Transport Policy

Access to the market Admission to the occupation   Road haulage General rules Cabotage Driver attestation Hired vehicles   Passenger transport General rules Cabotage

Non-EU countries General Land transport agreement with Switzerland EEA Agreement Interbus agreement

Road charging Infrastructure charging Vehicle & fuel taxes Tolls & user charges for vehicles (including Eurovignette)

Social provisions Driving time & rest periods Tachograph [List of Workshops] Working time Enforcement Form of attestation of activities

Rules governing access to the market

Passenger transport

Cabotage

Cabotage operations (national passenger transport operations carried out on a temporary basis by non-resident operators), governed by Council Regulation 12/98 of 11 December 1997 are, generally speaking, limited to specialised regular services and occasional services. Cabotage is permitted for regular services, on a temporary basis, provided that it forms part of an international service (for example, an Italian transport operator can only take passengers between Lyon and Paris on a Turin-Lyon-Paris-Brussels line) and that the laws, regulations and administrative provisions in force in the Member State where the cabotage operation is performed (the host country) are observed (inter alia authorisations, the routes to be operated, frequency).