Text tabled : A7-0195/2012

  Zigmantas Balčytis (S&D), in writing. – (LT) I voted in favour of this report. In order to improve road safety and drivers’ working conditions, while also ensuring fair competition among transport companies, it is very important to use the latest technologies and tachographs in particular. The data on driving, working and rest times recorded by the tachograph will help transport companies to comply with social rules, namely, minimum breaks and rest periods and maximum driving times. It is particularly important for the EU Member States to comply with the Tachograph Regulation and apply social rules to transport companies because companies which do not comply with the legislation will gain a sizeable competitive advantage by cutting prices, as staff costs account for up to 50% of a transport company’s total operating costs.