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This report is a first step, albeit a cautious one, but nevertheless quite necessary to regulate the road transport sector, in which the unfettered exploitation of both salaried and self-employed drivers is the norm and in which, just as in maritime transport, there is a real culture of complacency, with businesses registered outside the European Union, and fleets of trucks and equipment that fall short of all standards and conventions of employment law.
Europe must move towards improving existing legislation, revising Regulation 3820/85 in particular, and towards harmonising the best gains made by salaried drivers across the Union in terms of the length of working time and night work. No country and no business must be excluded from the directive and no exemptions must be granted. In order to ensure that the legislation is implemented, the European Union must provide itself with the human and financial resources, particularly by hiring sufficient numbers of qualified employment inspectors.
A driver’s working time might currently reach 60 or 70 hours, of which at least 50 might be spent behind the wheel. The phrase ‘working time’ must not only mean driving time, but must cover all other activities too. Night work must be drastically shortened – 8 hours’ driving is still too high – with the corresponding compensation and it must be limited to the transport of certain goods. Lastly, the rules must apply to self-employed hauliers as well as to salaried drivers.
In view of this progress, we have voted in favour of this report."@en1
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