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"Mr President, I would like to thank all the speakers and the European Commission for their cooperation. I would like to thank once again the shadow rapporteurs and reassure them of our further cooperation during the following stages as well.
I would like to make a few clarifications: our objective is to increase road safety and we have to mention that the cost of road accidents accounts for at least 1% of EU GDP. I have also introduced into the text of the regulation certain items contained in the annexes, which I have considered important in order for the Commission not to be given
and amend by delegated acts only the non-essential and very technical elements of this regulation.
Furthermore, I have reinforced the provisions on data protection and I would like to mention for the benefit of my fellow Members who were afraid of Big Brother that the tachograph will record the start and end position of the driver’s working period and of each transport operation, that is to say, not at any time. I would also like to point out that I support the lowering of the laden mass of vehicles subject to this regulation to 2.8 tonnes and the applicability of this regulation exclusively to professional drivers.
As regards penalties, I agree that it is of the utmost importance for us to be able to include in the legislation of the Member States, in the category of extremely severe penalties and breaches, the provisions and cases that are extremely serious in terms of their consequences on road safety. I do not support exceptions applicable to the whole construction sector and I agree with the example of concrete presented by our fellow Members. However, I believe the construction sector should not benefit, in general, from overly broad exceptions.
Mr President, I would like to conclude by saying that I support the introduction of the weight sensor, which I consider important. Moreover, I should stress that speed will be recorded by the digital tachograph, but will not be transmitted by the remote communication system, because it will be checked manually when the vehicle is stopped in traffic, and control shall be performed manually as well.
I wish to thank once again the shadow rapporteurs and reassure them of our further cooperation during the next stages in the adoption of this legislative dossier. I would like to thank all the speakers and, once again, the Commission."@en1
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