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Three member states referred to EU Court of Justice over electronic transport registers

Xinhua, October 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Commission has decided to refer the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) for not having established national electronic registers of road transport undertakings and for not having connected them with the national electronic registers of the other EU member states.

The national registers should have been established and connected with each other on Dec. 31, 2012 at the latest.

"Since the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Portugal have not yet complied with these obligations, which results in an inefficient functioning of the interconnection of the registers at the Union level, the Commission has decided to refer them to the Court of Justice of the European Union," the Commission said in a statement on Thursday.

The European Commission stressed that the interconnection of national registers contributes to making the roads within the EU safer.

"It is necessary in order to facilitate the flow of information between member states on possible infringements committed by companies carrying out haulage or passenger transport at international level, such as exceeding allowed driving times or tachograph fraud, " the statement said. Enditem