IRU Commission on Social Affairs (CAS)

• Monitor and analyse developments in social conditions, relevant regulations and means of control in the road transport sector at international level;
• Propose policies in these fields, to be asserted by the IRU in relation to the competent national and international bodies, in co-ordination with the policy pursued by the IRU bodies responsible for EU social matters.

Working Programme:

• Monitor the EU's decisions in the field of social regulations, in particular relating to working time, and assess their foreseeable impact in other European countries;
• Support the policy adopted in this respect by the IRU bodies responsible for EU social matters and co-ordinate this policy at the wider European level;
• Ensure the harmonisation of the UN AETR Agreement with EU regulations and its uniform application throughout Europe, including in domestic transport (harmonisation of national legislation);
• Gradually introduce the new (EU) electronic control devices in a harmonised fashion at European level;
• Address the competent intergovernmental bodies - including the UN and the ILO - to assert the IRU's policy in the above-mentioned fields;
• Elicit the desirable level of co-operation with international trade unions.