“We talked about the minimum rate for our drivers, transport companies, which enter with their goods to Germany. And here we got the information, when it comes to transit, eg. From Polish into French or from Polish to Austria or Belgium ( for Germany – PAP), then here will not be used (German minimum rates – PAP). on the other hand, when it comes to hourly minimum in the case of transport to Germany, the Germans want to use them, “- said on Wednesday PAP Morawiecki after a meeting in Berlin the Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel.
When asked whether the Polish side a place calms things Morawiecki said he was glad that there is such information. “This is better than if compared to the transit also was limited, but we do not want that such a sharp one-off increase costs for our transport companies obstruct the transport to Germany,” – he stressed.
Morawiecki move also the Vice-Chancellor and economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, among others, the issue of refusal of Ursus tractors in Germany, despite the validity of the certificates of EU conformity. As noted, Ursus exports to many countries and certificates are instantly recognized, “but in this case there is a problem,” but he added, the German chancellor “will intervene.”
“We gave memorandum and talked with Mr. Chancellor Gabriel on this. He promised to immediately look into the matter, because we are keen on getting the issue of Polish tractors Ursus has been resolved positively and that we could obtain relevant documentation on this matter as soon as possible “- said the PAP Morawiecki.
He added that with his German counterpart also talked about the project of the EU Posting of workers Directive. “Here, we signaled our great concern associated with both the minimum wage, as well as with the Directive on Posting of Workers” – stressed Morawiecki.
The proposed amendments to the Directive on the Posting of Workers assumes that the employee sent to another EU country should be entitled to the same remuneration (including all its components) as a local employee, and not just to the minimum wage, as it is now. Poland called on the European Commission to withdraw the project.
In the case of Germany in terms of the provisions of MiLoG, which from 1 January 2015. introduced a minimum wage, which also includes the drivers in international transport.
German minimum wage introduced from 1 January last year is 8.5 euro per hour. Taking it as foreign truck drivers traveling through Germany in transit strikes particularly hard in the Polish transport companies, which have the second largest fleet of trucks across the EU.
In the case of the German minimum wage, the European Commission began proceedings in May last year .r.
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