Spain: two awaited texts on road transport published

The royal decree which transposes the 2002/15 directive on the organization of working time of people performing mobile activities in road transport activities was published in the July 18 official bulletin. In addition to setting a limit on working time, the decree aims at encouraging negotiation by enabling social partners to derogate from certain rules. The royal decree which transposes the 2003/59 directive on the training of the drivers of certain vehicles devoted to merchandise or passenger transport, which strengthens the requirements of the drivers' initial and continuous training, was published in the August 2 official bulletin. (Ref. 070672)
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Royal decree 902/2007 on the working time of mobile workers in road transport. The government had to take over after the negotiations started by Spanish social partners on the transposition of the 2002/15 directive had failed (see our story 070222). This royal decree, which amends the current article 10 of the royal decree 1561/1995 on special working time, aims at improving transport workers’ health and security and road safety, as well as encouraging the development of collective bargaining o

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