Commission Decision

of 22 September 2008

drawing up the standard reporting form referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2008) 5123)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/810/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 [1], and in particular Article 25(2) thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport [2],

Whereas:

(1) The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should be used as the medium through which the Member States communicate to the Commission, every 2 years, the necessary information for the preparation of a report on the implementation of that Regulation, of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 and on developments in the fields in question.

(2) The standard form previously established by Commission Decision 93/173/EEC [3] should now be updated in order to take account, inter alia, of developments in the Community rules on driving times and rest periods.

(3) The new reporting requirements established by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [4] which lays down minimum conditions for its implementation cover in particular information on national exceptions granted by Member States under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and more precise details of checks undertaken on vehicles.

(4) Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities [5] complements the provisions on driving time, breaks and rest periods laid down in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(5) In accordance with Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/15/EC, a report on the implementation of that Directive should be made by the Member States every 2 years. This 2-year period coincides with that laid down in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(6) It is accordingly appropriate for reasons of administrative convenience and effective monitoring of the impact of the Community rules in this field to make provision for the inclusion of this information on the standard form,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Decision 93/173/EEC is hereby repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 September 2008.

For the Commission

Antonio Tajani

Vice-President

[1] OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8.

[3] OJ L 72, 25.3.1993, p. 33.

[4] OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 35.

[5] OJ L 80, 23.2.2002, p. 35.

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ANNEX

Standard form for reporting on the implementation by Member States of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 and Directive 2002/15/EC in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and Article 13 of Directive 2002/15/EC

1. MEMBER STATE

2. REFERENCE PERIOD

(Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006)

From (date):

To (date):

3. CALCULATION OF MINIMUM CHECKS TO BE CARRIED OUT

(Article 2 of Directive 2006/22/EC)

(a)Number of days worked per driver during the reference period: | … |

(b)Total number of vehicles subject to Regulation (EC) No 561/2006: | … |

(c)Total number of days worked [(a) × (b)]: | … |

(d)Minimum checks [2 % of (c) from 1 January 2008, 3 % from January 2010]: | … |

4. CHECKS AT THE ROADSIDE

4.1. Number of drivers checked at the roadside by country of registration and main type of carriage

Main type of carriage | EU/EEA/Switzerland | Third Countries |

Nationals | Non-nationals |

Carriage of passengers | | | |

Carriage of goods | | | |

Total | | | |

4.2. Number of vehicles stopped for roadside check by type of road and country of registration

Type of road | A | B | BG | CY | CZ | D | DK | E | EST | F | FIN | GB | GR | H | I | IRL | L |

Motorway | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

National road | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Secondary road | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Type of road | LT | LV | M | NL | P | PL | RO | S | SK | SLO | FL | IS | N | CH | Other | Total |

Motorway | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

National road | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Secondary road | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

4.3. Number of vehicles stopped for roadside check by type of tachograph

Type of tachograph | EU/EEA/Switzerland | Third Countries |

Nationals | Non-nationals |

Analogue | | | |

Digital | | | |

Total | | | |

If national statistics allow, please fill in also the table below giving the exact figures concerning vehicles fitted with digital tachograph:

(a)Number of vehicles fitted with digital tachograph | |

(b)Share of vehicles fitted with digital tachograph in a total fleet of vehicles subject to Regulations | |

4.4. Number of working days checked at the roadside by main type of carriage and country of registration

Main type of carriage | EU/EEA/Switzerland | Third Countries |

Nationals | Non-nationals |

Carriage of passengers | | | |

Carriage of goods | | | |

Total | | | |

4.5. Offences — number and type of offences detected at the roadside

(R — offence against Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, D — offence against Directive 2006/22/EC)

