# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1013 of 30 March 2017 drawing up the standard reporting form referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 1927) (Text with EEA relevance), Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1013
of 30 March 2017
drawing up the standard reporting form referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2017) 1927)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85, and in particular Article 25(2) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Road Transport established by Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport,
Whereas:
(1)
The standard form referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should be used as the medium through which the Member States communicate to the Commission, every 2 years, the necessary information for the preparation of a report on the implementation of that Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 and on developments in the fields covered by those acts.
(2)
The standard form established by Commission Decision 2009/810/EC should be repealed and a new Decision should be adopted in order to take into account, inter alia, the developments in the Union, such as the accession of Croatia, and the new rules on driving times and rest periods intervened since the adoption of that Decision.
(3)
The reporting requirements established by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council which lays down minimum conditions for its implementation cover in particular information on national exceptions granted by Member States under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and more precise details on checks undertaken on vehicles.
(4)
Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council complements the provisions on driving time, breaks and rest periods laid down in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006.
(5)
In accordance with Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/15/EC, a report on the implementation of that Directive should be made by the Member States every 2 years. This 2-year period coincides with that laid down in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. It is therefore appropriate for reasons of administrative convenience and effective monitoring of the impact of the Union rules in this field to make provision for the inclusion of this information on the standard form,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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