This Directive allows the use of vehicles hired by undertakings established on the territory of another Member State. Among other requirements, such vehicles must comply with the laws of the Member State of origin and be driven by the personnel of the undertaking using them. The Directive does not affect the Member States’ obligations concerning the time-limits for transposition into national law.<\/p>\n
Directive 2006\/1\/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road [Official Journal L 33 of 4.2.2006].<\/p>\n
From a macroeconomic point of view, the use of hired vehicles * permits an optimum allocation of resources by limiting the wasteful use of factors of production.<\/p>\n
From a microeconomic point of view, this possibility brings an element of flexibility to the organisation of transport and thus increases the productivity of the undertakings concerned.<\/p>\n
Each Member State must allow the use within its territory of vehicles\u00a0 hired by undertakings established on the territory of another Member State, provided that:<\/p>\n
the vehicle has been registered or put into circulation in compliance with the laws in the latter Member State;
\nthe contract relates solely to the hiring of a vehicle without a driver and is not accompanied by a service contract concluded with the same undertaking covering driving or accompanying personnel;
\nthe hired vehicle is at the sole disposal of the undertaking using it during the period of the hire contract;
\nthe hired vehicle is driven by personnel of the undertaking using it.<\/p>\n
The following documents providing proof of the vehicle’s compliance with the requirements must be carried on board:<\/p>\n
the contract of hire, or a certified extract from that contract giving in particular the name of the lessor, the name of the lessee, the date and duration of the contract and the identification of the vehicle;
\nwhere the driver is not the person hiring the vehicle, the driver’s employment contract or a certified extract from that contract giving in particular the name of the employer, the name of the employee and the date and duration of the employment contract or a recent pay slip.<\/p>\n
the organisation of the market for the carriage of goods by road for hire or reward and own account or access to the market and to quota restrictions on road capacities;
\nprices and conditions for the carriage of goods by road;
\nthe formation of hire prices;
\nthe import of vehicles;
\nthe conditions governing access to the activity or occupation of road-vehicle lessor.<\/p>\n
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