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Roads: EC Action

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 113-4WS, on the EU Transport Council, (1) what recent progress has been made in respect of the EU's proposed directive on cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety; and if he will make a statement; (268712)

(2) with reference to the written ministerial statement of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 18WS, on the EU Transport Council, what progress has been made on overcoming the practical and legal difficulties of cross-border enforcement for non-resident drivers escaping financial penalties for road safety infringements; and if he will make a statement.

The proposed EU directive on cross- border enforcement is not on the Transport Council agenda under the current presidency and I am not aware of any further work having been done on the proposed directive following the December Transport Council.