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a Transportatorilor Rutieri din Rom~nia

UNION NATIONALE DES TRANSPORTEURS ROUT\ERS

DE LA ROUMANIE

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Fax: (+40-21) 335 48 25; (+40-21) 337 48 53 www.untrr.ro; e-mail: office@untrr.ro

Nr.1148/23.05.2016 GUVERNUL ROMÂNIEI

Domnului Prim-Ministru Dacian Julien CIOLOŞ

Ref.: model general de raportare a plaţii salariului minim din Germania pentru şoferii români conform MiLoG - demersuri pentru validarea acestuia de către Vama Germană ( ZOLL)

Stimate Domnule Prim Ministru,

La începutul acestui an, vă solicitam prin scrisoarea noastră nr. 16/07.01 .2016 să includeţi pe agenda întâlnirilor dumneavoastră bilaterale cu autorităţile din Germania şi Franţa -problematica impunerii abuzive a legilor salariului minim din aceste ţări transportatorilor rutieri români.

Prin prezenta, revenim cu rugămintea de a ne sprijini în obţinerea unor informaţii concrete de la autorităţile germane privind modalităţile agreate de Vama Germana (ZOLL) de raportare a respectării cerinţelor privind plata salariului minim din Germania conform MiLoG, de către transportatorii rutieri români. Reamintim că prin legea MiLoG, Germania a introdus un salariu minim legal în valoare brută de 8,50 Euro pe oră , care se aplică din 01 .01 .2015 şi şoferilor profesionişti străini care efectuează operaţiuni de transport internaţional de marfă şi

persoane pe teritoriul Germaniei. Pentru fiecare oră lucrată de un şofer român pe teritoriul german, se aplică salariul minim din Germania - şi nu cel din România. Amenda pentru nerespectarea salariului minim în Germania poate ajunge până la 500.000 Euro.

ra risor.iatie profe~ională a industriei transportmilor rutiere din Remania UNTRR doreşte sa faciliteze accesul membrilor săi la informaţii privind legislaţia relevantă , precum legea MiLoG din Germania, pentru a permite transportatorilor români sa îşi organizeze eficient şi legal operaţiunile de transport. Asociaţia noastră s-a adresat atât Vămii Germane(ZOLL}, cât şi Ministerului German al Muncii şi Afacerilor Sociale şi Ambasadei Germaniei în România, solicitându-le validarea unor modele generale de raportare a plăţii salariului minim din Germania către şoferii români pentru orele lucrate în Germania conform cerinţelor MiLoG, dar şi ale altor legi germane aplicabile transportatorilor romani(Ordonanţa privind Taxele Sociale din Germania), conform precizărilor de pe site-ul ZOLL. Vă rugăm să găsiţi ataşat cele două modele transmise autorităţilor germane în luna decembrie 2015. Precizăm că UNTRR nu a primit un răspuns concret din partea autorităţilor germane la această solicitare.

în acest context, apelăm la sprijinul dumneavoastră în contactarea instituţiilor germane şi europene la cel mai înalt nivel, pentru a primi cât mai curând un răspuns clar privind validarea unui model general de raportare a plaţii salariului minim din Germania pentru şoferii români, care să ne permită sa le oferim transportatorilor români i nformaţiile

necesare, în limba română , pentru respectarea obligaţiilor de raportare ce le revin pentru operaţiunile de transport internaţional pe care le efectuează pe teritoriul Germaniei conform MiLoG si pentru evitarea amenzilor deosebit de mari.

Considerăm îngrijorător faptul că a trecut deja un an de când Comisia Europeană a deschis procedura de infringement împotriva Germaniei, în data de 19 mai 2015, în legătură cu punerea în aplicare a Legii MiLoG pentru sectorul transporturilor şi nu avem încă nici un rezultat privind anularea acestei măsuri protecţioniste a Germaniei. Această situaţie le conferă şi altor ţări o permisiune tacită pentru alte acţiuni protecţioniste , precum legea salariului minim din Franţa (Macron) care intră în vigoare la 01.07.2016, cu consecinţe deosebit de negative atât asupra sectorului de transport, cât şi asupra economiei în ansamblu.

