A new standard form for Member State compliance reports on mobile workers’ working time replaces the 2017 predecessor. It is more granular on monitoring methods and judicial interpretation, and applies immediately with no transition period.
The European Commission adopted a new road transport working time reporting form on 27 April 2026. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/907 repeals and replaces Decision (EU) 2017/1013, which had been in use for nine years. The new form enters into force on the twentieth day following publication, without a transition period.
The form governs how Member States compile and submit periodic compliance reports to the Commission under Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of working time for mobile road transport workers, which covers professional drivers and, depending on Member State implementation, certain self-employed drivers. The underlying enforcement framework rests on Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, which sets the EU’s core driving time and rest period rules.
The revised template structures road transport working time reporting across fourteen headings, covering the authority responsible for monitoring compliance; the enforcement methods used; problems encountered and how they were resolved; the number of roadside and premises checks carried out, split between passenger and goods transport; significant national court decisions interpreting the directive; and the contact details of the official compiling the report.
The new form is more granular than its 2017 predecessor, with a notable expansion on monitoring methods and judicial interpretation. Member States must now describe their enforcement approaches in greater detail, and they must report national court decisions that interpret or apply the directive on significant issues. This second requirement is new in its level of specificity.
National enforcement authorities will need to update their reporting workflows to match the new structure. The repeal is immediate, as the 2017 form ceases to apply the day the new one enters into force. Reports covering periods that straddle the changeover date must use the new template for the report itself, even if the period under review predates it.
For road transport operators and legal advisers tracking cross-border enforcement, the standardisation of the reporting framework offers a side benefit, as once Member States submit their first reports under the new form, the data will be directly comparable across jurisdictions. Enforcement posture, check volumes, and legal interpretation differences will be easier to assess than they were under the looser predecessor structure.
