The European Commission has today adopted a series of rules applicable to road hauliers and road passenger transport operators. They include a common classification of serious road safety infringements under transport legislation, as well as new specifications for smart tachographs (the device that records driving times of lorry, bus and coach drivers) making the best use of new digital technologies such as Galileo. The objective is to enhance road safety, contribute to a fairer competition between road transport operators and to facilitate a consistent enforcement of EU rules across borders. Removing legal and technical access barriers to the road transport market and to strengthening the enforcement of applicable social legislation is a priority on which the Commission intends to work further in the coming months, as was announced in the 2016 Commission Work Programme. These initiatives will be discussed with Member States and stakeholders during a Road Transport Conference on 19 April.

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