent authority should declare the
transport manager unfit to manage the transport activities of an undertaking. 
Most
Member States[9]
who submitted data on number of declarations of unfitness, stated that there
was not a single case recorded during the reporting period for both passenger
and goods transport. Declarations of unfitness were issued in four Member
States; France (3)[10],
 Estonia (14)[11],
 Hungary (129)[12]
and Italy (348)[13].
  France specified grounds for declarations of unfitness as either tachograph
fraud or serious infringements to the Road Code. In Hungary the delay or deficiency
of the required 10-year periodic training of transport managers led to loss of
good repute in some cases. The data provided by Member States can be found in
the Annex II to this report. 
5. Exchange of information 
According
to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 each Member State should keep a
national register of road transport undertakings that have been authorised to
engage in the occupation of road transport operator. Minimum requirements for
the data to be entered in these registers in order to facilitate the
interconnection between the Member States' registers are defined in Commission
Decision (EU) 2009/992 on minimum requirements for the data to be entered in
the national electronic register of road transport undertakings[14]. The
establishment of the European Register of Road transport Undertakings (ERRU)
was envisaged as a next step to facilitate cooperation between the national
authorities for the purpose of further enhancement of cross-border enforcement
of the European road transport legislation in accordance with Article 16(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. The ERRU register should simplify cross-border
enforcement, making it more cost-effective, provided that all Member States are
connected and that they effectively use the system exchanging high quality data
contained in their databases. 
On
the basis of data provided, it can be noted that the system of
administrative cooperation between Member States has not been accomplished.
Some Member States such as Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovakia indicated that there was no exchange of information in
the meaning of Article 18 of the Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, which might be
partially due to their geographical location. However, good practices were
demonstrated by Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Ireland, Poland, Romania and Spain, where exchanges of information took place during this reporting period. The
Commission supports further enhancement of the administrative cooperation that
strengthens consistent and effective implementation across all EU Member
States.  
The
interconnection of national registers was to be achieved by 31 December 2012. Several
Member States informed on the state of implementation of the ERRU. The register
was not operational in Cyprus and France. Ireland indicated that it is in the
last stage of implementing a new electronic register of road transport
undertakings and the interconnection would follow shortly. Slovenia assured that all information required under Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No
1071/2009 would be available for the next reporting period, after completion of
a national electronic register, which entered into its final stage. France proposed an initiative for a common database at the European level that would gather
codified infringements, following practices of the Euro Contrôle Route. 
IV.           
Conclusions 
This
report provides an overview of information submitted by Member States under
Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 on access to the occupation of road
transport operator. This information covers certain aspects of the
implementation by Member States of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 (as listed in
Article 26§1 a) to e) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009) in the period from 4
December 2011 until 31 December 2012. 
The
quality and timeliness of submissions from Member States was greatly affected
by the fact that it is a first reporting period. Due to a large amount of
missing data, the Commission report does not provide for a full analysis of
implementation of provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. The Commission
reminds Member States of their obligation to provide the complete report
containing all the elements of data listed in Article 26§1 a) to e) of
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 within the required timeframe.
For
the purpose of consistency of national submissions and in order to assist the
national competent authorities with fulfilling their reporting obligation in
the future, a standard reporting form should be established by the Commission in
cooperation with Member States. Discussions on this standard form should help
to clarify any questions regarding the nature of the data to be submitted,
which in turn should help Member States to organise data collection in time for
the next reporting period. Finally the completion of the inter-connection of
national registers to ERRU is also expected to improve the quality of data
provided. 
For
the next reporting period, 2013-2014, all Member States are called upon to
comply with the reporting obligation in order to allow for a full-fledge report
and to avoid infringement procedures under Article 258 of Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union. In addition, Member States are encouraged to prepare an
outline of their national systems for authorisations in order to allow for a more
reliable and a better quality overview at the European level. 
It
is worth underlining that the system of administrative cooperation between
Member States has not been accomplished. The Commission supports its further
enhancement, which would strengthen consistent and effective implementation of
Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 across all EU Member States. 
[1] OJ L 300, 14.11.2009,
p. 51
[2] Under Article 2(1) of
the Regulation, ‘the occupation of road haulage operator’ means the activity of
any undertaking transporting goods for hire or reward by means either of motor
vehicles or combinations of vehicles.
[3] Under Article 2(2) of
the Regulation, ‘the occupation of road passenger transport operator’ means the
activity of any undertaking operating, by means of motor vehicles so
constructed and equipped as to be suitable for carrying more than nine persons,
including the driver, and intended for that purpose, passenger transport
services for the public or for specific categories of users in return for
payment by the person transported or by the transport organiser.
[4] referred to by
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)
[5] Number refers to four
types of authorisations covering: passenger transportation with a vehicle of
more than 9 people, no more than 9 people, goods transportation with vehicles
whose permissible laden mass does not exceed 3.5 tonnes and does exceed 3.5
tonnes. Not all of them need to comply with the requirements of Regulation
1071/2009 to pursue the occupation of road transport operator. 
[6] Austria, the Czech
Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
[7] Austria, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Sweden
[8] The amount includes
authorisations granted only in 2012 and during the whole reporting period from
4th December 2011 to the 31st December 2012. 
