Effets pervers des déréglementations européennes : le cas du transport routier de marchandises |
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Authors: | Nadia Hilal |
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Affiliation: | Institut des sciences du travail, université catholique de Louvain, place des Doyens, 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique |
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Abstract: | The transportation of freight by truck has been fully deregulated and opened to competition in the European Union, without any quotas or restrictions since 1July 1998. This deregulation has caused problems, mainly due to the delay in adopting common fiscal and social measures, road checks and sanctions for firms that commit offenses. Unscrupulous companies have used this legal vacuum in the EU to factitiously “outsource” activities and dodge national rules and regulations about taxes, labor relations and welfare. As a result, working conditions have worsened as barriers have been lifted. By definition, turnover is high among wage-earners. Truck drivers, semi-skilled, have become interchangeable on the EU marketplace. They can be profitably replaced with drivers from eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria), who are much cheaper and less protected. The spread of such practices is a cause of concern for labor organizations in Europe. Shipping by truck is a textbook case for analyzing how the EU is trying to counter the devious effects arising out of the deregulation of a branch of the economy. |
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Keywords: | Harmonisation sociale europé enne Dé localisation Dumping social Dumping fiscal Transport routier europé en Ré gulations europé ennes |
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