For two months, a truck can be rented without a driver within the European Union. An agreement has been reached between the European Council and the Parliament. This follows the simplification of rental procedures. Let us add that for tax reasons a complete liberalization of the market has been excluded.
A large majority of Member States have been authorised by the European Union's Transport Committee to ease regulations on the rental of self-driving trucks in the Union.
In the forecast, the twenty-seven will have to grant authorization to their carriers to rent trucks in another Member State for a period not exceeding two months.
The new regulation limits the number of trucks rented abroad to 25% of the fleet. From the outset, the Commission had ruled out a total liberalisation of the truck rental market, in order to avoid a drop in tax revenues linked to registrations.
The rule therefore allows carriers to rent more easily to meet their temporary needs, rather than purchasing new trucks.
As it stands, regulations on self-driving truck rentals vary widely from state to state.
To this end, 13 countries, including Germany, require carriers to register vehicles rented for more than twenty days..
Among the 5 countries that grant a thirty-day period are Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark and Slovenia, while 8 require immediate registration.
According to the Commission, the partial liberalisation of the truck rental market should initially benefit hauliers by giving them greater flexibility in the event of a large order or a vehicle breakdown.
And then it should be beneficial to customers who can expect a reduction in transport costs, without posing a threat to the Mobility package, while some denounce the risk of fraud on the principle of returning home.
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