EU Transport Policy Failure: The Case of Germany’s Mindestlohngesetz

Paprocki, Wojciech

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26848-4_6

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“…Following Germany, similar regulations were introduced in the Netherlands, Austria, Italy and in France, where the application of minimum wages to foreign carriers under the Law on Development, Business and Equal Opportunities (the so-called loi Macron) forces companies to accept € 9.76 per hour wage (the rate applicable as of 1.01.2017). The introduction of such national legislations must be considered a failure of the European Commission to effectively protect free market principles [Paprocki, 2015]. Those national regulations were protested by road transport companies from peripheral EU countries as going against basic free market principles and as such caused intervention of the European Commission.…”

Section: New Regulations On the European Union Road Haulage Marketmentioning

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Short and Long-Term Consequences of Further Regulation of the European Union Road Haulage Market

Borkowski

Bąk

2019

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The objective of this paper is to assess short and long-term consequences of the new regulatory framework in the European Union road haulage market as proposed by the European Commission in the “Mobility package”. The initiative comprises a number of regulations aimed at technical and social aspects of the road haulage market. This study is based on qualitative research and takes into consideration different perspectives of expert knowledge. On the basis of their own methodological background (the evaluation framework and assessment criteria) the authors compare the expected impacts of the regulations on large and small transport enterprises. The assessment is based on a focused group study within Polish and Hungarian transport companies and several external experts’ views (the list of the consulted experts is given in the acknowledgments section) and finalises with conclusions for different EU regions: the central and peripheral EU countries. The aim of this research is to show different aspects of the impact of the proposed measures on different types of transportbusinesses in Europe and to demonstrate diverse and sometimes opposite effects. The impacts are assessed against different enterprise types (small vs large transport companies) and a company’s base of operation geographical location (core vs periphery). While the Commission states that the regulation is aimed primarily at equalizing companies’ competitive chances, this study argues that the proposal may in fact lead to the more fragmented and less competitive internal road transport market.

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Short and Long-Term Consequences of Further Regulation of the European Union Road Haulage Market

Borkowski

Bąk

2019

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“…However, Paprocki pointed out that the minimum wage regulations set out in Germany violate the basic principles of the European Union, such as the free movement of goods and services and it forces foreign transport companies to adjust their employees' wages to German conditions. This is a failure of EU transport policy (Paprocki, 2015).…”

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Influence of the mobility package on the functioning of the Polish road transport of goods sector

Suproń¹

2020

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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The article presents the results of the introduction of the provisions suggested by the European Union's legislative authorities with regard to transport market regulation, referred to as the Mobility Package. The business of enterprises is based on planning, both in the short and long term, business decisions are made in advance, and internal and external factors taken into consideration. To emphasize the importance of the issues discussed, it is worth noting that the regulations under study constituted the first such in-depth change of the market since Poland joined the European Union. An earlier analysis of the solutions suggested allows enterprises to get ready for the upcoming changes and to take appropriate decisions to minimize their effects, if any. Consequently, the purpose of this paper was to attempt to assess the impact of the Mobility Package on the Polish road transport industry. To study this goal it was necessary to gather and analyse extensive research material originating from official statistical data, industry reports and scientific publications of domestic and foreign authors. The methodology of the research included analysis of the scientific literature, European Commission documents and statistical data analysis.

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EU Transport Policy Failure: The Case of Germany’s Mindestlohngesetz

Cited by 2 publications

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Short and Long-Term Consequences of Further Regulation of the European Union Road Haulage Market

Short and Long-Term Consequences of Further Regulation of the European Union Road Haulage Market

Influence of the mobility package on the functioning of the Polish road transport of goods sector

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