The European Commission has decided to refer the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Portugal
to the Court of Justice of the European Union for not having
established national electronic registers of road transport undertakings
and/or for not having connected them with the national electronic
registers of the other EU Member States, as required by Article 16(1)
and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
The
national registers should have been established and connected with each
other on 31 December 2012 at the latest. Since the Czech Republic,
Luxembourg and Portugal have not yet complied with these obligations,
which results in an inefficient functioning of the interconnection of
the registers at the Union level, the Commission has decided to refer
them to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Background...
Transparency is a cornerstone for achieving an internal market in road transport. In this respect, Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009
obliges Member States, in its Article 16(1), to create a national
electronic register of road transport undertakings which have been
authorised by a national competent authority. Article 16(5) requires
those national registers to be interconnected with each other.
The
interconnection of national registers is necessary in order to
facilitate the flow of information between Member States on possible
infringements committed by companies carrying out haulage or passenger
transport at international level (such as exceeding allowed driving
times or tachograph fraud). This contributes to making the Union roads
safer.
