EU: the European Commission adopted three proposals concerning road transport

Loyal competition. Among the main measures, the company which wishes to have access to the transport operator occupation will now have to employ a transport manager to testify of his/her professional ability through a 140-hour training and an exam. If serious offenses were being committed under his/her responsibility, the manager could be forbidden to manage transport activities for two years throughout the EU. To guarantee loyal competition, “companies will have to have an office and a business center, which will prevent the appearance of “mailbox” companies, theCommission explained. Cabotage (freight transport within a member state performed by a transporter established in another), is another well-known source of social dumping, is better supervised. It “will have to be limited to maximum three operations to be performed by seven days”. 
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cerning working time and truck drivers’ night work.

Loyal competition. Among the main measures, the company which wishes to have access to the transport operator occupation will now have to employ a transport manager to testify of his/her professional ability through a 140-hour training and an exam. If serious offenses were being committed under his/her responsibility, the manager could be forbidden to manage transport activities for two years throughout the EU. To guarantee loyal competition, “

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