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of 7 December 1992
on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between
Member States
(OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p. 38)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/106/EEC
of 7 December 1992
on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined
transport of goods between Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Articles 75 and 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee(3),
Whereas Council Directive 75/130/EEC of 17 February 1975 on the
establishment of common rules for certain types of combined road/railcarriage of goods between Member States(
4)has been amended several
times; whereas on the occasion of further amendments the Directiveshould be recast in the interests of clarity;
Whereastheinternalmarketisleadingtoanincreaseintraffic;whereas
theCommunitymustdowhatisnecessarytoensureoptimummanage-ment of its transport resources in the interest of all citizens, whichmeans using combined transport;
Whereastheincreasingproblemsrelatingtoroadcongestion,theenvir-
onment and road safety call, in the public interest, for the furtherdevelopment of combined transport as an alternative to road transport;
Whereasmeasuresmustbetakentomakepossiblethedevelopmentand
furtherimprovementoftransportmethodsbasedontheintermodalityofforms of transport and on the specific means and requirements oftransport operators and users; whereas such measures must covercombinedformsoftransportbringingtogetherroadandothermodesoftransport, such as rail, inland waterway and sea transport;
Whereas greater recourse to combined transport will be encouraged by
freedom from all quantitative restrictions and by the elimination ofvarious administrative constraints which still exist in the field of roadtransport;
Whereasforcombinedtransportmethodstoresultinarealreductionin
road congestion, such liberalization should relate to road journeys oflimited distance;
Whereastheliberalizationoftheinitialandfinalsectionsofacombined
transportoperationshouldbeextendedtocombinedtransportoperationsusing sea routes provided that the sea journey represents an importantpart of the combined transport operation;
Whereas the Commission should submit a report every two years,
starting before 1 July 1995, on the application of this Directive;
Whereas the development of combined transport would also be facili-
tatedbystimulationmeasuresandwhereasitisthereforeappropriatetoreducetaxationontheuseorpossessionofcommercialvehiclestotheexent that they are carried by rail and to exempt initial and final roadhaulage legs from compulsory tariff regulations;
Whereasaccessbyown-accounttransporttocombinedtransportshould
be facilitated;
(1) OJ No L C 282, 30. 10. 1992, p. 8.
(2) Opinion delivered on 20 November 1992 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(3) Opinion delivered on 24 November 1992 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(4) OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31. Directive last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 881/92 (OJ No L 95, 9. 4. 1992, p. 1).
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Whereas this Directive must not affect Member States’ obligations
regarding the time-limits for the transportation into national law andimplementation of the Directives which make up the recast version,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. This Directive shall apply to combined transport operations,
without prejudice to Regulation (EEC) No 881/92(1).
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘combined transport' means the
transport of goods between Member States where the lorry, trailer,semi-trailer,withorwithouttractorunit,swapbodyorcontainerof20feetormoreusestheroadontheinitialorfinallegofthejourneyand,ontheotherleg,railorinlandwaterwayormaritimeserviceswherethissection exceeds 100 km as the crow flies and make the initial or finalroad transport leg of the journey;
— between the point where the goods are loaded and the nearest
suitable rail loading station for the initial leg, and between thenearestsuitablerailunloadingstationandthepointwherethegoodsare unloaded for the final leg, or
— within a radius not exceeding 150 km as the crow flies from the
inland waterway port or seaport of loading or unloading.
Article 2
Each of the Member States shall, by 1 July 1993, liberalize the
combined transport operations referred to in Article 1 from all quotasystems and systems of authorization.
Article 3
In the case of combined transport for hire or reward, a transport docu-
ment which fulfils at least the requirements laid down in Article 6 ofCouncilRegulationNo11of27June1960concerningtheabolitionofdiscrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation ofArticle 79 (3) of the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity(
2),shallalsospecifytherailloadingandunloadingstations
relating to the rail leg, or the inland waterway loading and unloadingports relating to the inland waterway leg, or the maritime loading andunloading ports relating to the maritime section of the journey. Thesedetailsshallberecordedbeforethetransportoperationiscarriedoutandshall be confirmed by means of a stamp affixed by the rail or portauthorities in the railway stations or inland waterway or sea portsconcerned when that part of the journey carried out by rail or inlandwaterway or by sea has been completed.