Article | Type of offence | Carriage of passengers | Carriage of goods |

EU/EEA/Switzerland | Third Countries | EU/EEA/Switzerland | Third Countries |

Nationals | Non-nationals | Nationals | Non-nationals |

R 6 | Driving time: daily limitweekly limitfortnightly limit | | | | | | |

R 6 | Lack of records for other work and/or availability | | | | | | |

R 7 | Breaks in driving time (driving more than 4,5 hours without break or break too short) | | | | | | |

R 8 | Rest periods: daily minimumweekly minimum | | | | | | |

R 10 & 26 | Driving time records: 1 year for keeping datarecord sheets for the preceding 28 daysWorking Time records: | | | | | | |

D Annex I A | Recording equipment: incorrect functioningmisuse or manipulation of the recording equipment | | | | | | |

5. CHECKS AT THE PREMISES OF UNDERTAKING

5.1. Number of drivers checked and number of working days checked at the premises of undertaking

Type of carriage | Number of drivers checked | Number of working days checked |

I.Typology

Carriage of passengers | | |

Carriage of goods | | |

II.Typology

Carriage for hire or reward | | |

Carriage on own account | | |

5.2. Offences — number and type of offences detected at the premises

(R — offence against Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, D — offence against Directive 2006/22/EC)

Article | Type of offence | Carriage of passengers | Carriage of goods |

R 6 | Driving time: daily limitweekly limitfortnightly limit | | |

R 6 | Lack of records for other work and/or availability | | |

R 7 | Breaks in driving time (driving more than 4,5 hours without break or break too short) | | |

R 8 | Rest periods: daily minimumweekly minimum | | |

R 10 & 26 | Driving time records: 1 year for keeping datarecord sheets for the 28 preceding days | | |

D Annex I | Recording equipment: incorrect functioningmisuse or manipulation of the recording equipment | | |

5.3. Number of undertakings and drivers checked at the premises by size of fleet of the undertaking

Size of fleet | Number of undertakings checked | Number of drivers checked | Number of offences detected |

1 | | | |

2-5 | | | |

6-10 | | | |

11-20 | | | |

21-50 | | | |

51-200 | | | |

201-500 | | | |

Over 500 | | | |

6. NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY

(a)Number of control officers involved in checks at the roadside and at the premises: | … |

(b)Number of control officers trained to be able to analyse data from digital tachographs at both the roadside or at company premises: | … |

(c)Number of units of equipment provided to control officers to be able to download, read and analyse data from digital tachographs at the roadside and company premises: | … |

7. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES

7.1. National

(a) Regulatory (including the update on what use has been made of exceptions under Article 13(1))

(b) Administrative

(c) Other

7.2. International

(a) Concerted checks: number in each year, countries collaborating

(b) Exchange of experience, data, staff: number of initiatives, people, subjects of exchange, countries collaborating

8. PENALTIES

8.1. Scales in the reference year

8.2. Changes

(a) Date and nature of most recent changes (based on reference year)

(b) Administrative or legal references

9. CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS, INCLUDING ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELDS IN QUESTION

10. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE 2002/15/EC

This section should in general include information on:

- how the report has been produced, what stakeholders have been consulted,

- implementation [legal situation, how the transposition changed the previous legal situation regarding working time, any specific difficulties encountered at the application of the Directive, measures taken in response to those difficulties, any flanking measures to facilitate the practical implementation of the legislation],

- monitoring of implementation [bodies responsible for monitoring compliance with the rules, methods used for monitoring, problems encountered and solutions applied],

- judicial interpretation [indicate whether there have been court decisions at national level interpreting or applying the Directive on any significant issues, what were the key legal points on the issue],

- assessment of effectiveness [data used to assess the effectiveness of transposing measures, positive and negative aspects of practical implementation of the legislation],

- outlook [any priorities in the subject area, suggest adaptations or amendments to the Directive stating the reason, indicate any changes which are considered necessary to technical progress, suggest any flanking measures at EU level].

11. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPILATION OF THIS REPORT

Name: …

Position: …

Organisation: …

Administrative address: …

Tel./fax …

E-mail: …

Date: …

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