{"id":1868,"date":"2013-11-07T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.francescogozzo.com\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2013-11-07T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T10:21:46","slug":"documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo-nellautotrasporto-di-merci-in-italia-da-parte-di-imprese-straniere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo-nellautotrasporto-di-merci-in-italia-da-parte-di-imprese-straniere\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentation to be kept on board in the carriage of goods by road in Italy by foreign companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo-nellautotrasporto-di-merci-in-italia-da-parte-di-imprese-straniere\/#a_La_licenza_comunitaria\" >(a) The Community Licence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo-nellautotrasporto-di-merci-in-italia-da-parte-di-imprese-straniere\/#b_Lattestato_di_conducente\" >(b) The driver attestation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo-nellautotrasporto-di-merci-in-italia-da-parte-di-imprese-straniere\/#c_Contratto_di_noleggio_e_contratto_di_lavoro_del_conducente\" >c) Hire contract and driver's employment contract<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The transport of goods by road for third parties on Italian territory may also be carried out by haulage companies established abroad, provided it is in the context of international transport. It may also be transport entirely within Italian borders (cabotage), but in that case strict limits must be respected.<\/p>\n<p>Let us examine below the authorisations and other documents that the haulier must keep on board the vehicle and present at the request of Italian control officers, as well as the sanctions he may incur if he fails to do so.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a_La_licenza_comunitaria\"><\/span><b style=\"font-size: 0.83em;\"><i>(a) The Community Licence<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0072:0087:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation (EC) No 1072\/2009 <\/a>(which from 04.12.2011 replaces the <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1992R0881:20070101:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation (EC) No 881\/1992<\/a>) regulates the Community licence for the international carriage of goods by road for hire or reward, under which any haulage undertaking with an establishment in a Member State may carry out its activities throughout the EU, subject to certain restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The licence is <strong>required only for transport of goods with vehicles whose weight<\/strong> maximum permissible load, including that of trailers, <strong>exceeds 3.5 tonnes<\/strong>. If, on the other hand, the maximum weight is 3.5 tonnes or less, transport does not require a Community licence and Art. 1.5(c) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0072:0087:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation (EC) No 1072\/2009<\/a> expressly exempts it from any special authorisation for international intra-Community transport.<\/p>\n<p>The Community licence is issued by the competent authorities of the Member State where the haulage undertaking is established. The licence shall be <strong>unique for each enterprise<\/strong>Therefore, it is necessary to request the issue of a number of certified copies corresponding to the number of (EU-registered) vehicles that the haulage company has at its disposal, even on a rental basis, <i>leasing<\/i> or other. <strong>A certified copy of the Community licence must be on board each vehicle<\/strong>which must be produced at the request of control officers (art. 4.6 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0072:0087:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation (EC) No 1072\/2009<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The EU licence is required for motor vehicles only and, therefore, in the case of a vehicle combination, it must be kept on the road tractor and also extends its effect to the trailer or semi-trailer. <strong>Only for the road tractor<\/strong> registration in a Member State is required, while the trailer or semi-trailer may also be registered in a third state.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"b_Lattestato_di_conducente\"><\/span><b><i>(b) The driver attestation<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>With regard to drivers of vehicles carrying out <strong>intra-Community transport of goods by road for hire or reward<\/strong>it is obviously necessary for them to have suitable <strong>driving start<\/strong>valid for Europe. In addition to the driving licence, drivers who are not nationals of a Member State also require the driver attestation provided for in Article 5 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0072:0087:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation (EC) No 1072\/2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The driver attestation is issued to the haulage undertaking (and not to the driver himself) by the competent authorities of his Member State of establishment. It is a <strong>name document<\/strong>which identifies the haulage company and the driver and certifies the regularity of the relevant employment relationship. A certificate and a certified copy must therefore be requested for each non-EU driver employed by the haulage company. The certificate must <strong>kept in the original in the vehicle driven by the non-EU driver<\/strong> and exhibited at the request of control officers, while the certified copy must be kept on the company's premises.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"c_Contratto_di_noleggio_e_contratto_di_lavoro_del_conducente\"><\/span><b><i>c) Hire contract and driver's employment contract<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Article 2 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:033:0082:0085:IT:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EC Directive 2006\/1<\/a> requires each Member State to allow road haulage companies established in other Member States the use on its territory of <strong>rented vehicles (or in <i>leasing<\/i>)<i> <\/i>without driver<\/strong>provided that these vehicles are driven by personnel from the same company as the one using them. The following documents must be on board the vehicle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>rental contract (or of <i>leasing<\/i>) or certified extract<\/strong> of the contract containing in particular the name of the lessor, the name of the lessee, the date and duration of the contract and the identification of the vehicle;<\/li>\n<li><strong>driver's employment contract<\/strong> o certified extract of the contract, containing in particular the name of the employer, the name of the employee, the date and duration of the employment contract, or a recent pay slip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following this directive, the Italian State merely issued a ministerial circular (No 63\/M4 of 08.05.2006 of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) reiterating the obligation to keep the relevant hire contract and driver's employment contract on board the hired vehicle. However, ministerial circulars are not regulatory sources and, therefore, are not suitable for implementing the rules of a directive which, as is well known, only binds the Member States and cannot in any case be invoked as an act with direct effect against private individuals.<\/p>\n<p>It can, however, be considered that the<strong>Italian law was already 'pre-conformed' to the directive<\/strong> and was not, therefore, obliged to implement it further, since already the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazzettaufficiale.it\/atto\/serie_generale\/caricaArticoloDefault\/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1994-03-30&amp;atto.codiceRedazionale=094G0241&amp;atto.tipoProvvedimento=DECRETO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministerial Decree No. 601 of 14.12.1987 <\/a>laid down in Article 4 the obligation to keep the relevant hire contract and the driver's employment contract, both in original or certified copy, on board the hired vehicle. Consequently, in order to avoid probable disputes, these documents should always be kept in the hired vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodindo.it\/scheda.asp?idprod=50&amp;idpadrerif=50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawyer Luca Andretto<\/a><br \/>\ncollaborator at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodindo.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Studio Dindo, Zorzi &amp; Associates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PD9NEvnPRz0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Overtaking (1962)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Director: Dino Risi.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il trasporto di merci su strada per conto terzi su territorio italiano pu\u00f2 essere effettuato anche da imprese di autotrasporti [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[131,132,133,134,135],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diritto-commerciale","category-diritto-internazionale","tag-autotrasporto-di-merci","tag-documentazione-da-tenere-a-bordo","tag-imprese-straniere","tag-licenza-comunitaria","tag-regolamento-ce-n-8811992"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescogozzo.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}