EU law precludes a national law that, by allowing the transfer of responsibility for compliance with the driving times and rest periods of drivers to a third person, prevents the calling into question of the transport undertaking’s good repute and the adoption of penalties against it, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a judgment on Thursday 11 May (Case C-155/22).
In Austria, a road transport undertaking appointed a “responsible agent”, who was in charge of ensuring...