Launch of TRACE 2 for an efficient and harmonised enforcement of Mobility Package 1 The TRACE 2 Consortium kicks off project: TRACE 2 aims at developing content that can serve as a reliable common reference base for authorities and enforcers, as well as for drivers and transport undertakings. News 10 May 2022
Drivers are people, not goods! – ETF on container hotels Container hotels are just that: containers built for drivers to sleep in – assimilating professional drivers to the goods they transport. For the ETF, the concept is yet another way for transport companies to circumvent EU law. News 5 May 2022
Clamping down on bad players: Mobility Package rules come into force Today, 21 February, the next set of measures under the Mobility Package enter into force – new rules on cabotage and the ‘return of the vehicle/access to occupation’ rule. News 21 Feb 2022
Mobility Package rules on posting come into force, yet questions over enforcement remain! Through robust control and regulation, the Mobility Package’s new rules on posting can directly address key issues in road transport; such as wage dumping and unfair competition. News 2 Feb 2022
ETF launches Mobility Package Enforcement Campaign Implementation of EU Mobility Package’s lags far behind – the ETF starts its campaign for enforcement as of today. Statement 25 Jan 2022
One year of Mobility Package – time to step up enforcement July 8 marks the day the European Parliament adopted the Mobility Package one year ago, which sets out new rules on professional drivers’ working conditions in EU freight and passenger road transport. News 8 Jul 2021
Human trafficking and slavery on the road: the ETF demands justice now! Following the release of the shocking documentary “Lorry Slaves: Immigrant Exploitation in Lithuania”, the ETF addresses an open letter to Europe’s policy makers on the reality in road transport: we demand justice now! Statement 4 May 2021
Road industry’s bad players scared straight by Mobility Package End of 2020, seven Member States – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Romania – challenged the Mobility Package in court. 15 court cases were opened against the Council and the European Parliament who in July last year adopted the Package with a large majority. Such action just goes to show how important this Package is, in restoring social and economic fair play in the road transport sector which for decades had been ripped apart by social fraud, human slavery and unfair competition between operators. News 22 Mar 2021
ETF’s 5 million transport workers say ‘Protect the new European Mobility Package for fair road transport!’ The ETF is calling for broad support for the Mobility Package and strongly advise the 7 European countries attacking it to reconsider and withdraw from legal action. Statement 19 Mar 2021
Mobility Package: Next Steps From July 2020 a new set of EU rules covering market and social aspects governs road transport in the EU, both for passenger and freight. Now the Package needs to be supported by a series of concrete legally-binding implementation measures and guidance on how rules have to be applied and enforced. The ETF is on it! Issues 20 Jan 2021