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…
Agnieszka Martinez
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…
Margareta Przybyla
Joint inspections organized by ELA
Joint inspections organized by ELA How are the new rules on the posting of drivers are checked actually on the road? Are you in compliance with the Mobility Package and the lex specialis concerning the posting of drivers? Move Expert receives a large number of calls and requests, as was the case for example from Romanian…
Community licence for LCVs
Community licence for LCVs From 21 May, companies carrying out international transport with vehicles whose maximum permissible weight exceeds 2.5 tonnes will have to have the appropriate authorisations. Until now, the Community licence has only applied to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tonnes. The most important change for LCVs with a…
Application of new posting rules to LCVs
Application of new posting rules to LCVs- situation in France As a general rule, since 2 February 2022 transport operators are subject to new legislative measures on posting, including administrative requirements in case of control and the obligation to register posted drivers in the IMI system. The lex specialis Directive 2020/1057 does not differentiate directly…
Safe and Secure Truck Parking
Safe and Secure Truck Parking Secure parking places for trucks and commercial light vehicles has been listed as a top priority in the ITS Action Plan. European Truck drivers need to have appropriate information on safe and secure parking places in Europe. They are often confronted with insufficient number of parking facilities and therefore often…
IMI vs national registration system
IMI registration or national registration systems – what prevails in countries, who have not transposed yet the lex specialis Directive? Despite the fact, that Member States were obliged to transpose the lex specialis Directive 2020/10571 by 2 February 2022, only few of them have done so. To our knowledge so far only France, Denmark, Spain,…
Long-term posting of drivers
Do provisions on long-term posting of drivers apply to the transport sector and do periods of posting of drivers registered in IMI system cumulate? Move Expert is receiving a large number of enquiries, especially from Romanian carriers, concerning the period of posting of drivers to be registered within the IMI system. Some operators fear, that while registering drivers…