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Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 2 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 1 June 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 16 November 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 21 November 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 13 March 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 2 May 2024
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
MEP #124726 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197742 S&DRoberts ZĪLE ECRMEP #190519 RenewMEP #197654 Verts/ALEKateřina KONEČNÁ The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0150/2024 13 March 2024 ✦ Parliament's position at first reading on a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0453/2023 12 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 sets more flexible break and rest rules for drivers on occasional passenger services.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0370/2023 21 November 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on breaks and daily and weekly rest periods for occasional passenger transport drivers.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 12 September 2023 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on breaks and daily and weekly rest in occasional passenger transport. It adopts a first-reading position and tables amendments to make break and rest rules more flexible for this sector.

Committee opinions: Opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (EMPL)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 2 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 24 April 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 13 March 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 13 March 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0150/2024📄 Report A9-0370/2023
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 482 Against 120 Abstained 20

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:36 · 77% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 14 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    📄 TRAN-AG-759023
  8. 12 December 2023 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 12 December 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 12 December 2023 📄 Adopted text TA9-0453/2023📄 Council / Commission text C9-0178/2023📄 Report A9-0370/2023
  11. 11 December 2023 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 11 December 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0178/2023📄 Report A9-0370/2023
  12. 21 November 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0370/2023
  13. Committee stage
  14. 16 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  15. 25 October 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (EMPL)
  16. 12 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  17. 11 September 2023 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (EMPL)
  18. 1 June 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.