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"Mr President, I would like to begin by thanking all my colleagues from every political group for the good cooperation we have had in drafting this report. Tachographs play a crucial role in checking compliance by professional road transport drivers with the rules on driving times and rest periods. Therefore, they contribute to improving road safety, drivers’ working conditions and fair competition between road transport companies.
The new proposal for a regulation provides for a series of technical measures, including improved tachograph functions, wireless communications for reducing roadside checks and the establishment of a harmonised interface with other Intelligent Transport Systems applications, as well as a series of non-technical measures including more trustworthy workshops, making fraud with driver cards more difficult, better training of control officers, a minimum degree of harmonisation of sanctions and modernised rules concerning use.
As regards the connection of the tachograph to a global navigation satellite system, Parliament recommends that only those satellite positioning service connections should be used that exploit a positioning service free of charge, and that only the location data strictly needed to cross-check the information recorded by the tachograph by control authorities shall be automatically and compulsorily recorded.
With respect to merging the functionalities of driver cards with driving licences, Parliament calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on the feasibility and merits of merging all of the cards used by professional drivers, in particular, the driver card with the driver licence, within 24 months of the adoption of the regulation.
We call on the Commission to examine the technical solutions available, card compatibility problems and data protection-related issues prior to recommending merging these cards’ functionalities.
The Committee on Transport and Tourism emphasises that, in the interest of a clear, effective, proportionate and uniform implementation of social security rules in road transport, it is essential that the Member States’ authorities apply the rules in a uniform manner. To ensure compliance with social legislation and the proper use of the tachograph, manual setting by the driver of the activity performed is vital. Via Amendment 21, the TRAN Committee suggests to use for the purposes of this regulation the definition of the ‘daily working period’ provided by the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-394/92. The TRAN Committee proposes that by 2020, all vehicles which are not exempted from the application of this regulation be fitted with a smart tachograph in order to improve road safety and social conditions for professional drivers. At the same time, Parliament considers it vital for the Member States to equip their control authorities with remote early detection equipment and train their control officers accordingly. Under no circumstances shall remote control communication lead to automatic fines or penalties for the driver or undertaking. As regards workshops, the Member States shall adopt measures to prevent conflicts of interests between fitters or workshops and road transport undertakings.
The TRAN Committee calls for unannounced technical audits to cover at least 20% of the approved workshops per year. At the same time, in order to reduce bureaucracy, the driver card shall be issued at the request of the driver by the competent authority within 15 days of the request being received by the same.
I would like to point out, Commissioner, that this regulation is seen as a unique opportunity to amend Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on social legislation, which is why we have tabled many amendments in this respect. I personally do not support them because I believe the regulation on digital tachographs is not the right opportunity to amend Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. However, we have also tabled a few amendments regarding certain exceptions that may bring about a certain degree of flexibility. I await fellow Members’ speeches with interest."@en1
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