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Reference COD/1998/0319  
Title Road transport, organisation of working time: mobile workers and self-employed drivers
Legal Basis EC 071 ; EC 137-p2 ; EP 046-p1 ; EP 050  
Dossier of the committee CODE/5/14847
Subject(s) 3.20.05 road transport: passengers and freight
3.20.10 transport undertakings, transport industry employees
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Stages Documents: references Dates
Source reference Equivalent references Votes and amendments Joint resolution of document of publication in Official Journal
Commission/Council: initial legislative document Summaries EC COM(1998)0662           24/11/1998  
EP: draft report by the committee responsible   EP PE229.559           04/02/1999  
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report   ESC CES0332/1999           25/03/1999 C 318 18.05.1999, p. 0033
EP: decision of the committee responsible, 1st reading/single reading Summaries               31/03/1999  
EP: tabled legislative report, 1st reading or single reading   EP A4-0187/1999           31/03/1999 C 219 30.07.1999, p. 0008
EP: position, 1st reading or single reading Summaries EP T4-0304/1999           14/04/1999 C 219 30.07.1999, p. 0174-0240
Commission: reconsultation   EC SEC(1999)0581 C4-0219/1999         28/04/1999  
EP: confirmation of position adopted at 1st reading Summaries EP T4-0416/1999           06/05/1999 C 279 01.10.1999, p. 0252-0270
Commission: modified legislative proposal Summaries EC COM(2000)0754 C5-0639/2000         10/11/2000 C 120 24.04.2001, p. 0284 E
Council: common position Summaries CSL 05919/1/2001 C5-0134/2001         23/03/2001 C 142 15.05.2001, p. 0024
Commission: communication on the common position Summaries EC SEC(2001)0584           05/04/2001  
EP: draft report by the committee responsible   EP PE300.494           30/04/2001  
EP: decision of the committee responsible, 2nd reading Summaries               29/05/2001  
EP: tabled legislative report, 2nd reading   EP A5-0196/2001           29/05/2001  
EP: position, 2nd reading Summaries EP T5-0332/2001           14/06/2001 C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0238-0297 E
Commission: opinion on the EP position at second reading Summaries EC COM(2001)0415 C5-0351/2001         25/07/2001  
EP/Council: Conciliation committee, results Summaries               17/12/2001  
EP/Council: joint text   CSL/EP 3676/2001 C5-0688/2001         16/01/2002  
EP: draft report by the delegation to the Conciliation Committee   EP PE287.603/***           23/01/2002  
EP: tabled legislative report, 3rd reading   EP A5-0013/2002           23/01/2002  
EP: legislative resolution, 3rd reading Summaries EP T5-0027/2002           05/02/2002 C 284 21.11.2002, p. 0023-0092 E
Final legislative act Summaries EU 32002L0015           11/03/2002 L 080 23.03.2002, p. 0035-0039
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11/03/2002 - Final legislative act
PURPOSE: To establish minimum requirements relating to the organisation of working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.
COMMUNITY MEASURE: Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.
CONTENT: In order to ensure the safety of transport and the health and safety of workers in the road transport sector this Directive has been approved. The scope of this Directive covers mobile workers employed by transport undertaking established in an EU Member State. It also covers workers of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR). Self-employed drivers will be excluded temporarily from the scope of this Directive. They will, nevertheless, continue to fall under the scope of Regulation 3820/85. This Directive will apply to self-employed drivers from 23 March 2009. Two years before this date the Commission shall prepare a report analysing the consequences of the exclusion of self-employed drivers. The report will examine aspects of road safety, conditions of competition, the structure of the profession as well as social aspects. Based on the conclusions of this report the Commission will recommend either the inclusion or not of self-employed drivers within the scope of the Directive.
The Directive lays out specific definitions. Thus, "working time" will include the time from the beginning to the end of work during which the mobile worker is at his workstation, at the disposal of the employer and exercising his functions or actives. Activities include: driving; loading and unloading; assisting passengers boarding and disembarking from vehicles; cleaning and technical maintenance; all other work intended to ensure the safety of the vehicle etc. "Period of availability" will include mobile workers driving in a team, the time spent sitting next to the driver or on the couchette while the vehicle is in motion. Other definitions relate to "workstation"; "mobile worker" and "self-employed driver".
In terms of the maximum weekly working time, the Directive specifies that the average working time may not exceed 48 hours. This may be extended to 60 hours only if, over a four month period, an average of 48 hours a week is not exceeded. Concerning the breaks mobile workers must take the Directive states that they are allowed to work no more than six consecutive hours without a break. The break should last at least 30 minutes if working hours total between six and nine hours and of at least 45 minutes, if working hours total more than nine hours. Night work shall not exceed ten hours in each 24 hour period and compensation must be given in accordance with national legislation.
Lastly, Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted. The Member States and Commission are required to submit regular reports regarding the implementation of the Directive.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23/03/2002.
IMPLEMENTATION : 23/03/2005.
 
List of summaries
Summaries 03/08/2009 Commission/Council: follow-up document
Summaries 03/08/2009 Commission/Council: follow-up document
Summaries 23/05/2007 Commission/Council: follow-up document
Summaries 11/03/2002 Final legislative act
Summaries 05/02/2002 EP: legislative resolution, 3rd reading
Summaries 17/12/2001 EP/Council: Conciliation committee, results
Summaries 25/07/2001 Commission: opinion on the EP position at second reading
Summaries 14/06/2001 EP: position, 2nd reading
Summaries 29/05/2001 EP: decision of the committee responsible, 2nd reading
Summaries 05/04/2001 Commission: communication on the common position
Summaries 23/03/2001 Council: common position
Summaries 20/12/2000 Council's activities
Summaries 10/11/2000 Commission: modified legislative proposal
Summaries 06/05/1999 EP: confirmation of position adopted at 1st reading
Summaries 14/04/1999 EP: position, 1st reading or single reading
Summaries 31/03/1999 EP: decision of the committee responsible, 1st reading/single reading
Summaries 24/11/1998 Commission/Council: initial legislative document
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