Ministry of improvement of Ukraine directed appeal to Polish finance and infrastructure ministriesand to the European Commission in connection with complaints by Ukrainian road hauliers on cash penalties imposed on them during transport in Poland – said Interfax-Ukraine agency on Saturday.
According to the Ministry, Ukrainian road hauliers have fulfilled the work of the Polish Government to registry 3rd country carriers in the SENT/RMPD strategy erstwhile passing through Poland from 1 November 2024.
Ukrainians complain of fines for "small errors". He initiated a gathering with the Polish authorities
‘Currently, as reported by carriers, fines are imposed for insignificant method errors e.g. no reflective triangle. The sanctions besides endanger the deficiency of GPS signal on a respective hundred-metre long of road – maximum amount – 12 1000 PLN, or about 120 1000 hryvnia“ – Deputy Minister of improvement of Ukraine wrote on Facebook Serhii Derkacz.
He recalled that the main intent of the introduction SENT/RMPD system is to prevent cabotage operations. Cabotage transport is simply a commercial cargo transport between reception points located in another EU or EFTA associate State than the country in which the carrier established its business.
"We are convinced of the correct operation of SENT/RMPD itself, the request for its support and the clear link between the infringement and the sanction applied," noted Derkacz.
Deputy Minister added that "We anticipate reactions and actions‘. "We besides initiated a gathering with Polish colleagues to discuss all issues more thoroughly," he wrote.
New rules for carriers. "They were meant to reduce unfair competition"
In mid-October the president Andrzej Duda signed an amendment to the Posting of Drivers in Road Transport Act, which, among another things, accelerated the work to registry with SENT for non-EU carriers operating global road haulage. They were originally to begin to apply from the beginning of 2025, but entered into force on 1 November 2024.
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Minister for Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak explained that the rules on this substance were intended to strengthen the control of 3rd country carriers and to limit unfair competition from non-EU transport companies and thus strengthen the position of the home road transport industry.
For example, the work to registry drivers from outside the EU at SENT was requested by Polish carriers, who in late 2023 they protested in crossings with Ukraine in Dorohusk and Hrebenn and in Korczowa.
What is SENT and how does it work?
IT strategy SENT (Electronic Transport Supervision System) is utilized by the National taxation Administration to monitor the transport of delicate goods by road and rail (including fuels, contaminated alcohols, vegetable oils, paints, varnishes, solvents, medical devices) and the marketing of fuel fuels.
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The SENT strategy monitors the transport and marketing of goods beginning and ending in Poland and outside Poland, the transport and marketing of goods beginning and ending outside Poland, the transport of goods beginning outside Poland and ending in Poland.
