These penalties should include temporary immobilisation of the vehicle concerned until such time as the cause of the infringement has been rectified.

industry and the authorities must be encouraged to introduce technical preventive measures; the Commission should consider the degree to which criminals might be deterred by the judicious use of technical aids such as electronic vehicle immobilisers, special security standards for credit cards etc.;

It claimed damages of ATS 140 000 (EUR 10 174.20) because five of its heavy-goods vehicles were immobilised for four consecutive days (the day before the demonstration was a bank holiday and the two following days fell at the weekend, during which lorries may not, in principle, operate).

making inspections more effective by increasing them and bringing Member States' practices into alignment, for example as regards the immobilisation of vehicles in the event of failure to comply with Community rules and regulations.

In various vehicle accessory markets, such as navigation systems, immobilisers, cockpits and locking systems, market shares of over 25% will be created.

the minimum uninterrupted daily rest period is increased from 8 to 9 hours; the maximum driving time per calendar week is reduced to 56 hours; during two consecutive weeks, the driver must take at least one regular weekly rest period consisting of an uninterrupted period of at least 45 hours; the legal possibility will be created in all Member States to – subject to certain conditions - immobilise temporarily a vehicle, withdraw, suspend or restrict an undertaking’s licence or a driver’s driving licence; the time period which can effectively be checked by enforcement officers is increased from “the current week and the last driving ...[+++]day of the previous week” to: “the current week and the previous 15 days” and, after 1 January 2008, to: “the current day and the previous 28 days”.