A European Single Market For Road Transport

Download or read book A European Single Market for Road Transport? written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European market for road transport suffers from several imperfections: social conditions of workers are in a poor state and open market access for European transport companies within the EU is not fully implemented either. Some hauliers go around existing rules and make use of?letterbox? companies to circumvent labour laws of the country they are actually primarily operating inches Better protection of workers from such practices is essential. However, uncoordinated national initiatives to protect national workers (e.g. minimum wage laws, prohibition for drivers to have their regular weekly rest in the cabin of the vehicle) risk fragmenting the international road transport market in the EU. In 2016 the European Commission published its Road Transport Strategy for Europe, and the Florence Road Forum brought together the most relevant stakeholders and experts to discuss one of the major endeavours of the strategy: establishing a free market for transport services and protecting the workers in the sector from unfair competition. This European Transport Regulation Observer reflects upon the discussions at the first Florence Road Forum?A European single market for road transport?? that took place in Florence on January 23rd, 2017.