Press Release: Towards simpler rules: meeting with the road haulage industry

On 7 November 2006, the European Commission held a hearing with the main European associations representing road hauliers, their trade unions and their customers. The aim was to prepare for a review of the current Community rules on admission to the occupation and access to the market, the pillars of the internal market for road transport. The participants addressed issues relating to road haulage cabotage, the criteria relating to the setting-up of companies, the integration of Member States' control systems, the improvement of financial capacity and professional qualification and the simplification of procedures.