© Mykyta Lagunin, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety, e-mail: n.lagunin@gmail.com;
© Alla Novikova, Doctor of Economics (D.Sc.), Head of the Research Center of Complex Transport Problems, e-mail: anovikova@insat.org.ua, ORCID: 0000-0002-7165-8673;
© Roman Symonenko, Doctor of Technics (D.Sc.), e-mail: rsymonenko@insat.org.ua, ORCID: 0000-0002-4269-5707
(SE “State Road Transport Research Institute”)
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION EU LEGISLATION ON ACCESS TO THE ROAD TRANSPORT MARKET ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE POLAND EXPERIENCE DOI: 10.33868/0365-8392-2025-3-284-2-8
Abstract. The article describes the Republic Poland experience of regulation access to the road transport market in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC. It is described how Poland have been implemented the requirements for the good repute, the financial standing and the professional competence. The functions of Polish central and local executive bodies regulating domestic and international road transport are defined and the procedures for the loss of an good repute are described. A comparative analysis of the legal regulation of the road transport market in Poland and Ukraine is presented. Discussion questions and proposals regarding the implementation EU legislation concerning road transport market in Ukraine are provided.
Keywords: European Union, Poland, Ukraine, road transport, regulation, market access, good repute, financial standing, carrier, transport manager, certificate of professional competence, electronic register, General Inspectorate, voivodships, counties.
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