On 19 March, the European Commission has sent reasoned opinions to four Member States including the UK for failure to transpose Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community.

Under the Directive, Member States are required to ensure that trucks above 3.5 t gross weight which are not already equipped on the passenger side with wide-angle and close-proximity mirrors be retrofitted with such mirrors.

The deadline for transposition of the directive was August 2008.

The UK has two months to act if it wants to avoid being taken to the ECJ.