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I The European Parliament's 'ransport Committee has oted to support proposals to pdate European Community Iles on drivers' hours and rest eriods.
Key features of the proposIs include:
1 A return to the idea of a rolling week': so that the word week" will mean any period of even consecutive days. Simiirly, a day will be defined as ny period of 24 hours.
The only vehicles to be xcluded from the new rules lould be those used by public uthorities for designated pubc services.
Greater powers of access o "all relevant documentation" ar monitoring authorities.
Drivers would have to pro[me record sheets not only for he current driving week, but lso the preceding week.
Member states would have o check at least one third of vehicles and haulage businesses annually. The checks on operators would include driving records, work schedules and wage records.
Li Member states would have to carry out simultaneous Community-wide checks on vehicles on a Monday in January, April, July and October — and swop information concerning breaches of the regulations.