Fair Competition

Bucharest, 8th. May 2015

The accession of 10 new MS has been

positive for Dutch economy as a whole
EU-Membership is an advantage for EU-Member-States
The EU and especially the internal market has brought
considerable economic advantages, this conclusion is
independent of the empirical method used.
Economic advantages did not only originate in an additional
GNP-increase, but also by liberalization (for instance in air
transport) resulting in competitors and lower prices.
Disadvantages are to be found in an overregulation in the
internal market.
Source: Economische effecten EU lidmaatschap, in ESB 18 th. May 2014

EU accession has been negative for

the Dutch road transport industry

Decrease Dutch bordercrossing

transport
Decrease percentage in European
road transport
Decrease number of transport
companies
Decrease number of vehicles
registered
Decrease of number employees

Polish companies are the winners in

Europe!

Competion within the transport sector

-Domestic transporters with domestic personnel;

-International transporters with domestic personnel;
-Companies with subsidiaries and foreign personnel but
Western mother company;
-Original Central and Eastern Europe companies (and the
forwarders who make use of flagged out companies).

European solutions!
Clear regulation
Harmonised surveillance
No gold plating and
No national surveillance measures

How to reach overall

positive effects
Paradigma shift?
Transport operation
governed by
legislation country of
departure or
destination?
European minimum
wage?

Thank you for your attention!

Godfried Smit
gsmit@evo.nl
+31 6 29076796