Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the Union road transport market

According to Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 on access to the international road haulage market:

"The Commission shall draw up a report on the state of the Community road transport market by the end of 2013. The report shall contain an analysis of the market situation, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of controls and the evolution of employment conditions in the profession, as well as an assessment as to whether harmonisation of the rules in the fields, inter alia, of enforcement and road user charges, as well as social and safety legislation, has progressed to such an extent that the further opening of domestic road transport markets, including cabotage, could be envisaged."

The present report responds to this request. It brings together evidence from several studies, and it uses road freight transport statistics collected by Eurostat, as well as information on the enforcement of the social rules in road freight transport collected from Member States. It also draws on the Report of the High Level Group on the Development of the EU Road Haulage Market of 19 June 2012. It also takes into account the results of the extensive stakeholder consultation which took place before and after the drafting of the High Level Group report. Finally, it follows the identification by the Commission of the need for a revision of Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009 and (EC) No 1072/2009 under the REFIT exercise.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)222: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:222:FIN

ESO: Background information: Improve road haulage rules for industry, drivers and the environment, says Commission http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-improve-road-haulage-rules-for-industry-drivers-and-the-environment-says-commission/

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