European Parliament
A7-0195/2012
Mathieu Grosch  (PPE ),
Blue-card answer.
(DE)
Ms Meissner, the amendments that we have proposed deal with simply taking tradespeople right out of the scope of this regulation and including them in Article 3, and with the 2.8 tonnes provision. We are well aware that some businessmen have organised their fleets in such a way that they are happiest to use those professional drivers for their lorries who do not need a tachograph. If we are talking about the safety of professional drivers, I therefore have no issue with the 2.8 tonnes. If, however, we are talking about avoiding chicanery for tradespeople, then you could also support my amendment, through which we simply completely eliminate this. I would prefer not to have any kilometre limits at all, but that will come in a later phase. We will then have done something for safety, for flexibility, but also for the Single European Transport Area as a whole.

