EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Transport

MEPs adopt their position on use of vehicles hired without drivers at first reading

Strasbourg, 15/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

MEPs, meeting in plenary session of the European Parliament, adopted at first reading (340 votes in favour, 316 against, 38 abstentions) on Tuesday 15 January, their negotiating position on the use of vehicles hired without drivers. 

This vote, which echoes the European Commission's proposal as part of the first ‘mobility’ package (see EUROPE 11799), is in line with the position of parliamentarians already expressed last June (see EUROPE 12041, 12026). 

It should be noted,...