Report on the implementation in 2013-2014 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and of Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities

This report reviews the implementation by Member States of the four interrelated legislative acts establishing social rules in road transport and their enforcement regime. These legislative acts are: Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, which establishes rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods for professional drivers; Directive 2006/22/EC, which determines minimum requirements for enforcement of these rules; Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment, i.e. main tool to control the drivers' compliance with social rules; and Directive 2002/15/EC, which sets out complementary provisions on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (the 'Road Transport Working Time Directive').

Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 requires Member States to communicate every two years the necessary information to enable the Commission to draw up a report on the application of that Regulation and the developments in the fields in question. Article 13 of Directive 2002/15/EC provides that Member States should report to the Commission on the implementation of the Directive, indicating the views of the two sides of the industry. The reports on Directive 2002/15/EC and Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 can be presented in one single document as both legislative acts cover the same two-year reporting period and establish complementary rules for professional drivers engaged in the carriage of goods or passengers.

This report covers the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014, and is based mainly on the national reports, for which the submission deadline was 30 September 2015. Its aim is to provide an overview of how Member States have implemented the above-mentioned set of legislative acts and to highlight the key challenges in enforcement and application of the rules in force. The report contains both quantitative and qualitative data on checks carried out at roadside and premises, offences detected as well as information on the implementation of the Road Transport Working Time Directive.

The report is complemented by a Commission Staff Working Document that contains supplementary information on penalties, cooperation between Member States, comments from enforcement authorities and detailed statistical data.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2017)100: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2017:100:FIN

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