CELEX: C1999/281/23
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Case C-297/99: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Nottingham Magistrates' Court (United Kingdom), by order of that court of 30 June 1999, in the case of the Vehicle Inspectorate against 1) Skills Motor Coaches Ltd 2) B.J. Farmer 3) C.J. Burley and 4) B. Denman

C 281/12               EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                        2.10.1999
— Infringement of Article 14 of Directive 94/62/EC: the              preliminary ruling in the case of the Vehicle Inspectorate
     existing management plans do not contain any specific           against 1) Skills Motor Coaches Ltd 2) B.J. Farmer 3) C.J. Burley
     chapter relating to packaging waste.                            and 4) B. Denman on the following question:
                                                                     Are the requirements in Articles 15(2) and (3) of Council
( 1) OJ L 194 of 25.7.1975, p. 39.                                   Regulation 3821/85 (1) for a driver to record ‘all other periods
( 2) OJ L 78 of 26.3.1991, p. 32.
( 3) OJ L 377 of 31.12.1991, p. 20.                                  of work’ and ‘breaks in work and daily rest periods’ on the
( 4) OJ L 365 of 31.12.1994, p. 10.                                  vehicle record sheet to be construed so that those terms
                                                                     include:
                                                                     (i) a period of time spent travelling to take over a vehicle
                                                                           which is subject to the requirement to install and use
                                                                           vehicle recording equipment in the circumstances set out
                                                                           in Category A above i.e.
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Nottingham                       a) time spent travelling pursuant to the instructions of
Magistrates’ Court (United Kingdom), by order of that                          the employer or
court of 30 June 1999, in the case of the Vehicle
Inspectorate against 1) Skills Motor Coaches Ltd 2) B.J.                   b) time (forming part of the daily or weekly rest period
            Farmer 3) C.J. Burley and 4) B. Denman                             following the last period of work) during which the
                                                                               employee travels at a time and in a manner of his own
                                                                               choosing.
                         (Case C-297/99)
                                                                     (ii) a period of time spent performing driving or other duties
                         (1999/C 281/23)                                   which are exempt from the requirement to install and use
                                                                           vehicle recording equipment in the circumstances set out
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the                     under Category B above.
European Communities by an order of the Nottingham
Magistrates’ Court (United Kingdom) of 30 June 1999, which           (1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on
was received at the Court Registry on 6 August 1999, for                  recording equipment in road transport (OJ L 370, 31.12.85, p. 8).