Cheating with foreign trucks that perform domestic transports in Sweden in an unauthorized manner is still common, as SVT was able to report recently in a review.
This is despite stricter regulations on so-called cabotage, which means, among other things, that a truck from abroad that comes with a transport to Sweden may only make three other stops for seven days in Sweden before it must leave the country again.
Now the government wants the sanction fee for those who break the regulations to be increased by 50 percent, from SEK 40,000 to SEK 60,000.
- This means that we get the EU's most expensive fees if you break the cabotage rules and it is to stop a development where you cheat in the transport industry.
This, together with stricter rules, means that we create better order and order in the transport market, says Tomas Eneroth (S), Minister of Infrastructure.
Stricter customer responsibility
The proposal, which is now out for consultation, also addresses changes regarding customer responsibility.
Both major Swedish and foreign freight forwarders have used hauliers who have violated the rules when performing assignments for them.
But will the increase in sanction fees discourage when there is money to be made for customers to use cheaper transport and the police do not have time to carry out as many checks as they would like?
-I think it will be very important, but I also want to see more checks on the way. Therefore, we have also proposed a commercial traffic inspection so that we get even more controls, says Tomas Eneroth (S), Minister of Infrastructure.