Article 4
AllhauliersestablishedinaMemberStatewhomeettheconditionsof
accesstotheoccupationandaccesstothemarketfortransportofgoodsbetweenMemberStatesshallhavetherighttocarryout,inthecontextofacombinedtransportoperationbetweenMemberStates,initialand/orfinal road haulage legs which form an integral part of the combinedtransportoperationandwhichmayormaynotincludethecrossingofafrontier.
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 881/92 of 26 March 1992 on access to the
market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or fromthe territory of a Member State or passing across the territory of one ormore Member States (OJ No L 95, 9. 4. 1992, p. 1).
(
2) OJ No 52, 16. 8. 1960, p. 1121/60.
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Article 5
1. Every two years and in the first instance by 1 July 1995 the
Commission shall draw up a report to the Council on:
— the economic development of combined transport,— the application of Community law in this area,— the definition, where necessary, of further measures to promote
combined transport operations.
2. When drawing up the report referred to in paragraph 1, the
CommissionshallbeassistedbyrepresentativesoftheMemberStatetocollect the information necessary for this purpose.
Thereportshallanalyzetheinformationandstatisticsrelatinginpartic-
ular to:
— transport links used in combined transport operation,— the number of vehicles (a road train counting as a single vehicle),
swap bodies and containers transported over the various transportlinks,
— transported tonnages,— services carried out, in terms of tonnes/kilometres.
The report shall, where appropriate, propose solutions for the subse-
quent improvement of such information and the situation in thecombined transport sector.
Article 6
1. MemberStatesshalltakethemeasuresnecessarytoensurethatthe
taxeslistedinparagraph3whichareapplicabletoroadvehicles(lorries,tractors,trailersorsemi-trailers)whenroutedincombinedtransportarereducedorreimbursedeitherbyastandardamount,orinproportiontothe journeys that such vehicles undertake by rail, within limits and inaccordancewithconditionsandrulestheyfixafterconsultationwiththeCommission.
Thereductionsofreimbursementsreferredtointhefirstparagraphshall
begrantedbytheStateinwhichthevehiclesareregistered,onthebasisof the rail journeys effected within that State.
MemberStatesmay,however,grantthesereductionsorreimbursements
on the basis of the rail journeys which take place partially or whollyoutside the Member State in which the vehicles are registered.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions resulting from a possible
reorganization of national taxation systems for commercial vehicles atCommunity level, vehicles used exclusively for road haulage in feederor final delivery carriage by combined transport may be exempted, ifthey are taxed separately, from the taxes listed in paragraph 3.
3. The taxes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are the following:
— Belgium:
taxe de circulation sur les véhicules automobiles /verkeersbelasting
op de autovoertuigen ;
— Denmark:
vægtafgift af motorkøretøjer mv. ;
— Germany:
Kraftfahrzeugsteuer ;
— France:
taxe spéciale sur certains véhicules routiers ;
— Greece:
τέλη κυκλοφορίας αυτοκινήτων
— Spain:
(a)impuesto sobre actividades económicas ,
(b)impuesto sobre vehículos de tracción mecánica ;
— Ireland:
vehicle excise duties;
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— Italy:
(a)tassa automobilistica ,
(b)addizionale de l 5 % sulla tassa automobilistica ;
— Luxembourg:
taxe sur les véhicules automoteurs ;
— Netherlands:
motorr ĳtuigenbelasting;
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— Austria:
Straßenverkehrsbeitrag ;
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— Portugal:
(a)imposto de camionagem ,
(b)imposto de circulação ;
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— Finland
varsinainen ajoneuvovero /egentlig fordonsskatt ;
— Sweden:
fordonsskatt;
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— United Kingdom:
vehicle excise duties.
