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Mrs Jensen and Mrs Wortmann-Kool mentioned the problems of buses. Parliament was more open to the demands of industry; the Council was not; the Commission was open to both solutions, but the conciliation procedure went in the Council’s favour. We can, all the same, acknowledge that safety will win out here.
I now come to the use of the tachograph. Ladies and gentlemen, you will at some point hear the digital tachograph mentioned. The Commission is working with officials from the Member States to ensure that the introduction of the digital tachograph is coherent and harmonised, both on the roads and in businesses. Mr Romagnoli, I know that the Italian workshops have fallen behind, like those in some other Member States. That is a regrettable situation, and we have demonstrated our understanding. Nevertheless, the tachograph is a crucial element in terms of road safety and compliance with the regulation, and if a Member State is not ready on the date set by Parliament, in agreement with the Council, then I can tell you straight away that there will be no further delay. This is a question of coherence, and we will quite simply take infringement action.
Ladies and gentlemen, while apologising for not answering all the questions posed, I should like to point out the many advantages of the legislative package.
A clear limit on weekly driving times, the impossibility of bypassing rest breaks, a simplified daily rest period, regular weekly rest periods, a standard policy in relation to interpreting and applying the regulation, the extraterritoriality of penalties and greater accountability throughout the transport chain: these are the main breakthroughs in the regulation. As for the directive, it enables us to increase the number of checks, both on site – at the roadside in this case – and also on the premises of the businesses, where the checks will be mainly carried out. All of this should enable us to improve the checks, make them effective and guarantee greater cooperation.
I hope that the commotion accompanying my speech is only the expression of widespread approval, even if Parliament may have some regrets about not having been fully supported by the Council. In any event, I thank Parliament for its excellent work on these two texts."@en1
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