Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-03-Speech-2-306-000"
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"en.20120703.18.2-306-000"2
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"Even though the initial aim of the Commission’s proposal to revise the Tachograph Regulation is to make fraud more difficult, better enforce social regulations and reduce the administrative burden on both transport companies and controlling authorities by making use of new technologies, Parliament’s position adopted today is not sufficiently thought-out and balanced. Technologies are rapidly advancing in all fields, and the introduction of a new type of smart digital tachograph, known as ‘smart’, should be welcomed – it will facilitate remote communication between the tachograph and control equipment for the purposes of control, allow for automatic recording of the exact location with the help of GNSS, and thereby make control simpler and easier. However, in my opinion, the requirement to install tachographs from now on in smaller goods vehicles weighing up to 2.8 tonnes, instead of the current 3.5 tonnes, is ill-considered. These are vans. It is doubtful whether the benefits with regard to traffic safety and control will justify the additional expenses that this will cause to small and medium-sized enterprises. Secondly, the amendment included in the report which states that the individual employment contracts of drivers of vehicles engaged in international transport are to be regulated by the legislation of the country in which or from which the driver makes the most journeys runs directly counter to international regulations (the so-called Rome Convention) and EU regulations on the law applicable to contractual obligations. Essentially, this sets a dangerous precedent for interfering with the fundamental principles and legal framework of the market in order to address social regulations. I therefore cannot support Parliament’s report on tachographs in its entirety."@en1
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