Source: European Parliament
1. Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009[1] regulates the conditions of access to the occupation of road transport operator. It does not concern the social security system of each Member State, does not set out the type of insurance required, and is not relevant in determining whether there is a need to be insured.
2. As regards passenger transport, Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 applies to undertakings operating passenger transport services for the public or for specific categories of users in return for payment by the person transported or by the transport organiser; it does not apply to undertakings which have a main occupation other than that of road passenger transport operator or which are engaged in road passenger transport services exclusively for non-commercial purposes as defined in its Article 1(4) in fine. The regulation therefore does not apply to the ancillary activity of an undertaking which has a main occupation other than that of road passenger transport operator.
As regards the transport of goods, the regulation applies to natural or legal persons engaged in the transport of goods for hire and reward with a commercial purpose. Own-account transport of goods, which does not involve hire and reward operations, is therefore not covered.
- [1] Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC, OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 51.