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ABRPlus in TransportHLG on Administrative Burden 30 January 2014

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ABRPlus in Transport

3 Actions have been selected:

• Tachograph (ABRPlus 10)

• Transport Tariffs (ABRPlus 11)

• Road Haulage (ABRPlus 12)

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ABRPlus 10 - Tachograph

OBJECTIVE of the Tachograph

• Improve road safety and working conditions

• Harmonise the conditions of competition between inland modes;

• Improved monitoring and enforcement

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ABRPlus 10 - Tachograph

Tachograph revisions:

• 2006: digital tachograph introduced• 2009: simplification of the use• 2014: remote access – GNSS – exemptions – scope

ABRPlus focus on implemented changes (2006 / 2009)

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ABRPlus 10 – Tachograph (2006)

Replacing the analogue with a digital tachograph(Reg 561/2006): 286 million € savings (estimated)

• Major technological update, facilitating the recording of driving times

Administrative burden of filling in a paper tacho-card for every trip is made redundant by the introduction of the driver card

• Only mandatory for new vehicles – existing analogue machines stay in service

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ABRPlus 10 – Tachograph (2009)

Simplifying the use of the digital tachograph (Reg 1266/2009): 234 million € savings (estimated)

• Minute recording (better rounding of started minute)Can "save" a driver up to 45 min of time (in case of frequent stops)

• Improved "attestation form" (non-activity)

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ABRPlus 10 – Tachograph (results)

MS have been asked both by SG and DG MOVE to provide input and evaluate the estimated figures from the IA on a national level•Preliminary result: 18 MS replied; •4 MS (AT – DE – DK – NL) provided a figure, totalling 44.8 million €•Extrapolation to EU 27 (based on n° of trucks and buses): 317 million € (203 million short)

•Estimate based on full digitalisation of fleet2012: only 56% of the fleet equipped with DT

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ABRPlus 10 – Tachograph (2014)

Further simplification to be adopted in 2014 (in the weeks to come)

• Remote access: more efficient enforcement• GNSS: automatic registration of place of departure• Broader national use of exceptions:• Scope: non-professional drivers (<7.5T - 100 km radius) no

longer in scope of Regulation (small craft)

If distance would be > 100 km, driving becomes to much of the main activity: leads to > 200 km travelled per day – 3 to 4 hours driving

• "Attestation form" no longer required

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ABRPlus 10 – Tachograph (2014)

Original estimated saving of the IA: 515 million €

Final agreement: 415 million €

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ABRPlus 11 – Transport tariffs

OBJECTIVE: abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions

•Original Regulation 11 (1960)•Amended by Regulation(EC) 569/2008

• No longer transport tariff notifications• Simplification of documentary evidence

No longer necessary to keep special document

•Scope: road, rail and inland waterways

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ABRPlus 11 – Transport tariffs (results)

Impact assessment estimated a total of 114.7 million € reduction

• Both MS and sector associations have been consulted

• Preliminary results: no quantification11 MS: have not provided any figure (lack of baseline - …)3 sector associations (CER – IRU – ESO) have not been able to

witness the burden reduction

• REFIT ?

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ABRPlus 12 – Road transport operators

OBJECTIVE: ensuring fair conditions of competition in road transport with common rules on admission to the occupation of road transport operator (haulage and passengers)

• Introduction of national electronic registers and connecting these (ERRU)

• Common format for Community licenses (10 years)• Harmonised requirements for establishment

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ABRPlus 12 – Road transport operators

State of play:

• ERRU is not yet fully implemented10 MS are connected6 MS are about to connect12 remaining are under scrutiny and face infringement

• Community license in use• Harmonised requirements in place

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ABRPlus 12 – Road transport operators (results)

Impact assessment estimated an annual saving of 34.9 million €

• Preliminary result: 17 MS replied, though most of them could not provide a precise figure

DE: claims 2 million expenses to set up the electronic register; does not identify any real adminatrative savings

SE: identifies a saving of 500 000 SK (57 000 €)UK: 10.9 million € savings (over 10 years) but 6,2 million € costs

leaving net savings of 4.7 million €

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Experience with ABRPlus

DG MOVE is committed to administrative burden reduction

• DG MOVE is convinced that the concepts and decisions related to ABR lead to less administrative burden for companies

• The replies do indicate that there has been a reduction of administrative burden

• But… often it is very difficult to assess the concrete and precise monetary value of these simplifications

Often because MS have not put in place dispositions to calculate this (statistical evidence / baselines / …)

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Experience with ABRPlus

A precise monetary outcome of ABR is especially difficult because…

• In the IA one can only estimate the potential impact of a (series of) specific measure(s), based on available data and a series of presumptions and scenarios

• IA cannot foresee the negotiations and the IA is not revised by either EP or Council

• MS do not provide the required data to come to precise estimations (for the IA) or exact evaluations of the effect of the measures

Due to lack of evidence and/or harmonised methodologyMS are not always obliged to report back to the Commission

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Conclusions

MS should be encouraged to share with the Commission correct and detailed figures to both estimate potential effects and monitor the implementation

Not all MS seem to pay equal attention to this challenge