PORTUGAL ECJ CASE
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE PORTUGUESE government is being threatened with legal action by the European Commission over its failure to properly police European Union (EU) legislation imposing maximum driving hours on hauliers. Brussels says it may take Lisbon to the European Court of Justice unless it shows within two months how it will increase the number of checks it makes on lorry drivers' work records.Directive 88/599/EEC requires Member States to check the hours worked in at least one per cent of all days worked by professional drivers, with a minimum of 15 per cent ...
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