Posting of drivers to UK – what rules apply?
Posting of drivers to UK Posting of drivers to UK raises still a lot of questions as UK is neither Member of the EU nor an ordinary third country. Its relations with the EU are governed by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which to a wide extend regulates road transport between these two…
Margareta Przybyla
First online inspections via IMI
First online inspections via the IMI system Attention! The first online inspections of European transport companies are performed via the new EU common system (IMI) by the National Authorities of EU Member States. Typically, the online request requires to provide several types of documents that can refer to transport operations that took place for the…
Martyna VALUZYTE
Obligation to keep A1 form in the vehicle
Obligation to keep A1 form in the vehicle Are drivers obliged to keep A1 forms in the cabin of their vehicles while carrying out international transport operations? This question has been asked repetitively, especially by transport operators who send their drivers to France and Austria, but checks are also carried out in Germany and Italy….
Missing record sheets = One single penalty
Application of the Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 on tachographs in road transport sector As a general rule, transport operators are subject to obligation to produce the record sheets relating to the period covering the current day and the previous 28 days as provided in Article 36 of the Regulation (EU) No. 165/2014. In accordance…
Agnieszka Martinez
Posting of drivers via temporary
The scope of the lex specialis Directive covers drivers that are posted on the territory of EU Member States directly via transport operators that provide transport services to another independent party. As a result, intragroup posting as well as posting of drivers via temporary work agencies are excluded from lex specialis and governed by the…
Road checks related to rest time in France
Road checks related to rest time in France Does your, as an employer of the transport company, driver have ever been stopped and checked in France for regular weekly rest time? And you have paid at least 750 euros as a “consignation “in France? By judgment of May 19, 2022, the French Police Court of…
New campaign organized by ELA
New campaign organized by ELA: Leaflets on “Driving and Resting Times” and “Posting of drivers” The last week, ELA coordinated several joint inspections in road transport with participation of authorities from EU Member States. More than half of the EU Member States, 18 EU Member States participated in the joint inspections. As European Labour Authority…
18 EU Member States in ELA inspections
More than half of the EU Member States have participated in ELA inspections ELA announced that last week they coordinated several joint inspections in road transport with participation of authorities from EU Member States. In general, more than half of the EU Member States, 18 EU Member States already participated in these joint inspections with…
Organize the return of the vehicle
How to organize the obligatory return of the vehicle ? While most of the proposals in the Mobility Package are effective, the new obligation to arrange for the return of each vehicle to the company’s operating center in the country of establishment at least every 8 weeks came into force only on 21 February 2022….
Rules on remuneration of posted drivers
Specific rules on remuneration of posted drivers While posting workers to another Member State employers are obliged to apply a clearly defined set of terms and condition of employment in place in the receiving country. These terms and conditions of employment are laid down in the Member State where the work is carried out by…