Yet delay for Dutch rules posting road transport

The new rule – which applies to both bilateral transport (international transport of goods with a Dutch loading or unloading point and with a foreign destination or origin), cabotage (performing national transport in a Member State other than the one in which one is established) and crosstrade (but not transit) – is part of the fight against social dumping. “For Belgian hauliers, this is a useless measure, since Belgian wages are higher than Dutch wages. The new administrative obligation therefore constitutes a completely useless extra cost,” says Philippe Degraef, director of Febetra.