30/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 30 January, the European Commission adopted a directive establishing common grading of the most common infringements to the so-called social rules in the road transport sector (those that govern driving hours and rest periods of professional drivers in the EU) with a view to harmonising these rules and ensuring the same level of protection in the various countries of the EU. The new directive sets three levels of infringements: minor infringements,...