[9] Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia
[10] in 2012
[11] idem
[12] During this reporting
period
[13] This number includes
declarations issued until 26 September 2013
[14] OJ L 339, 22.12.2009,
p.36 
Annex
I - Authorisations Granted
 Member States || Authorisations granted over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 || Community licences over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 || Licences for national transportation over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 
   || Road haulage || Passenger transport || Road haulage || Passenger transport || Road haulage || Passenger transport 
 AT ||   || 166 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 BE || No report provided 
 BG ||   ||   || 4301 || 381 ||   ||   
 CY ||   ||   || 8 ||   || 34 || 8 
 CZ* || 4667 || 1607 || 170 ||   ||   
 DK || No report provided 
 EE* ||   ||   || 1026 || 120 ||   ||   
 FI || No report provided 
 FR[1]       || 4484 || 5412 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 DE || No report provided 
 EL || 2268[2] ||   ||   || 1248 
 HU || 27 174 || 4402 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 IE || 616 || 295 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 IT || 75 072 || 5985 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 LV* ||   ||   || 808 || 70 || 45 || 3 
 LT* ||   ||   || 940 || 60 || 166 || 26 
 LU || No report provided 
 MT* ||   ||   || 8 || 0 || 8 || 16 
 NL* || 809 ||   ||   || 92 ||   ||   
 PL* || 7182 || 644 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 PT || No report provided 
 RO ||   ||   || 8699 || 785 ||   ||   
 SK* || 1067 || 106 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 SL ||   ||   || 13 135 || 1962 ||   ||   
 ES* || 30 534 || 444 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 SE || 1149 || 56 ||   ||   ||   ||   
 UK || No information provided 
Annex
II - Withdrawals and Suspended Authorisations, and Declarations of Unfitness of
Transport Managers
 Member States || Authorisations withdrawn over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 || Authorisations suspended over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 || Number of declarations of unfitness over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 
   || Road haulage || Passenger transport || Road haulage || Passenger transport || Road haulage || Passenger transport 
 AT ||   || 10 ||   ||   || 0 
 BE || No report provided 
 BG || No data 
 CY || No information provided 
 CZ* || 956 || 373 || 0 
 DK || No report provided 
 EE* || 2[3] || 0 || 14 
 FI || No report provided 
 FR[4]          || 3344 || 1424 || No information provided || 3 
 DE || No report provided 
 EL || 222 || 48 || 0 
 HU || 31 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 123 || 6 
 IE || 2 || 0 || No information provided 
 IT || 31 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 348 
 LV* || 58 || No information provided 
 LT* || 4 || 13 || No information provided 
 LU || No report provided 
 MT* || 0 || 0 || 0 
 NL* || 1038 || No data || No data || 0 || 0 || No data 
 PL* || 62 || 6 || No information provided || 0 
 PT || No report provided 
 RO || 0 || 1 || No information provided 
 SK* || 1219 || 0 || 0 
 SL || 579 || 20 || No information provided 
 ES* || 37595 || 19 || 12493 || 1 || No information provided 
 SE || 892 || 73 || No information provided 
 UK || No information provided 
Annex
III - Certificates of Professional Competence Issued
 Member States || Certificates of professional competence over the period 4.12.2011 – 31.12.2012 
   || Road haulage || Passenger transport || Comments 
 AT || 71 ||   
 BE || No report provided ||   
 BG* || 1547 || 171 ||   
 CY || 21 ||   
 CZ* || 4295 || 802 certificates issued on the basis of an examination which had been successfully passed. In 3493 cases, certificates of professional competence issued under Directive 96/26/EC were replaced at the request of holders. 
 DK || No report provided ||   
 EE* || 303 || 109 ||   
 FI || No report provided ||   
 FR* || 3775 || 1794 || For road haulage: 559 – examination, 674 - equivalency of diplomas and 2542 - recognition of experience For passenger transport: 108 – examination, 133 - equivalency of diplomas and 1553 - recognition of experience 
 DE || No report provided ||   
 EL || 2294 ||   
 HU || 1183 || 153 || For road haulage: 1183 of certificates of professional competence and 1507 certificates after 10-year periodic training  For passenger transport: 153 of certificates of professional competence and 510 certificates after 10-year periodic training  
 IE || 273 || 150 ||   
 IT || 3977 || 242 || A road transport manager needs to successfully pass an examination based on attendance of a specific vocational training course, which is mandatory for candidates not having an upper secondary school diploma. 
 LV* || 516 ||   
 LT* || 1028 ||   
 LU || No report provided ||   
 MT* || 0 || 0 ||   
 NL* || 566 || 38 ||   
 PL* || 2469 || 345 ||   
 PT || No report provided ||   
 RO || 12488 || 3977 ||   
 SK* || 1294 ||   
 SL* || 231 ||   
 ES* || 4904 || 957 ||   
 SE || 3051 ||   
 UK || No information provided ||   
 TOTAL || 52 222 ||   
* Numbers include the year 2012.
[1] Numbers cover only
the year 2012. Number of undertakings engaged in road transportation fulfilling
requirements to access the profession, extended to vehicles below 3.5 tonnes of
permissible laden mass and carrying below 9 people, including a driver. 
*
Numbers cover the year 2012.
[2] The number includes
authorisations to pursue the occupation of national transport operator as well
as international or national-international transport operator. It also includes
the renewals. 
[3] Number of withdrawn
Community licences
[4] Numbers cover only
the year 2012. Number of authorisations withdrawn in relation to undertakings
engaged in road transportation fulfilling requirements to access the
profession, extended to vehicles below 3.5 tonnes of permissible laden mass and
carrying below 9 people, including a driver. 
*
Numbers cover the year 2012.