LABEL | European Truck Park Area Certification

The European Truck Parking Area LABEL Project

LABEL is a € 2.7 million European Commission - DG MOVE - part funded project, aimed at establishing and encouraging a certification system, with broad acceptability, for Truck Parking Areas in Europe.

The full title of this project is Creating a Label for (Secured) Truck Parking Areas along the Trans-European Road Network and Defining a Certification Process. Including Online Information Facility.

LABEL is about

creating a Label for (Secured) Truck Parking Areas along the Trans-European Road Network
defining, setting up, implementing and evaluating a certification process including an online information facility
communicating with interest groups and disseminating the results.

LABEL's stated objectives are to

validate existing draft international standards for adequate facilities for professional drivers
have at least 70 (truck park area) sites certified in at least 10 Member States.

The project duration is 29 months, starting September 2008.