COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
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amending Regulation (EU) 2016/403 as regards new serious infringements of the Union rules which may lead to the loss of good repute by the road transport operator
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC 1 , and in particular Article 6(2a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 of the European Parliament and of the Council 2 which added new serious infringements with regard to the law applicable to contractual obligations, cabotage and posting of workers in road transport to the list of infringements that may lead to the loss of good repute set out in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
(2)Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 also introduced an additional criterion to be taken into account by the Commission when defining the degree of seriousness of serious infringements, by adding the reference to the risk to distort competition in the road transport market.
(3)Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 also amended Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 in order to provide that, when establishing the frequency of occurrence beyond which repeated infringements are to be regarded as more serious, the Commission should take into account the number of vehicles, and not the number of drivers, used for the transport activities.
(4)Regulation (EU) 2020/1054 of the European Parliament and of the Council 3 introduced new provisions as regards infringements leading to risks of serious injuries or fatalities or distortion of competition in the road transport market. Those infringements should be added to the list of serious infringements of the Union rules referred to in Article 6(1), third subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, which may affect good repute of the road transport undertaking or the transport manager.
(5)Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2016/403 should be amended to include the new infringements and take into account the new criteria for defining their level of seriousness and frequency of occurrence.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Road Transport.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 2016/403 is amended as follows:
(1)Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
(2)Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.