# Organisation of working time: persons performing mobile road transport activities

European Parliament procedure 2008/0195(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 6th term, committee EMPL / TRAN). Stage: Procedure lapsed or withdrawn. 200 committee amendments tabled by 45 Members between 2009-01-28 and 2010-02-09.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the organisation of working time for persons performing mobile road transport activities. Several amendments reject the Commission proposal; others debate whether self-employed drivers and "false" self-employed drivers fall within scope, address driving and rest periods, road safety and health, possible extension to vehicles under 3.5 tonnes, loading and unloading time, tachograph recording, administrative cooperation between Member States, and the role of social partners.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen HUGHES | United Kingdom | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1407.md |
| Alejandro CERCAS | Spain | S&D | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4337.md |
| Ilda FIGUEIREDO | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4466.md |
| Saïd EL KHADRAOUI | Belgium | S&D | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/25718.md |
| Sepp KUSSTATSCHER | Italy | Verts/ALE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28418.md |
| Georgios TOUSSAS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28584.md |
| Pedro GUERREIRO | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/31123.md |
| Lily JACOBS | Netherlands | PSE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39094.md |
| Mathieu GROSCH | Belgium | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2247.md |
| Marian HARKIN | Ireland | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28116.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU | Greece | PPE-DE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28571.md |
| Birgit SIPPEL | Germany | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96932.md |
| Konstantinos POUPAKIS | Greece | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96658.md |
| Liisa JAAKONSAARI | Finland | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96684.md |

## Official source documents

- PE418.144: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-418.144+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE418.333: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-418.333+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE431.178: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-431.178+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE438.445: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.445+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0195-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0195-COD.json

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