24-02-2022
What are the new rules?
- The driver’s working hours must not exceed 48 hours per week in an average of a 4-month period and a maximum of 10 hours pr. day.
- The driver’s duty outside their home countries is considered posting and must be honored after the national minimum wages.
- That means driving between e.g., Germany & Spain needs to be remunerated with German & Spanish salary.
- All trips must be registered in a new administration system IMI (EU´s control system).
- The cabotage rules or the regulations of using foreign trucks and drivers for national deliveries will become more restrictive.
- When the quota is up the truck must leave the country for a minimum of 4 days.
- The truck must return to its home country or place of registration every 8 week.
What does it mean to the transport industry and our co-operation?
- A lot more administration to secure that the driver gets the right salary in each country.
- A lot more wasted distance and unnecessary CO2 emission when the truck must return to its home country – often without cargo on board.
- More pressure on the capacity.
The above naturally creates increased costs for the whole logistics industry.
