Transportudvalget 2012-13
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Edvard Thomsens Vej 142300 København STelefon 7221 8800Fax 7221 8888[email protected]www.trafikstyrelsen.dk
Dato: 21st September 2012
CABOTAGE QUESTIONNAIRE RESUME
QUESTION1. Does yourcountry havea set ofguidelines forcabotage?2. Does yourcountry re-quire regis-tration ofcabotage?3. Is it al-lowed - sys-tematically -to have 3cabotagetrips in 7days with anincoming in-ternationalcarriage first?4. Do youhave a “wait-ing time peri-od” with max.
YESFIN,S,UK, N,F
NOB, NL,D
COMMENTS
All
All (Nhas notmade amark)
S:Does not have a court decision on “tempo-rary”N:Cabotage must not be a permanent or contin-uous activity
All
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3 trips in 7days insteadof using theincoming in-ternationalcarriage ascutoff day?
5. Whichpenalties areused in con-nection withinfringementsof cabotagerules?
Fines:
All
Retention ofvehicle:
B, UK,NL, F
N, D
Retention oftrailer:
UK, NL,F
B, N, D
Size of fines?B:1.800 euro per illegal cabotage,otherwise an official report is drawn up and aconsignment of the same amount must be paidwhich is kept in anticipation of a decision bycourt.FIN:day fines or up to 6 months impris-onment.S:SEK 3.000.UK:Euro 250 to Euro6,000 (if imposed by court – don’t think this hasever happened.)NL:Law of Economical offences,the exact value of fines is not yet determined.,D:Up to Euro 5.000
Retention ofgoods:
N, F
B, UK,NL, DB:require to return to the place of loading in or-der to unload the goods or require to reload thegoods into another vehicle in order to continuethe trip in a legal way.S:Immobilizing the vehi-cle.NL:detention of 6 months also possible.
Other:B, NL
6. Who is lia-ble in connec-tion with in-fringement ofcabotagerules?
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Driver:
B, S, N,D
UK, NL
B:Client, loader, and forwarding agent can bepunished by a court decision in the same way asa haulier.N:It is underlined in the Guidelinesthat forwarding agents may be liable under cer-tain circumstances.
Haulier:AllUK:The operator is the responsible party.
Forwardingagent:
B, S, N,F
UK, NL
Others:B,7. Is a tripwith an emp-ty trailer -without sub-sequent load-ing - consid-ered as acabotagetrip?8. Do youhave a limitfor incomefrom cabo-tage activi-ties, f.i. 50%?B,
S, UKFIN,UK, NL,N, D, FFIN:not for the moment, but under considera-tion.S:The question has not arisen and is notanalized.UK:A domestic repositioning of a trail-er MAY be considered a load. Depends on givencircumstances.
All
N:All operators earning more than 50.000 Nor-wegian crown per year must register in the VATregister and pay VAT accordingly.
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