Text tabled : A7-0195/2012

  Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE), in writing. – (FR) Better working conditions and greater compliance with legislation on driving and rest times for drivers in Europe: these are the reasons why I have decided to vote in favour of this text. It is also about creating greater transparency in an industry that is still very opaque. It is too easy to manipulate the tachographs currently in use and they do not provide the necessary guarantees to ensure that drivers’ driving and rest times are recorded efficiently in Europe. That is why it was crucial to adopt a text which lays the foundations for the use of new digital tachographs that will enable more effective checks which are also less restrictive for drivers.