Procedure

Minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector

2023/0155(COD)·9th term·EMPL / TRAN·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VIRKKUNEN Henna (EPP)
Summary

This dossier sets minimum requirements on breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector. Amendments address the sector's seasonality, the splitting of breaks and postponement of daily rest periods within limits, while insisting flexibility must not jeopardise road safety or working conditions; checks by national authorities and the European Labour Authority feature, and one amendment rejects the Commission proposal.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    21 Sep 2023 – 26 Sep 2023
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    12 Dec 2023 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. Plenary vote — Adopted
    13 Mar 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 30
  4. Procedure completed
136
Amendments
distinct, in window
36
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
21 Sep 2023 – 26 Sep 2023
Dates

Plenary votes

5 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

GroupShift
EPPFor96%For100%consistent
S&DFor83%For73%consistent
RenewFor95%For100%consistent
Greens/EFAAgainst98%Against98%consistent
ECRFor100%For97%consistent
The LeftAgainst61%Against97%consistent
IDFor92%For98%consistent
Non-attachedFor73%For75%consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

  1. Show the 2 earlier votes
    1. 12 Dec 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 29S — paragraph 6 — sub-point b — point 3 — article 1 — subparagraph 1
      Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point b Règlement (CE) No 561/2006 Article 8, § 6 bis, partie introductive et point a - Am 29S · what was voted ↗
      200 for383 against22 abstentions99 did not vote
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    2. 12 Dec 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 25S — recital 7
      Official label: Considérant 7 - Am 25S · what was voted ↗
      202 for389 against23 abstentions90 did not vote
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  2. 12 Dec 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 27S — recital 10
    Official label: Considérant 10 - Am 27S · what was voted ↗
    216 for380 against17 abstentions91 did not vote
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  3. 12 Dec 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
    Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
    477 for101 against41 abstentions85 did not vote
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  4. 13 Mar 2024Main voteAdopted
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 30
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 30 · what was voted ↗
    482 for120 against20 abstentions83 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

36 Members · by amendment count

The amendments, in full text

136 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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