On November 14th, 2023, Giovanni Pitruzzella, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) called for an annulment of the provision contained in the Mobility Package regulation.
Article 1(3) of Regulation 2020/1055 (referred to as the Mobility Package regulation) concerns the mandatory return of heavy goods vehicles. Several Member States have issued complaints to the CJEU regarding this and other provisions within the Mobility Package. The obligation for trucks to return to their country of origin every eight weeks is highly contested by many Member States, citing the negative impact on the environment and the transport operations this provision incurs.
Pitruzzella has concluded that this provision in Article 1(3) of Regulation 2020/1055 should be annulled because it undermines Article 91(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which requires the EU to consider the environmental protection requirements when adopting transport rules.
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