Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-05-Speech-2-081"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020205.5.2-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-05-Speech-2-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Regina Bastos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"The result achieved by the Conciliation Delegation is very positive and represents a very significant achievement for the European Parliament. By adopting this directive on the organisation of the working time of persons whose occupation is the performance of mobile road-transport activities, we will eliminate distortions to competition within the sector and at the same time promote road safety. I welcome, in particular, the agreement achieved on the central issue of this directive: the inclusion of self-employed workers. Including these workers within the scope of the directive seven years after its entry into force and the possibility of the Commission undertaking a study of the consequences of the exclusion of self-employed drivers, to be carried out two years before the end of that seven-year period, have proven to be a useful and balanced formula for overcoming the resistance of some Member States and thereby obtaining the agreement that is crucial to the adoption of this new directive, which is of vital importance to the common transport policy. The definition of a self-employed driver put forward in the directive also makes a valuable contribution to preventing the creation of new forms of false self-employment during the period of temporary exclusion of self-employed drivers. With regard to the hours of night work, guarantees are provided for the competitiveness of the outermost countries, whose drivers have to travel long distances in order to reach the main centres of production and distribution, travelling at night when traffic is less heavy. The outcome of the agreement between Parliament and the Council, therefore, represents an appropriate balance between the economic aspects and road safety and the health of workers."@en1

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