Free access to the road transport market as a condition for the sustainability of road transport functionality in the European Union

Market access in the EU is based on the free movement of goods and services, the free movement of persons and the free movement of finance under conditions that are the same across the EU. However, this principle does not apply to road transport. In recent times, the security of the functioning of the system has been disturbed by the attitude of some EU Member States introducing protection requirements for their own market. The aim of this paper is to highlight the risk of restricting EU market access in the road transport sector.