Legal provisions of COM(2023)256 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2023)256 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods ... |
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document | COM(2023)256 ![]() |
date | April 24, 2024 |
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 is amended as follows:
(1) | in Article 4, point (n) is replaced by the following:
(*1) Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 88).’;" |
(2) | in Article 7, the following paragraph is inserted after the second paragraph: ‘For a driver engaged in an occasional passenger service, the break referred to in the first paragraph may also be replaced by two breaks, of at least 15 minutes each, distributed over the driving period referred to in the first paragraph, in such a way as to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph.’ ; |
(3) | Article 8 is amended as follows:
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(4) | in Article 16, the following paragraphs are added: ‘4. For the purpose of roadside checks, until a digital journey form is available, the driver shall be able to justify the use of the derogations under Article 7, third paragraph, and Article 8(2a) and (6a) by:
The obligation in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall cease to apply at the latest when the vehicle uses a tachograph allowing the recording of the type of passenger service referred to in paragraph 5. For national services, the journey form for international services may be used, indicating its use for national service. The Commission may adopt an implementing act establishing the format of the journey form for national services to simplify checks on compliance, if appropriate. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 24(2a). No later than 31 December 2026, the Commission shall assess the options for digitalising the journey form for drivers engaged in occasional passenger services in terms of feasibility, cost-effectiveness and its impact on enforceability and working conditions of drivers and, if appropriate, present to the European Parliament and the Council a legislative proposal regarding such digitalisation. That assessment shall cover the development of a digital journey form containing the information required in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 to allow such information to be electronically registered prior to the start of the journey in a multilingual interface to which operators have access. To that end, the Commission may also explore the possibility of developing one or more new modules for the Internal Market Information System established by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*2). 5. To ensure uniform application and enforcement of Article 7, third paragraph, and Article 8(2a) and (6a), the Commission shall, at the earliest occasion of reviewing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 (*3) or any implementing act replacing it, and at the latest by 23 November 2025, adopt implementing acts laying down appropriate technical specifications that enable the recording and storage on the tachograph of data relating to the type of passenger service, namely regular or occasional passenger service. The date of application of those implementing acts shall be set after consulting the relevant stakeholders. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 24(2a). (*2) Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC (“the IMI Regulation”) (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 1)." (*3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 of 18 March 2016implementing Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (OJ L 139, 26.5.2016, p. 1).’;" |
(5) | the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 17a By 31 December 2028, the Commission shall draw up a report assessing the consequences of the provisions of this Regulation relating to the occasional passenger services sector in respect of road safety and social aspects, in particular the working conditions of drivers. The Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and the Council. If it considers it to be appropriate, the Commission shall make relevant legislative proposals. ’; |
(6) | in Article 19(2), the first subparagraph is replaced as follows: ‘2. A Member State shall enable the competent authorities to impose a penalty on an undertaking and/or a driver for an infringement of this Regulation or of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 detected on its territory and for which a penalty has not already been imposed, even where that infringement has been committed on the territory of another Member State or of a third country.’. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.