European Commission expected new

Road Initiatives IRU Perspective

Michael Nielsen
General Delegate
IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU

Create the most efficient,

business and citizen
focused transport system
in the world

EC Road Initiatives

Road
Initiatives
(2016/2017)
Labour
Mobility
Package
(2016)

Freight and Passenger

Market
Profession
Social
Enforcement
Charging

Social Security
Posting of Workers
(published)

 Road maintenance financing

Inconsistent price signals different road charging schemes in
place
Congestion
Vignettes (discrimination of foreigners)
ISSUES IDENTIFIED

Suboptimal compliance level

National interpretations and application of the EU rules
Rules not tailored to the needs of the sector
Working conditions
Ineffective and inconsistent enforcement

Letterbox companies, good repute

Level of penalties, ERRU
Cabotage
Co-liability of shippers
Vehicles below 3,5t

Charging

Social and
Enforcement

Access to
the market
and
profession

Complex
EU
market
situation
Road Initiatives

IRU General Policy on the Road Initiatives

Simplify and Clarify

Enforce (Risk Rating)
Cooperate (ERRU)
Evaluate and Adjust

The EU road transport market

No further EU
freight market
opening now

Liberalisation of
national long
distance bus
services

Efficient
enforcement of
current rules

Further
alignment of
national
framework rules

Professionalism
in the entire
transport chain

Inclusion of 3.5
tonnes vans in
EU legislation

Access to the profession

No fundamental change

Further alignment of national

transpositions of the current rules Good
Repute, Transport Manager, Liability

Access to the profession & shared liability

for intermediaries/shippers

Inclusion of 3.5 tonnes vehicles in EU

legislation

Labour Mobility Package

Social Security
Coordination

Highly mobile workers

EURES

Minimum wage

Frontier workers

Wage setting

Unemployment, family
benefits

Link posting social

security

Long term benefits

ISSUES IDENTIFIED

Posting of
Workers

IRU Policy on the Posting of Workers

Administrative
burden

PWD
Directive
unsuitable for
the sector

Enforcement
difficulties

Social Code

Road charging

EU road haulage sector already covering its infrastructure

costs (264% in DE, 240% in FR; 167% in NL)

Congestion is already internalised by loss of resources, time

and additional costs

IRU fully supports the European Electronic Tolling System

project, as long as it results in an overall reduction of costs
for the EU road haulage sector

EU Member States should remain free to choose between

vignette or electronic tolling systems

Helping the world get

where it needs to be