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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would firstly like to thank you for your constructive comments on our proposal and say, in order to dispel any doubts, that this is not a social policy proposal. That would be the responsibility of Mrs Diamantopoulou rather than me. That is not my competence. I am talking about road safety. That is the objective of this proposal. If the social aspect were the primary objective, we would have to consider other issues. I am talking about safety on our roads in the transport sector and, of course, distortions of competition.
In view of the large number of amendments proposed, I will present a list in writing to the Secretariat of Parliament indicating the Commission’s specific position on each of them.
I would like to make a few general comments on the most important issues which have been raised here today, however.
Firstly, the adoption of the sectoral directive on types of work, which lays down a method for weekly calculation, makes it necessary to adapt our Regulation, above all the provisions relating to working and rest times. The Commission therefore accepts the amendments – some with modifications to the wording – which clarify the text in this respect.
We also accept those amendments – some reworded – which call for improvements in the control and application of the regulations. We will incorporate these suggestions into the proposal on road controls which we will present soon, bearing in mind that this is a different proposal – and this is my response to one of the speakers who referred earlier to this aspect.
We also accept the amendments which call for compatibility between the rules of the European Union and those of third countries and which call for the inclusion of smaller international transport vehicles in the legislation, especially those which provide courier services, as well as all those amendments which request a degree of flexibility in terms of permitting all existing practices which do not have a negative effect on the application of the Regulation.
Mr President, we cannot accept the arguments that this proposal is not necessary, however. Seventeen years have passed since the original Regulation entered into force and both the nature of the market and European realities and technological developments, specifically the digital speedometer, have developed and changed considerably. The changes therefore have to be incorporated. The Commission will ensure a balance between flexibility and the control of application.
We cannot accept those amendments which ask for more controls and imply an excessive increase in administrative burdens. And with regard to the exceptions and derogations, the Commission accepts those which are based on concrete realities, but not the generic ones which could be used to evade the rules.
Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Markov, for this wonderful work, since he has had to deal with a real sea of amendments, but I believe that in the end he has been able to propose a balanced report which the Commission generally agrees with."@en1
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