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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’), was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2021/689note and entered into force on 1 May 2021.
(2)Pursuant to Article 13(2) and 14(5) of Section 1, Part A of Annex 31 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, established under Article 8(1), point (o), of that Agreement (the ‘Specialised Committee on Road Transport’), is empowered to adopt decisions regarding the data to be contained in national electronic registers of road transport undertakings, as well as the modalities of the exchange of information contained in those registers.
(3)Article 6 of Section 1, Part A of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement lays down detailed conditions relating to the requirement of good repute for a road haulage operator. In particular, paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Article lay down the conditions in which infringements listed in point (b) of paragraph 1 of that Article incurred by an operator may lead to an administrative procedure by the competent authorities in the Party of establishment, and may lead to the loss of good repute. Appendix 31-A-1-1 to Annex 31 further lays down a list of the seven most serious infringements. Where an operator has incurred a penalty for one of these infringements, the competent authority in the Party of establishment is to carry out and complete an administrative procedure. The Specialised Committee on Road Transport is to adopt a separate decision, attached to Council Decision (EU) 2025/2416note, on a list of categories, types and degrees of seriousness of serious infringements which may lead to the loss of good repute.
(4)Articles 13 and 14 of Section 1, Part A of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement provide that each Party is to set up national electronic registers of road transport undertakings which have been authorised to engage in the occupation of road haulage operator, as well as carry out individual checks on undertakings and exchange information on serious infringements committed by operators in the other Party. The data to be contained in the national electronic register, as well as the modalities of the exchange of information, are to be laid down by a Decision of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport.
(5)The Union has set up the European Registers of Road Transport Undertakings (ERRU) to facilitate exchanges of information between the Member States of the Union in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/480note. Given that the Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to the same basic principles of access to the occupation of road haulage operator as well as to a common list of serious infringements which may lead to the loss of good repute, it is appropriate and efficient in pursuit of the objectives of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement to provide for the technical connection of the United Kingdom to ERRU.
(6)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, as the envisaged act will be binding on the Union.
(7)A separate Decision of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, attached to Council Decision (EU) 2025/2418note, will establish the financial modalities of the United Kingdom’s contribution to ERRU costs.
(8)In order to allow both Parties to develop their information and technology infrastructure allowing the implementation of the Decision of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, it is appropriate to establish a date of application of that Decision. Hence, the Decision of that Committee should apply from 1 January 2026.
(9)The position of the Union within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport should therefore be based on the draft Decision of that Committee attached to this Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, established by Article 8(1), point (o), of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the ‘Specialised Committee on Road Transport’), on the national electronic registers of road transport undertakings and the modalities of the exchange of information contained in those registers, is set out in the draft Decision of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport attached to this Decision.
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