lZ;11} NATIONAL UNION OF ROAD HAULIERS FROM ROMANIA Uniunea Nationaia UNION NATIONALE DES TRANSPORTEURS ROUTIERS DE LA ROUMANIE a Transportatoriior Ruti eri din Romania Str. lenachita Vacarescu, nr. 60, CP 040157, Sector 4, Bucuresti-ROMANIA , , Tel: (+40-21) 336 77 88; (+40-21) 3354825 Fax: (+40-21) 3354825; (+40-21) 3374853 www.untrr.ro; e-mail: [email protected]. . .105 .12.2014 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Mr. Jonathan HILL- COMMISSIONER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL MARKETS UNION Dear Mr. Hill, On behalf of the National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania - UNTRR, please receive our sincere congratulations on your appointment as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. Expressing our trust in a fresh start for Europe, we wish you all the success in fulfilling your important mandate and the new EC agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change. As a professional and employers' organization in the transport sector from Romania, we hope that under your political leadership in the field of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, the European Commission will contribute to the modernization of EU legislative framework which is relevant for our sector and also to the transparency of the current various national regulations, as a first step towards their harmonization. May we take this opportunity to assure you of our full involvement in European social dialogue at transport sector level, with the willingness to increase the competitiveness of European transport companies in a fair business environment, by identifying and solving the real problems of transport industry within the context of developing new European legislation with major impact in our field . Looking forward to developing a real dialogue and partnership with you as the new European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, for the benefit of European road transport industry, please accept, dear Mr. Hill, the expression of our highest consideration . Yours faithfully,
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NATIONAL UNION OF ROAD HAULIERS FROM ROMANIA
Uniunea Nationaia
UNION NATIONALE DES TRANSPORTEURS ROUTIERS
DE LA ROUMANIE a Transportatoriior Rutieri din Romania
Str. lenachita Vacarescu, nr. 60, CP 040157, Sector 4, Bucuresti-ROMANIA , ,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Mr. Pierre MOSCOVICI- COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
AFFAIRS, TAXATION AND CUSTOMS
Dear Mr. Moscovici,
On behalf of the National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania - UNTRR, please receive our sincere congratulations on your appointment as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs. Expressing our trust in a fresh start for Europe, we wish you all the success in fulfilling your important mandate and the new EC agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change.
As a professional and employers' organization in the transport sector from Romania, we hope that under your political leadership in the field of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, the European Commission will contribute to the modernization of EU legislative framework which is relevant for our sector. In this respect, may we draw your attention on the current problems related to the competition between customs unions - EU, on the one hand and the Eurasian Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, on the other hand. At this moment, the Eurasian region countries prohibit non-resident hauliers from EU to perform transport operations on the territory of their customs union. Consequently, our association considers that European Commission and Eurasian Economic Commission should undertake the legal measures to ensure the reciprocity of the customs provisions between the two customs unions, in order to maintain a level playing field for all EU and non-EU hauliers performing international transports in Eurasian region.
May we thank you in advance for considering our proposals and assure you of our full involvement in European social dialogue at transport sector level, with the willingness to increase the competitiveness of European transport companies in a fair business environment, by identifying and solving the real problems of transport industry within the context of developing new European legislation with major impact in our field.
Looking forward to developing a real dialogue and partnership with you as the new European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, for the benefit of European road transport industry, please accept, dear Mr. Moscovici, the expression of our highest consideration.
Yours faithfully,
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NATIONAL UNION OF ROAD HAULIERS FROM ROMANIA
Uniunea Nationala
UNION NATIONALE DES TRANSPORTEURS ROUTIERS
DE LA ROUMANIE a Transportatorilor Rutieri din Romania
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Mrs. Margrethe Vestager - COMMISSIONER FOR COMPETITION
Dear Mrs. Vestager,
On behalf of the National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania - UNTRR, please receive our sincere congratulations on your appointment as European Commissioner for Competition. Expressing our trust in a fresh start for Europe, we wish you all the success in fulfilling your important mandate and the new EC agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change.
As a professional and employers' organization in the transport sector from Romania, we hope that under your political leadership in the field of competition, European Commission will contribute to the modernization of EU legislative framework which is relevant for our sector and also to the transparency of the current various national regulations, as a first step towards their harmonization.
As regards the competition on European road transport market, today there are strong debates on what should be first - rules harmonization or market liberalization, as Western EU fears the competition from Eastern EU drivers and hauliers, asking for a harmonization of social standards between West and East first. In practice, it is our strong believe that the harmonization of social standards between Eastern and Western EU can only be obtained by achieving economical harmonization first, which would naturally result from an effective functioning of a real European single market in all economic sectors and in our case, in road transport sector.
On the other hand, may we draw your attention to another levels of competition in road transport sector, which need to be carefully addressed by European Commission: - Competition of non-EU hauliers from EU neighboring countries: As a first premise for a fair
competition environment in international transport, EU neighboring states' compliance with current international transport agreements is very important. In this context, there is a certain need of clarification before EC considers the freedom of transit for non-resident hauliers in EU.
- Competition between customs unions - EU and the Eurasian Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation: At this moment, the Eurasian region countries prohibit non-resident hauliers from EU to perform transport operations on the territory of their customs union. European Commission and Eurasian Economic Commission should undertake the legal measures to ensure the reciprocity of the customs provisions between the 2 customs unions, in order to maintain a level playing field for all EU and non-EU hauliers performing international transports in Eurasian region.
May we thank you in advance for considering our proposals and assure you of our full involvement in European social dialogue at transport sector level, with the willingness to increase the competitiveness of European transport companies in a fair business environment, by identifying and solving the real problems of transport industry within the context of developing new European legislation with major impact in our field.
Looking forward to developing a real dialogue and partnership with you as the new European Commissioner for Competition, for the benefit of European road transport industry, please accept, dear Mrs. Vestager, the expres ion of our highest consideration .
Yours faithfully, Secretary
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NATIONAl UNION of ROAd
HAUllERS fROM ROMANIA
Uniunea Na~ionala
UNION NATIONAlE dES
TRANSPORTEURS ROUTIERS
dE lA ROUMANIE
a Transportatorilor Rutieri din Romania Str. lenachita Vacarescu nr.60 , sector 4 , cod 040157, BUCURE$TI-ROMANIA
