CELEX: 51989PC0052
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-31
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport#Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on standard checking procedures for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport#(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM ( 89 ) 52  final
                                                          Brussels , 31 May 1989
                        Amendment to the proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3820 / 85 on the harmonization
       of certain social legislation relating to road transport and
   Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3821 / 85 on recording equipment in road transport
                         Amendment to the proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                    on standard checking procedures for the
                     implementation of Regulation ( EEC ) No .
                    3820 / 85 on the harmonisation of certain
                      social legislation relating to road
                  transport and Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3821 /85
                   on recording equipment in road transport
-, & i
                 (presented by the Commission pursuant to the
              third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty )
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                  ExpLanatory mémorandum
  On 24 March 1988 the Commission put to the Council a
  proposal to amend Regulations ( EEC ) No . 3820 /85 and
  ( EEC ) No . 3821 / 85 .
The measures proposed include :
(i )      Redefinition of the driving week and day
( ii )    Clarification of the provisions on break times
( iii )   Requirement for reduced daily and weekly rest
          times to be recuperated before the end of the
          second week .
At its plenary session of 14-18 November 1988 Parliament
approved the Commission 's proposal subject to certain
amendments .
Certain of these amendments can be accepted as they
apport greater clarity to the proposals .      In this
respect the Commission can accept Amendments Nos .
4 , 5 , 6, 8, 9, 10 , 11 and 18 .
The other amendments requested by Parliament are
unacceptable for the following reasons .in particular :
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( a) they are superfluous as the existing provisions are
     adequate to achieve the same ends ;
(b)  they would reduce the necessary flexibility of
     the legislation ;
(c)  they raise issues which transcend the transport
     field ;
(d ) they would neither clarify interpretation nor
     improve control .
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            Amendment to the proposal for a Council
        Regulation ( EEC) amending Regulations ( EEC )
       No . 3820 / 85 on the harmonisation of certain
      social legislation relating to road transport
       and ( EEC ) No . 3821 /85 on recording equipment
                        in road transport
        ( Submitted to the Council by the Commission
           under Article 149 (3 ) of the EEC Treaty )
The Commission proposal of 24 March 1988 , as set out
in document COM (88 ) 21 final ( 1 ) is hereby amended
as follows :
1.   Article 1 is replaced by the following :
                            Article 1
                           Definitions
     Article 1(4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3820 / 85 is hereby
     replaced by the following :
     "4 . - 'week' means a period of seven consecutive days ;
            - 'day' means any continuous period of 24 hrs .
      For the purposes of this regulation a week commences from
      the time a driver starts driving following a weekly rest
      period .
 ---pagebreak---  2. Article 3 § 1   shall read :
    1 .  The driving period in any continuous 24-hour period ,
         hereafter called 'daily driving period' shall not
         exceed 9 hours .    The daily driving period may be
         extended twice in any one week to 10 hours .
3.  Article 5 shall read :
    Rest Periods
    Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3820 / 85 is hereby
    replaced by the following :     Article 8
    1.    In each continuous period of 24 hours , a driver shall
         have a rest period , hereafter referred to as 'daily
         rest period' of no less than 11 consecutive hours .
         This daily rest period may be reduced to a minimum of
         9 consecutive hours , not more than three times
         in any one week .     Each reduction shall be compensated
         by an equivalent period of rest granted as
         compensation before the end of the following week .
         Where the rest period is not reduced in accordance
         with the above paragraph , it may be taken in two or
         three separate periods during the day , one of which
         must be of no less than, 8 consecutive hours .      In
         this case the daily rest period shall be increased
         to 12 hours .
    2.   A 'daily rest period 1 as described in paragraph , must
         be taken between any two consecutive 'daily driving
         periods' .
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3 . Where a vehicle is manned by at least two drivers ,
    each driver shall have a rest period of no less
    than 8 consecutive hours during each period of
    30 hours .
4.  Before the end of each week, a driver shall have a rest
    period, hereafter referred to as "weekly rest period",
    of no less than 45 consecutive hours . This weekly
    rest period may be reduced to a minimum of 36
    consecutive hours if taken at the place where the
    vehicle is normally based or where the driver is
    based , or to a minimum of 24 consecutive hours if
    taken elsewhere .   Each reduction shall be compensated
    by an equivalent rest taken en bloc before the end
    of the following week .
