(1)

The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 is to be used by the Member States to communicate to the Commission, every two years, the necessary information to prepare a report on the application of that Regulation and of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), as well as on developments in the fields covered by those Regulations.

(2)

Article 26(4), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 allows Member States, in duly justified and exceptional cases, to issue temporary driver cards to drivers who do not have their normal residence in a Member State or in a State which is a Contracting Party to the European Agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR) (3). Pursuant to Article 26(4), second subparagraph, of that Regulation, on the basis of data provided by Member States, the Commission is to report its findings on driving cards every two years to the European Parliament and to the Council. It is therefore appropriate for reasons of administrative convenience and effective monitoring of the Union rules for Members States to provide that data using the standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(3)

The provisions on driving time, breaks and rest periods laid down in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 are supplemented by Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), as provided in its Article 2(4), which lays down rules on other aspects of working time. Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/15/EC requires the Member States to communicate to the Commission, every two years, the information on the implementation of that Directive. That two-year reporting period covers the same period as that laid down in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. It is therefore appropriate for reasons of administrative convenience, effective monitoring of the Union rules in the field relating to road transport, and in view of promoting a common approach, to report the relevant information using the standard form pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(4)

Regulation (EU) 2020/1054 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) amended Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 by introducing, in Articles 8 and 8a, obligations on transport undertakings to cover any costs for accommodation outside the vehicle and to organise the work of drivers in such a way that the drivers are able to return to the employer’s operational centre or to the drivers’ place of residence, within each period of four consecutive weeks in order to take weekly rest periods. The checks relating to drivers or performed at undertakings’ premises by Member States should also verify compliance with those new obligations. In order to promote a common approach, the results of those checks should be reported in the standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(5)

Directive (EU) 2020/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) amended Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) by extending the scope of roadside checks and controls at the premises of transport undertakings to include controls of compliance with working time rules laid down in Directive 2002/15/EC. The result of those controls should be reported to the Commission using the standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(6)

Article 9 of Directive 2006/22/EC requires that the risk rating of undertakings, based on relative number and gravity of any infringement of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 or of national provisions transposing Directive 2002/15/EC, is taken into account in better targeted checks. Checks on undertakings triggered by their respective risk rating concerning the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, Regulation (EU) No 165/2014] and Directive 2002/15/EC and the number of infringements to those acts, should thus be reported in the standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.

(7)

The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, established by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1013 (8), should therefore be updated to take into account the new requirements referred to in recitals 2 to 6.

(8)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1013 should therefore be repealed.

(9)

To facilitate and enhance the consistency of reporting obligations, the Commission should examine and develop an appropriate digital tool allowing Member States to submit the information set out in the standard reporting form established by this Decision.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of Committee established by Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014,