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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 29 September 2011
14413/11
PRESSE 316

Directive on cross-border exchange of information on road
safety offences adopted

The Council today adopted, on the basis of a text agreed with the European
Parliament in
second reading, a directive on cross-border exchange of information on road
traffic
offences (44/11, 14251/11 ADD 1 + ADD 2). Member states will have two years
following
the publication of the directive in the EU's Official Journal to transpose
it into their
national legislation.
The objective of this directive is to combat road traffic offences that
considerably
jeopardise road safety, by facilitating cross-border exchange of
information. A member
state in which an offence has been committed with a vehicle registered in
another member
state will be able to identify the holder of the vehicle and investigate who
is personally
liable for the offence, so that sanctions can be enforced. This will also
help ensure equal
treatment of drivers irrespective of their country of residence. According
to an impact
assessment carried out by the Commission, up to 5 000 lives could be saved
every year by
the application of such a measure.
The directive covers the four traffic offences which cause the most road
casualties in
Europe, namely speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs,
non-use of a seat
belt and failing to stop at a red light. According to the Commission's
impact assessment
study completed in 2007, which gives estimates for the year 2004, 30% of
road deaths
were caused by speeding, 25% by drink-driving, 17% by non-use of seat belts,
and around
4% by failing to stop at a red traffic light. In other words, some 75% of
all road deaths are
caused by one (or more) of these four traffic offences. Three further
offences also fall
within the scope of the directive: failing to wear a safety helmet, use of a
forbidden lane
(such as emergency or public transport lanes), and illegally using a mobile
phone while
driving. The list may be extended in the future through a revision of the
directive.

Under the new legislation, member states will allow each other access to
vehicle
registration data for identification of the holder or owner of the vehicle
with which the
offence has been committed. Once that person is identified, the member state
in which the
traffic offence took place will send him or her a letter setting out the
details of the offence
committed and the fine imposed in accordance with its law. In any case, it
will depend on
the member state in which the offence has been committed and on its national
law to
determine whether and how the offence will be prosecuted.
The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, due to their special position under
the Lisbon
treaty with regard to policy cooperation, do not participate in this
measure, but may decide
to join in later.
Currently, traffic offences are often not punished if they are committed
with a vehicle
which is registered in a member state other than the member state where the
offence has
been committed, in particular if the offences are automatically registered
using road-side
cameras without direct contact between the driver and the police. Public
acceptance of a
general legal enforcement is vital if casualties are to be reduced. Such
acceptance, though,
may be undermined if there is a general feeling that non-resident drivers
are not held
responsible for the offences they commit. While non-residents represent
around 5% of the
road users in the EU countries for which such data are available, the
proportion of nonresident
drivers committing speeding offences is in the range of 2.5% to 30% (2.5% in
Denmark, 4% in Finland,
 6% in the Netherlands, 8% in Catalonia (Spain), 14% in Belgium, 15% in
France,
and 30% in Luxembourg). These figures suggest that non-resident drivers are
relatively more
involved in speeding offences than resident drivers (In France, for
instance, their share in traffic
 is 5.5%, but their share in offences 15%).
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