ESPORG calls on parking operators, hauliers, shippers, insurers and public authorities to rely only on certification under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1012, carried out by Conformity Assessment Bodies that meet the obligations of EA Resolution TMB 2024 (18) 01.
Brussels, 11 November 2026 – The European Secure Parking Organisation (ESPORG) today reaffirmed that Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1012, the EU Parking Standard, is the only legal standard for the certification of safe and secure parking areas for trucks and commercial vehicles in the European Union. Recognition schemes established by private organisations may support good practice, but none of them carries the legal status, the independent verification or the public supervision of the EU Parking Standard.
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