1. Jaime Rodriguez Medal Director of CONFEBUS
Joint EMPL-TRAN public hearing on the "Working conditions of mobile workers in transport'' October
Jaime Rodriguez Medal
Director of CONFEBUS

2. CONFEBUS is the Spanish Confederation of transport by buses & coaches
In Spain, the bus & coach industry accounts for:
3,500 undertakings with a fleet beyond 42,000 vehicles that ensures people’s mobility by providing services which connect 8,000 areas of population
80,000 direct jobs
annual turnover of 3 billion Euros
annual tax contribution around 1 billion Euros. T
ransport by bus and coach carries more than 1,750 millions of passengers per year in Spain, representing 52% of all collective passenger transport and 2 out of 3 public transport trips in Spain.

3. Comparative study on road transport labour law regimes in the EU 28
Published by Corell Foundation
Collective rights of workers
Individual rights of workers
Employment contracts
Changes in terms
Termination
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4. Cross-border services and transport workers in the EU

5. International carriage of passengers by coach and bus
a journey undertaken by a vehicle the point of departure and the point of arrival of which are in two different Member States, with or without transit through one or more Member States or third countries;
a journey undertaken by a vehicle of which the point of departure and the point of arrival are in the same Member State, while the picking up or setting down of passengers is in another Member State or in a third country;
a journey undertaken by a vehicle from a Member State to a third country or vice versa, with or without transit through one or more Member States or third countries; or
a journey undertaken by a vehicle between third countries, with transit through the territory of one or more Member States;

6. “EUROPE ON THE MOVE”’s package adopted on 31 May 2017, including:
Better access to the EU road haulage market - Revision of the Regulations on Access to Road Haulage Market and to the occupation of road transport undertaking (1071 and 1072/2009)
Enhancement of Social legislation in Road Transport - Revision of Directive 2006/22/EC on implementation of social legislation + Lex specialis on posting of workers in road transport, including specific enforcement measures
Enhancement of Social legislation in Road Transport - Revision of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on driving and rest periods and of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 on tachographs
Consultation document of the social partners on a possible revision of the Working time Directive (2002/15/EC)

7. Thank you very much