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Minimum breaks and rest periods in occasional road passenger transport
The current Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on minimum breaks and rest periods for road freight and passenger transport drivers does not take into account the nature of occasional bus and coach services, and their drivers' specific needs. The European Commission has therefore proposed to amend this legislation and to introduce more flexible rules on splitting up breaks and taking daily and weekly rest periods. In the European Parliament, the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is responsible for ...
Requisitos mínimos sobre pausas y períodos de descanso en el transporte discrecional de viajeros por carretera
El actual Reglamento (CE) n.º 561/2006, relativo a las pausas y los períodos mínimos de descanso de los conductores en el transporte por carretera, no tiene en cuenta las características y necesidades específicas del transporte discrecional de viajeros (autocares y autobuses, principalmente con fines turísticos). Por consiguiente, la Comisión Europea ha propuesto modificar esta legislación e introducir normas más flexibles sobre la división de las pausas y sobre el disfrute de los períodos de descanso ...
Revision of Directive 2007/59/EC on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains
For over 30 years, the EU has been pursuing the objective of developing an efficient and competitive EU-wide railway network, the single European railway area. By integrating national rail systems, rail should become more competitive, ultimately allowing transport to become more sustainable. Efficient, safe and interoperable rail services need train drivers who can work seamlessly across borders and across operational and language barriers. In the absence of an EU-wide certification scheme, however ...
Women working in transport
International Women's Day on 8 March 2022 marks an occasion to reflect on the position of women as workers in the EU transport sector. Women only represent on average around 16 % (2020) of total employees in the different transport sectors and modes (land, water and air). In view of growing labour shortages in this important economic sector, worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, this share needs to increase, according to experts.
Women and transport
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, summarises achievements in gender and transport in the EU in regard to knowledge and policies considering women as transport users and as workers in the transport sector. It introduces the most recent data and concepts, presents promising practices and provides EU policy indications in the context of the European Green Deal to effectively support ...
Road transport: Enforcement and special provisions for posted workers
The EU has established a range of social measures applicable to the road transport sector, which aim at improving drivers' working conditions, road safety and competition. To give real substance to these measures, compliance is key. The 2006 Enforcement Directive was therefore adopted to effectively implement the social provisions of the Driving Time Regulation. The present proposal, published in the context of the European Commission's 2017 'Europe on the move' initiative, seeks to remedy some shortcomings ...
Road transport: Driving, breaks, rest times and tachographs
The Driving Time and Tachograph Regulations were adopted to improve drivers' working conditions and road safety, as well as to enhance compliance with the rules, and competition between road operators. In the context of the European Commission's 2017 'Europe on the move' package, the present proposal aims to remedy the shortcomings of these regulations, on which a broad consensus has emerged: lack of clarity, non-uniform implementation, insufficient enforcement and a need for strengthened cooperation ...
Transporte por carretera: normas sociales y de mercado
Junto con la liberalización del transporte y la creación del mercado interior en el sector del transporte, la UE ha establecido medidas sociales y de mercado. El 31 de mayo de 2017, para reforzar estas medidas en el sector del transporte de mercancías por carretera, la Comisión Europea adoptó una serie de tres propuestas legislativas sobre los tiempos de conducción y descanso, el desplazamiento de los conductores y el acceso a la profesión y al cabotaje como parte del paquete «Europa en movimiento ...
Plenary round-up – Strasbourg, January I 2019
Highlights of the January I plenary session included the latest debate on the future of Europe, with Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Spain's prime minister, and a debate on the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Members also debated the reform of EU asylum and migration policy, reviewed the Austrian Council Presidency and discussed the incoming Romanian Presidency's programme. Among the subjects debated and voted, Parliament adopted positions on 12 more of the three dozen funding programmes proposed for ...
Transporte por carretera: normas sociales y de mercado
En mayo de 2017, como parte de la iniciativa «Europa en movimiento», la Comisión Europea presentó un conjunto de tres propuestas para actualizar las normas sociales y de mercado en el sector del transporte por carretera. En junio de 2018, la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo (TRAN) del Parlamento Europeo aprobó los informes en relación con las propuestas, además del mandato para iniciar las negociaciones tripartitas. Sin embargo, en la sesión plenaria de junio, el Parlamento no aprobó los mandatos ...