The European Parliament adopted the draft recommendation for second reading by Mrs Maria BERGER (PSE, A) following the work carried out by the committee of inquiry into fraud in Community transit.
Parliament insisted on including knowledge of the Community transit system, the common transit system, the procedure introduced under the TIR convention and measures to combat fraud in connection with these procedures in the conditions of admission to the occupation of road haulage operator. Similarly, infringements of the rules of the transit system could constitute grounds for a ban from practising as a road haulage operator.
The amendments also seek to strengthen the entrepreneur's financial standing by taking account of the entry into force of the euro on 1 January 1999.