Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-14-Speech-2-041"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030114.2.2-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-14-Speech-2-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Samuli Pohjamo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I would first like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Markov, for drawing up this report. He has done a thorough job and, furthermore, listened to those of us who have a different opinion with regard to this issue. Road safety is an important matter. From the point of view of the transport sector it is also essential to improve the social status of drivers and the esteem they are held in. The Commission proposal, however, was badly drafted. In the committee debate we were able to improve the proposal, although, in the opinion of our group, the end result is still not acceptable. The proposal would increase inflexibility and lead to practices that would be difficult to monitor and which would cause the sector to incur additional costs. Furthermore, natural breaks at work cannot be taken advantage of. The new regulation will not improve road safety either. Our group is proposing that we reject the Commission proposal and ask the Commission to carry out a thorough study of the need to change current rest periods, taking digital tachographs into account. We have also put forward important proposals for improvements in case the rejection proposal is blocked. The basic idea behind them is that the provisions on rest periods in the current regulation are adequate provided that they are complied with and monitored effectively. More effective monitoring will lead to better results than if the provisions are merely made more stringent on paper."@en1

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