MiLoG Germany
27.03.2015 Answer from the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to UNTRR’s intervention regarding the application of Germany’s Minimum Wage Act:
25.03.2015 MKFE, UNTRR, ZMPD, CESMAD Bohemia and LINAVA - transport associations from Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania - protested together today against neoprotectionist measures like law MiLoG and law Macron, in front of the European Parliament, Place du Luxembourg. The associations signed a joint petition which Mr. Radu Dinescu handed to Mr. Istvan Újhelyi - Vice-Chair, Transport and Tourism Committee, European Parliament, in front of the protesters.
PETITION SIGNED by UNTRR, MKFE, ZMPD, CESMAD Bohemia, LINAVA
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Press release
UNTRR, MKFE, ZMPD, CESMAD Bohemia, LINAVA – the road transport associations from Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania – join forces and organize a common protest in Brussels against neo-protectionist measures like MiLoG and Loi Macron, on 25th of March 2015, Place du Luxembourg
UNTRR obtained the Brussels City Hall’s approval to conduct a public protest in Brussels on 25 March 2015 from 14:00 to 16:00 (local time) on the Place du Luxembourg, the European Parliament (EP). Due to the fact that Brussels is under a special condition of terrorism alert, the protest is to be organized under special rules and all the participants need to follow the rules. Special badges will be distributed to the participants officially registered to the protest.
At this time, from 15.00pm, the European Parliament will be in a plenary session which will discuss protectionism in EU - minimum rates of payment in the transport sector and the Commission statement on compliance with European law by the minimum wage law in Germany (MiLog).
This will be the first protest organized in Brussels after a series of public manifestation which took place at national level.
For more info please visit: http://www.stopneoprotectionism.eu/
The media is invited to join the protest: contact person: roxana.ilie@untrr.ro; 0040.720.999.212
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IRU has just informed UNTRR that the German authorities announced today (30.01.2015) that the minimum wage would not be applicable for TRANZIT operations performed by foreign transport operators until clarifications are made whether this would be in conformity with EU law. Those clarifications are foreseen for summer 2015.
According to the announcement, transport operations to and from Germany will not be concerned by this exemption.
UNTRR will keep you informed as soon as there is more information available.