4 AIMS OF THE PROPOSAL: 1 Aim: To make rules clear and Today, the price of a transport operation is balanced with a simple and determined ahead, by taking into account the enforceable approach national prices of fuel, national road taxes, national rules and so forth. It is logic to include the Solution: Exempting simple export-import drivers remuneration in this calculation. operations from the Posting of Workers In terms of control, a CMR (consignment note) Directive. All other international transport follows the goods in the truck today informing operations (i.e. third country operations) about the sender, recipient, and country and must be covered by the Posting of Workers address of delivery. Directive from day 1. It is proposed that in implementing the principIn order to ensure clear rules and avoid le of next destination, it is proposed that the use misinterpretation of the definition of the of an electronic CMR (eCMR) is made mandatory length of an operation, any individual and that this document includes information operation begins and ends with the loading on the contract of employment, as well as the of goods. calculation of the drivers remuneration. For each operation, the governing principle Important for ensuring control is the use of in determining which national rules applies digital tachographs, which makes it easy for under the Posting of Workers Directive is national authorities to control that the recorded the principle of next destination. driving corresponds to the information provided in the eCMR. 2 Aim: To make rules for land It is therefore proposed that the phase-in and transport enforceable and use of eCMR and digital tachographs in all controllable vehicles happens within 3 years of the adoption of the relevant legislation. Solution: The logic of the principle of next destination flows from the fact that a transport In terms of the costs, the purchase and montage operation is planned ahead, and therefore the of a new digital tachograph costs maximum most natural way is to carry out control retro- around 1800Eur (based on an offer from Volvo spectively at the point of unloading. in Denmark). 10 Fair Mobility Clear and balanced rules for international transport FAIR MOBILITY - CLEAR AND BALANCED RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT Clear and more balanced rules for posted workers is needed. Also in the transport sector. The new rules on posted workers and the Mobility Package proposed by the European Commission are important steps in the right direction towar The present proposal smartly targets the types of transport that allow for business models, which can extort the market and provide insecurity regarding the level of remuneration, tax, insurance or the quality of work-life balance for drivers, while exempting simple export-import operations, which d THE PRINCIPLE OF NEXT DESTINATION Third country operations are types of international transport operations, where the driver, employed in country A (the home country of the transport company), conducts an operation from country B to country C. Such drivers are neither working from nor guaranteed to 5 EXEMPTION OF SIMPLE EXPORT-IMPORT OPERATIONS Simple export-import operations are types of international transport operations, that either begin or end in the Member State where the driver is employed. This includes simple operations, where a driver drives goods from country A, the country of employm Simple export-import operations A driver employed by a Hungarian transport company drives a load from Hungary (Budapest) to Sweden (Malmo) through Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Denmark. The driver returns directly from Sweden (Malmo) to Hungary (Budapest) with a new load through Poland a FULL COVERAGE OF OTHER THIRD-COUNTRY OPERATIONS Third country operations are types of international transport operations, where the driver, employed in country A (the home country of the transport company), conducts an operation from country B to country C. Such drivers are neither working from nor Third country operations A driver employed by a Hungarian transport company drives a load from Spain (Madrid) to Sweden (Malmo) where it is unloaded through France, Germany and Denmark. This operation should be carried out as a minimum according to the employment conditions of Sweden. The same drive 4 AIMS OF THE PROPOSAL: 1 Aim: To make rules clear and Today, the price of a transport operation is balanced with a simple and determined ahead, by taking into account the enforceable approach national prices of fuel, national road taxes, national rules and so forth. It is logic to include th 3 Aim: To eliminate the most pressing incentives to establish and make use of so-called letter box companies 4 Aim: To eliminate incentives for practices that results in so-called nomad-drivers and to improve the basis for a better work-life balance for drivers Solution: With the principle of ne Transport W W W . 3 F. D K