Article 7
Where a trailer or semi-trailer belonging to an undertaking engaged in
own-accounttransportishauledonafinalsectionbyatractorbelongingtoanundertakingengagedintransportforhireorreward,thetransportoperationsoeffectedshallbeexemptfrompresentationofthedocumentprovidedforinArticle3;however,anotherdocumentshallbeprovidedgiving evidence of the journey covered or to be covered by rail, byinland waterway or by sea.
Article 8
Initial or final road haulage legs forming part of combined transport
operations shall be exempted from compulsory tariff regulations.
Article 9
Where, as part of a combined transport operation, the dispatching
undertaking carries out the initial road haulage leg for its own accountwithin the meaning of the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 onthe establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage ofgoods by road(
1), the undertaking which is to receive the goods trans-
ported may, notwithstanding the definition given in the said Directive,carryoutforitsownaccountthefinalroadhaulagelegtotransportthegoods to their destination using a tractor owned by it, bought by it ondeferredtermsorhiredbyitpursuanttoCouncilDirective84/647/EECof 19 December 1984 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers forthe carriage of goods by road(
2), and driven by its employees, even
though the trailer or semi-trailer is registered or hired by the under-taking which dispatched the goods.
Theinitialroadhaulageleginacombinedtransportoperationwhichthe
dispatchingundertakingcarriesoutusingatractorownedbyit,boughtbyitondeferredtermsorhiredbyitpursuanttoDirective86/647/EECandwhichisdrivenbyitsemployees,whereasthetrailerorsemi-traileris registered or hired by the undertaking which is to receive the goods
(1) OJ No 70, 6. 8. 1962, p. 2005/62. Last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
881/92 (OJ No L 95, 9. 4. 1992, p. 1).
(2) OJ No L 335, 22. 12. 1984, p. 72. Amended by Directive 90/398/EEC
(OJ No L 202, 31. 7. 1990, p. 46).
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transported, shall also, notwithstanding the Directive of 23 July 1962,
be considered an own-account carriage operation if the final roadhaulage leg is carried out for its own account in accordance with thelatter Directive by the recipient undertaking.
Article 10
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary in order to comply with thisDirectiveby1July1993.TheyshallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof.
WhentheseMemberStatesadopttheseprovisions,theyshallcontaina
referencetothisDirectiveorbeaccompaniedbysuchreferenceontheoccasion of their official publication. The methods of making such areference shall be laid down by the Member States.
2. MemberStatesshallcommunicatethemainprovisionsofnational
law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive to theCommission.
Article 11
1. Directive 75/130/EEC(
1) is hereby repealed without prejudice to
the obligations of the Member States regarding the time-limits fortransposition and implementation set out in the Annex, part A.
2. ReferencestotherepealedDirectiveshallbeunderstoodasrefer-
encestothisDirectiveandshallbereadinaccordancewiththecorrela-tion table in the Annex, part B.
Article 12
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(1) Including acts amending it, viz. the relevant provision of the 1985 Act of
Accession and Directives 79/5/EEC, 82/3/EEC, 82/603/EEC, 86/544/EECand 91/224/EEC.
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ANNEX
PART A
Time-limits for transposition into national law and implementation
DirectiveTime-limitfortranspo-
sitionandimplementa-
tion
75/130/EEC(OJNoL48,22.2.1975,p.31) 30June1975
79/5/EEC(OJNoL5,9.1.1979,p.33) 1July1979
82/3/EEC(OJNoL5,9.1.1982,p.12) —
82/603/EEC(OJNoL247,23.8.1982,p.6) 1April1983
86/544/EEC(OJNoL320,15.11.1986,p.33) 1July1987
91/224/EEC(OJNoL103,23.4.1991,p.1) 1January1992
PART B
Correlation table
ThisDirective Directive75/130/EEC
Article1 Article1
Article2 Article2
Article3 Article3
Article4 Article6
Article5 Article7
Article6 Article8
Article7 Article9
Article8 Article11
Article9 Article12
Article10 —
Article11 —
Article12 Article13
Annex —