After an Easter truce, national experts on the Council of the European Union’s working group on land transport will discuss at a meeting on 17 and 18 April the new draft compromise on the directive updating directive 2006/22/EC on application of the posted (seconded) worker system for passenger and goods vehicle drivers, unveiled by the Bulgarian presidency on 4 April, which this newsletter has seen.
The changes on the previous draft compromise submitted to national experts by the presidency at the end of February (see EUROPE 11977) are minor and should lead to a repeat of the opposition between countries of Western Europe and central, Eastern and peripheral member states. The changes recommended in the latest version mainly cover ensuring the rules are kept and formalities.
The retroactive application of the secondment system is kept for road drivers spending more than nine days a month in a member state other than the one where he or she is registered due to international transport. The threshold for cabotage is kept at five days, as suggested in the draft compromise of 29 January (see EUROPE 11951).
This politically sensitive legislation, part of the first mobility package presented by the European Commission on 31 May 2017 (see EUROPE 11799), is currently the subject of negotiations at the European Parliament between rapporteur Merja Kyllönen (GUE/NGL, Finland) and the shadow rapporteurs. (Original version in French by Lucas Tripoteau)