The European Commission announced today that it has lodged proceedings against the United Kingdom for failure to comply with European employment legislation relating to road transport activities.
The United Kingdom is reported to have failed to communicated all its national measures on the implementation of European employment legislation relating to road transport activities. Member States had to adopt the necessary legislation before 1 April 2007.
Full application of the EC Directive, which dictates a number of checks on compliance with rules on driving time and rest periods, progressively increases from currently 1% of the total days worked to 2% in 2008 and to 3% in 2010.
