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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION (16072/2024 – C100226/2024 – 2024/0290(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022

TRAN-PR-770189

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Siegbert Frank Droese

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The draft report concerns a Council decision on an EU-Ukraine agreement amending the 2022 road freight agreement. Parliament refuses consent, citing the need for better controls and fairer conditions. The rapporteur argues the agreement should be amended to strengthen border and roadside checks, limit exports of competing goods, and restrict transport to civilian goods.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament refuse consent to the agreement, as it needs amendments for better controls and fairer conditions.

Key points

  1. Parliament refuses to give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
  2. The President is instructed to inform the Council that the agreement cannot be concluded.
  3. The President is instructed to forward Parliament's position to the Council, Commission, and governments and parliaments of Member States and Ukraine.
  4. The agreement should ensure more effective border and roadside controls by increasing police on main transport routes used by Ukrainian lorries.
  5. Roadside inspections and border checks should cover all types of goods, drivers' driving times and suitability, and technical state of vehicles.
  6. There should be digital control of all entry documents, checking legality of goods and driving time authorisation and duration.
  7. The agreement should limit export quantities of Ukrainian goods that compete with Member State goods, especially agricultural goods like wheat.
  8. Freight transport should be restricted to civilian goods, with appropriate regulation for dual-use products.

Who is affected

  • Ukrainian road freight transporters: the agreement would not be concluded, so existing terms remain unchanged.
  • European hauliers and producers: would benefit from fairer conditions if the agreement is revised.
  • Polish farmers: their protests are cited as evidence of harm from Ukrainian wheat imports.

Figures and deadlines

  • The agreement was signed on 29 June 2022 and prolonged until 30 June 2025, with tacit renewal for six months.

Legal basis: Article 91 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union