Exprimându-ne încrederea în sprijinul umneavoastră , vă stăm la dispoziţie pentru orice informaţii suplimentare şi vă rugăm să primiţi e resia înaltei noastre consideraţii.

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UNTRR email of 04.12.2015 addressed to ZOLL at enguiries.english@zoll.de [Ticket#2015120233102011] - information request - model of reporting the payments of German minimum wage to Romanian drivers

General models of reporting the payments of German minimum wage to Romanian drivers for the hours worked in Germany, according to applicable German and Romanian

legislation

The National Union of Road Hauliers from Remania (UNTRR) îs the professional and employers' association of Romanian road transport industry. Since our association's establishment, we have registered as members more than 14 OOO Romanian companies performing road transport of goods and passengers by national and international operations.

Aiming to support Romanian road transport companies performing international road transport operations în Germany to comply with German law of minimum wage - MiloG, aur association - UNTRR has prepared recommendations for reporting the payments of minimum wage to Romanian drivers according to MiloG and alsa to the relevant Romanian legislation.

According to German law of minimum wage - MiloG: for every hour worked by a Romanian driver on the German territory, his employer - the Romanian transport company has to pay him a gross minimum wage of 8.5 Euro/hour.

According to Romanian law of minimum wage - Governmental Decision no. 1.091/2014, with effect from 1st of July 2015: the national minimum gross wage is 1050 RON per month, for a working program of 168,667 hours în average per month în 2015, representing 6,225 RON/hour.

ln order to make the conversion in EURO of the Romanian minimum gross wage per hour, according to Article 90 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 and Article 107 of Regulation 574/72, UNTRR has applied the exchange rate between Romanian currency and EURO at the reference rate published by the European Central Bank(ECB).

Consequently, the national minimum gross wage per hour in Remania îs: • 1.40981 Euro/hour for July, August, September 2015 at ECB published exchange rate of 1

EUR0=4.41549 RON, • 1.40230 Euro/hour for October, November, December 2015 at ECB published exchange

rate of 1 EUR0=4,43912 RON. The difference between the gross minimum wage in Germany (8,5 Euro) and the

gross minimum wage in Romania(1 ,4 Euro)= 7.1 Euro/hour.

ln this situation, în order to comply with MiloG, Romanian transport companies have to pay to their drivers for the hours worked în Germany a gross wage difference of 7.1 Euro/hour.

As for any international transport operation, Romanian drivers receive a daily allowance according to Romanian legislation (Romanian Law no.53/2003 - the Labor Code), and the German Customs explained on its website that, under some conditions (German Social Fees Ordinance) this allowance can be considered as element of the German minimum wage - in general, Romanian transport companies consider that by paying this allowance they meet the MiloG requirements.

ln order to support Romanian companies to report this correctly if required by the German Customs, UNTRR has prepared 2 general models of reporting the payments of German minimum wage to Romanian drivers for the hours worked in Germany, according to applicable German and Romanian legislation.

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OPTIONS OF REPORTING THE PAYMENTS OF GERMAN MINIMUM WAGE TO ROMANIAN DRIVER$ FOR THE HOURS WORKED IN GERMANY IN ORDER TO COMPL Y WITH MILOG ANO ROMANIAN LEGISLA TION:

MODEL 1 - Considering the daily allowance paid to Romanian drivers as element of German minimum wage in case of deployment less than one month în Germany According to the information published on German Customs website in English: for deployment of less than one month în Germany, the components of the German minimum wage paid to Roman ian drivers can be the gross wage according to the employment contract and the daily allowance, after deducting 10/30 (one thirtieth part per day) considered for other expenses, as the cost of board and lodging în Germany according to Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance.

Calculation of allowances paid to Romanian drivers for the hours worked în Germany According to Romanian Labour Code and the relevant Romanian labour legislation, Romanian drivers get a delegation allowance for their international transport operations in Germany. According to the information published on German Customs website, this allowance is considered an element of German minimum wage paid to Roman ian drivers under the following conditions: - Deployment of less than one month in Germany - 1/3 of the paid allowance would be deductible according to the German Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance - 213 of the paid allowance would count as element of the gross minimum wage pa id to Romanian driver for the hours worked în Germany.