5.  In the case of international carriage of passengers
    other than on regular services , the weekly rest
    period may be postponed until the week following
    that in respect of which the rest is due and either
    incorporated into or added immediately following the
    second week 's weekly rest .
    Member States may extend these provisions to national
    passenger services within their territory other
    than regular services .
6.  Any rest taken as compensation for the reduction of
    the daily and /or weekly rest periods must be attached
    to another rest of at least 8 hours and shall be granted ,
    at the request of the driver concerned , at the
    vehicle 's parking place or driver 's base .
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   7.   Hours of the day that cannot be designated as "daily driving
        period ", " compulsory break in the driving period ", or
        "daily rest period ", may not be allocated as part of the
        driving period or rest period for the subsequent day .
   8.   The daily rest period may be taken in a vehicle as long as it
        is fitted with a bunk , is stationary , the heating system poses
        no danger to drivers , and no better accommodation is
        available within a reasonable distance .
4. Article 9 is replaced by the following :
                               Article 9
   The Commission shall investigate the possibility of introducing
   at some future date rules governing working hours and a prohibition
   on certain systems of payment .     It shall submit a relevant report
   not later than 31 December 1989 to the Council and to Parliament .
5. Article 9 becomes Article 10 .
 ---pagebreak---       Amendment to the proposal for a
           Council Directive ( EEC )
 on standard checking procedures for the
  implementation of Regulation ( EEC ) No .
 3820 / 85 on the harmonisation of certain
    social legislation relating to road
transport and Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3821 / 85
 on recording equipment in road transport
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                 Explanatory Memorandum
1. On March 24 / 1988 the Commission put to the Council a
   proposal for a directive on standard checking procedures
   for the implementation of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3820 / 85
   on the harmonisation of certain social legislation
   relating to road transport and Regulation ( EEC )
   No . 3821 / 85 on recording equipment in road transport .
   Proper application of the regulations calls for uniform
   and effective checking by Member States . It is , therefore ,
   necessary to introduce minimum requirements in order to
   check compliance with the relevant provisions .
   These requirements aim at reducing and eventually
   preventing infringements .
   Effective and efficient control throughout the Community
   will also require the exchange of information on the
   enforcement of the regulations in the Member States .
   The measures proposed include
   .    a minimum number of compulsory checks per year carried
        out at regular intervals , ..
   .    an annual target figure of vehicules to be checked ,
        based on a percentage of the total number of vehicles
        subject to the regulations,
   •    periodic coordinated spot checks throughout the Community ,
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   . checks at the road side and at business premises
   .  regular and compulsory exchange of information on
      breaches committed and penalties imposed .
2. At its plenary session of 14 - 18 November 1988 Parliament
   approved the Commission 's proposal subject to
   certain amendments .
3. The Commission can accept the amendments proposed by
   the Parliament .
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           Amendment to the proposal . for a Council
     Directive ( EEC ) on standard checking procedures
        for the implementation of Regulation ( EEC )
        No . 3820 / 85 on the harmonisation of certain
      social legislation relating to road transport
      and Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3821 /85 on recording
                  equipment in road transport
        ( Submitted to the Council by the Commission
           under Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty )
The Commission proposal of 24 March 1988 , as set out in
document COM (88 ) 21 final ( 1 ) is hereby amended as
follows :
1.   Article 3 paragraph 3 is replaced by the following :
     3.      Checks shall be carried out at the roadside , at
             premises of undertakings and in public test stations .
2.   Article 3 paragraph 6 is replaced by the following :
     6.      Checks at premises of undertakings , for the
             purposes of this Directive , shall. include
             examination of driving records ,
             past work schedules and wage records .
             Checks in public test stations shall be carried
            out in accordance with the same requirements as
            those at the roadside or at premises of undertakings .
            Authorized inspecting officers shall , under the
            provisions of Article 15 of Regulation ( EEC ) No .
            3820 /85, also check future work schedules .
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