Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-09-Speech-4-274"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081009.25.4-274"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-09-Speech-4-2752
lpv:speaker	lp:Ona Rainyté-bodard2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Darbo partija (2004-07-20--2009-02-16)3 member; ALDE (2008-06-26--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Road transport is one of the economic areas that plays a very important role in the European internal market. This area is especially important with regard to employment, as more than 3 million people work in the EU transport industry. Despite an abundance of EU legislation aiming to ensure the road safety of European citizens and the health and safety of passenger and freight transport drivers, cases of breaches of the rules on rest periods and breaks are on the increase in the Member States. This situation has two main causes: the failure of Member States to transpose legislation on road transport into national legislation, or to do so diligently. The health and safety requirements applied to drivers with an employment contract differ from those applied to drivers who are self-employed. The present situation, where legislation on working time is applied only to those with work contracts and not to the self-employed, threatens to distort competition in the transport industry. The number of fictitious self-employed drivers is increasing, as health and safety requirements for self-employed drivers are less stringent. This situation not only encourages unfair competition, but also endangers the health and safety of drivers and other road users. The European Commission aims to ensure that self-employed drivers comply with the same rules laid down in the relevant legislation. These measures would enable us to achieve much better levels of road safety and to ensure appropriate health and safety conditions for drivers as well as fair competition in the road transport sector."@en1

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