CELEX: 51973PC1677
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-09
Title: COMMISSION OPINION of 9 October, 1973 addressed to the Danish Government on the draft decree implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport.

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                                                            COM(73 ) 1677 final
                                                            Brussels , 9 October 1973
                               COMMISSION OPINION
                               of 9 October , 1973
             addressed to the Danish Government on the draft decree
                implementing Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 543/69
                   of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of
                     certain social legislation relating
                               to road transport .
  COM(73 ) 1677 final
 ---pagebreak--- In accordance -with Article l8(l ) of Council Regulation (ESC ) too. 543/69 ^
of 25 Harch 1 9^9 » "the Danish government forwarded to the C-ommission , in
a letter of 26 January 1973 » a draft decree implementing that regulation .
It subsequently sent the Commission a model of the individual control
book which it plans to use .
The aim of the draft decree is to adopt the provisions required to
implement Regulation (EEC ) No . 543/69 j as last amended "by Council
Regulations (EEC ) Nos. 514/72^^ and 515/72        of 28 February 1972.
Article 1 stipulates that the provisions of that Regulation shall be
applicable in Denmark to international transport onlyf
Article 2 stipulates that the control book must be of a type approved
by the directorate of the labour inspectorate $
Article 3 provides that supervision of compliance with Community
provisions shall be undertaken by the labour inspectorate 5
Article 4 lists the breaches of the previsions of Regulation ( EEC ) No .
543/69 for which a fine may be imposed , and also determines the
responsibility1 of undertakings .
The second subparagraph of Article l8(l ) of Regulation (EEC ) No . 543/69
required the implementing measures to be adopted by Member States to
cover , inter aliaT the oorganization of, procedure for and means of
control and the penalties to be imposed in case of breach .
Çl ) O.J. No . L 77 , 29 March 1969 » p. 40 .
( 2 ) O.J. No . L 67 , 20 March 1972 , p. 1 .
( 3 ) O.J. NO . L 67 , 20 March 1972 , p. 11 .
 ---pagebreak---    The provisions o£ "the Danish Government 's draft decree , though not
   contrary to the provisions of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 543/69 » nevertheless
   give rise to the following comments :
   ( a) Article 4       "the draft merely sets out the principle that fines may
          be imposed for "breaches unless a more serious penalty is provided
          for by other laws in force . However , the documents which have been
          submitted to the Commission indicate neither the size of the fines
          nor the type of other provisions to which reference is made . The
          Commission , therefore , requests the Danish Government Ito state
          the amounts of the fines for the various breaches , taking into
          consideration the seriousness rf the breaches in the context of
          the harmonization of the conditions of competition and of traffic ,
          safety. In addition, the Commission suggests that the Danish
          Government include among the penalties the withdrawal of transport
          authorization and driving licence where no provision has been made
          for such penalties .
   ( b ) The Commission finds that the draft decree contains no provision
          relating to compensation for reductions in the duration of the
          rest period , as provided for in Article 11(6 ) of Regulation ( SEC )
          No . 543/69 » The necessary provisions should be added to the draft
          decree in question .
3.     In conclusion , and subject to the comments made in 2(a ) and ( b ) the
      Commission hereby delivers a favourable Opinion on the draft decree
       in question .
                                                    Dono at Brussels , 9 October 1973
                                                     For the Commission
                                                     The Président
                                                    François- Xavier ORTOLI