Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's response to the formal notification of infraction from the European Commission concerning the Government's application of Regulation EC 1071/2009 on access to the occupation of a road transport operator; and what steps he plans to take in response to that notification.

On 30^th April 2015, the Department for Transport received a formal notice of infraction from the European Commission concerning the UK’s application of Regulation (EC) no 1071/2009 (on access to the occupation of road transport operator). We will consider the content of this letter and respond within two months, in line with Article 258 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

As this is a live case, and communications with the European Commission concerning infractions are in most cases confidential, it would not be appropriate to publish our response.

At this stage, no decisions have been made about any actions the UK may take in the light of the issues raised by the Commission.