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our porters considered to be crew members and must they, therefore, keep records?
AIn our opinion, your porters need not be regarded as crew members and they do not need to keep records.
Article 24 of EEC Regulation 543/69 states that crew members of a vehicle not assigned to a regular service shall carry an individual control book. Article 1-3 includes in the term "crew member," the driver, driver's mate and conductor defined as follows: (a) "driver" : any person who drives a vehicle even for a short period or who is carried on the vehicle in order to be available for driving if necessary.
(b) "driver's mate" : any person accompanying the driver of a vehicle in order to assist him in certain manoeuvres and habitually taking an effective part in the transport operation, but not a driver within the meaning of (a).
(c) "conductor" : any person who accompanies the driver of a vehicle used for the carriage of passengers and has the particular duty of issuing and checking tickets. Conceivably, your porters could be considered under (b), but presumably they do