Road haulage

A ’Report of the High Level Group on the Development of the EU Road Haulage Market’ recommends that the gradual opening of domestic road transport markets should be considered as a key step towards completing the Single European Transport Area. The Group recommends that two different types of cabotage should be introduced: 'Linked cabotage', limited to a short period of time and connected to an international carriage, and 'non-linked cabotage', which may take place for a longer time, independently of the existing international carriage and which would be subject to a registration procedure to ensure that the drivers involved apply the labour law of their local competitor. The Commission is expected to issue its own report on the road haulage market in 2013.

Press Releases IP/12/626, MEMO/12/457

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(Added 2012-07-02)