Conversion of the amount paid as allowance în Romania to be considered as element of German minimum wage - deducting from the gross salary difference of 7.1 Euro (calculated above) the social taxes (CAS=10.5%, CASS= 5,5%, unemployment=0,5%) and the income tax (16%) according to Romanian legislation, we obtain the following net wage difference between the German minimum wage and Romanian minimum wage:

• 5.01 Euro/hour for July, August, September 201 5 at ECB published exchange rate of 1 EUR0=4.41549 RON,

• 4.98 Euro/hour for October, November, December 2015 at ECB published exchange rate of 1 EUR0=4,43912 RON.

- in order to pay to Romanian drivers this wage difference as allowance under the conditions explained by German Customs (mentioned above), this amount has to represent 213 of the total allowance paid to Romanian drivers. Under these conditions, the allowance paid to Romanian drivers for the hours worked in Germany should be at least:

• 7.52 Euro/hour for July, August, September 2015 at ECB published exchange rate of 1 EUR0=4.41549 RON,

• 7.48 Euro/hour for October, November, December 2015 at ECB published exchange rate of 1 EUR0=4,43912 RON.

MODEL 2: Considering the daily allowance paid to Romanian drivers as element of German minimum wage after deducting the provision of board pursuant to the German Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance

According to the information published on German Customs website în English :lf it is not possible to determine the expenses actualliy incurred by the employee, an amount equivalent to the lowest applicable rate for food and accommodation paid under the German Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance shall be deducted. Only the amount remaining after such deduction shall be taken into account when determining whether the minimum wage is indeed being paid. Section 2 of the Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance stipulates the following deductions with regard to expenses payments: To account for the portion covering the cost of board, a monthly amount of 229 euros(resulting a daily amount of 229/30 ) should be deducted from the overall allowance.

UNTRR considers that the daily allowance paid to Romanian drivers shouldn't cover the cost of lodging (223 euros/month according to Social lnsurance Fees Ordinance). taking in to account that:

Romanian legislation provides the payment of the daily allowance as a delegation benefit în addition to lodging (accommodation) expenses:

o According to Romanian Labor Code, art.44(2) " A delegated employee shall have the right to payment of transport and accommodation expenses, and to a delegation benefit, under the terms provided for in the law or the applicable collective labour agreement. "

European Regulation 561 /2006 provides the possibility that daily and weekly rest periods away from base may be taken în a vehicle, as long as it has suitable sleeping facilities for each driver and the vehicle is stationary.

Calculation of allowances paid to Romanian drivers for the hours worked in Germany, as element of the minimum wage in Germany

The calculation of the total allowance to be paid to a Romanian driver for 1 day în Germany should take în to account the wage difference between gross Gennan minimum wage and the actual wage of the Romanian driver according to the employment contract, the no. of hours worked în Germany and the daily cost of boarding, as follows:

Wage Difference per hour x no. of hours worked in Germany + 7,63 Euro daily boarding.

For example, in order to cover the difference between German and Roman ian minimum wages calculated above (7, 1 Euro), the following daily allowances have tobe paid to Romanian drivers when perfonning international transport in Germany: - if during 1 day a Romanian driver works 1 hour in Germany, the daily allowance to be paid should be at least 7, 1 Euro/h x 1 h + 7 ,63 Euro= 14, 73 Euro/day - if du ring 1 day a Romanian driver works 1 O hours în Germany, the daily allowance to be paid should beat least 7,1Euro/hx10 h + 7,63 Euro= 78,63 Euro/day.

As your organization - German Customs (ZOLL) has the authority to control Romanian hauliers concerning the compliance with the German law of minimum wage - MiloG, we kindly ask you to validate these general models of reporting the payments of German minimum wage to Romanian drivers for the hours worked in Germany, to be recommended by our association to Romanian transport companies.

Based on your confirmation, we will make accordingly the recommendation to Romanian transport companies, in order to assist them to comply with German law - MiloG.