ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT (13874/06)
Letter from the Chairman to Stephen Ladyman
MP, Minister of State for Transport, Department for Transport
Sub-Committee B considered these documents,
and your Explanatory Memorandum, at its meeting on 27 November
2006.
We agree with your view that the UK already
has in place procedures, practices and requirements covered by
the Directive so in the UK's case enforcing the Directive's provisions
might be counter-productive.
In many other Member States, though, road safety
management is not as strong as in the UK. As British citizens
use continental roads for leisure as well as for commercial purposes
it is worth ensuring that even if the Directive, as you propose,
is not as detailed as the original draft, it should still include
provisions effective enough to guarantee that the standards of
road safety management across Europe are increased.
We agree that the Directive should allow for
national interpretation and implementation but we feel that it
is important for the Commission to have sufficient powers to intervene
more strongly in cases where Member States lag behind in terms
of road safety management.
We would be grateful to you to be kept informed
of any developments in this area as they arise, but are content
to lift scrutiny on the documents.
29 November 2006
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