Transport in Germany: from 29 June 2026, a more detailed deployment plan is required for non-EU carriers
Based on the Ordinance on Reporting Obligations (MiLoMeldV), as well as the Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG) and the Posted Workers Act (AEntG), from 29 June 2026 Germany applies an amended procedure for submitting deployment plans for drivers of transport companies from countries outside the European Union.
The change applies to companies from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Turkey and other non-EU countries that perform road transport on the territory of Germany and are subject to the reporting obligation under German regulations. According to the German Posted Workers Act (AEntG), the obligation to report the posting of drivers is required for all types of transport operations, including bilateral, transit and international transport, regardless of the type of vehicle driven.
It is important to emphasise that this change has not substantially altered the legal basis of the reporting obligation. The change primarily concerns the way the deployment plan is completed and the scope of the data entered. In other words, the deployment plan is still submitted within the existing reporting system under German regulations, but carriers are now required to enter more detailed data, particularly in relation to the driver and the specific engagement.
What changes as of 29 June 2026?
The most important new feature is that more data must be entered in the deployment plan than before. This particularly concerns:
- more detailed driver data, including address and nationality;
- data on the transport client;
- a more precise definition of the period for which the driver is being declared;
- the planned number of individual driver engagements in accordance with agreed and secured transport assignments.
Although the obligation to declare drivers itself is not new, this means that the deployment plan must be prepared more carefully and aligned with the driver’s actual engagement in Germany.
Why has Germany changed the way drivers are declared?
The change in the declaration procedure aims to give German authorities a more precise overview of the engagement of drivers from non-EU transport companies on the territory of Germany.
The aim is to:
- ensure better control of compliance with German rules on minimum wage and working conditions;
- provide more detailed data on drivers and better insight into which drivers were driving on the territory of Germany, when and for how long;
- facilitate the work of German control authorities.
What does this mean for transport companies from Serbia and other non-EU countries?
For transport companies from Serbia and other non-EU countries, this change means that driver data, client data and the deployment plan must be prepared more carefully. The deployment plan must contain a precisely stated period and the number of individual driver engagements. An incorrectly submitted deployment plan, failure to submit it, or discrepancies between the submitted data and the driver’s actual engagement may lead to inspections, additional requests from the competent authorities and misdemeanour proceedings.
In recent days, we have also observed increased inspections by the German customs administration in practice, as well as systematic checks of driver posting declarations. Fines are imposed on the basis of the German Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG) and other relevant national regulations. Under the MiLoG regime, fines may amount to up to EUR 30,000 per violation. It is important to note that liability lies with the employer, that is, the transport company, and not with the driver.
EXPO support
The amended reporting system requires more precise preparation and better organisation of data before the transport begins. That is why it is important that deployment plans are not prepared generally and without a proper basis, such as agreed or contracted assignments, but that each operation is correctly assessed and administratively covered before entering Germany or before the driver starts working on the territory of Germany.
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