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of 16 March 1992
on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus
(OJ L 74, 20.3.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 684/92
of 16 March 1992
on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by
coach and bus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),
Whereas, in accordance with Article 75 (1) (a) of the Treaty, the estab-
lishment of a common transport policy entails, inter alia , laying down
common rules applicable to the international carriage of passengers by
road;
Whereas such rules were laid down in Council Regulations No 117/66/
EEC (4), (EEC) No 516/72 (5) and (EEC) No 517/72 (6) and whereas
this Regulation does not call in question the liberalization achieved bythose Regulations;
Whereas freedom to provide services constitutes a basic principle of
the common transport policy and requires that carriers from all
Member States be guaranteed access to international transport marketswithout discrimination on grounds of nationality or place of establish-ment;
Whereas there should be provision for flexible arrangements subject to
certain conditions for shuttle services with accommodation, special
regular service and certain occasional services, in order to satisfymarket demand;
Whereas, while maintaining authorization arrangements for regular
services and shuttle services without accommodation, certain rulesshould be amended, particularly as regards authorization procedures;
Whereas observance of the Treaty rules on competition must be guar-
anteed;
Whereas administrative formalities should be reduced as far as possible
without the abandonment of the controls and penalties that guaranteethe correct application of this Regulation;
Whereas it is for the Member States to adopt the measures necessary
for the implementation of this Regulation;
Whereas the application of this Regulation should be monitored by
means of a report to be submitted by the Commission and any futureaction in this area should be considered in the light of that report,1992R0684 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 120, 6. 5. 1987, p. 9,
OJ No C 301, 26. 11. 1988, p. 5 and
OJ No C 31, 7. 2. 1989, p. 9.
(2) OJ No C 94, 11. 4. 1988, p. 126.
(3) OJ No C 356, 31. 12. 1987, p. 62.
(4) OJ No 147, 9. 8. 1966, p. 2688/66.
(5) OJ No L 67, 20. 3. 1972, p. 13. Regulation last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2778/78 (OJ No L 133, 30. 11. 1978, p. 4).
(6) OJ No L 67, 20. 3. 1972, p. 19. Regulation last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1301/78 (OJ No L 158, 16. 6. 1978, p. 1).
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
SECTION I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Scope
1. This Regulation shall apply to the international carriage of
passengers by coach and bus within the territory of the Community bycarriers for hire or reward or own-account carriers established in aMember State in accordance with its law, using vehicles which are
registered in that Member State and are suitable, by virtue of their
construction and equipment, for carrying more than nine persons,including the driver, and are so intended, and to the movement ofsuch vehicles empty in connection with such carriage.
Change of vehicle or interruption of carriage to enable part of a
journey to be made by another means of transport shall not affect the
application of this Regulation.
2. In the event of carriage from a Member State to a third country
and vice-versa, this Regulation shall apply to the part of the journey onthe territory of the Member State of picking up or setting down, afterconclusion of the necessary agreement between the Community and thethird country concerned.
3. Pending the conclusion of agreements between the Community
and the third countries concerned, this Regulation shall not affectprovisions relating to the carriage referred to in paragraph 2 containedin bilateral agreements concluded by Member States with those thirdcountries. However, Member States shall endeavour to adapt those
agreements to ensure compliance with the principle of non-discrimina-
tion between Community carriers.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall
apply:
1. Regular services
1.1. Regular services are services which provide for the carriage of
passengers at specified intervals along specified routes, passengers
being taken up and set down at predetermined stopping points.
Regular services shall be open to all, subject, where appropriate,to compulsory reservation.
The regular nature of the service shall not be affected by any
adjustment to the service operating conditions.
1.2. Services, by whomsoever organized, which provide for the
carriage of specified categories of passengers to the exclusion of
other passengers, insofar as such services are operated under theconditions specified in 1.1., shall be deemed to be regular services.Such services are hereinafter called ‘special regular services’.
Special regular services shall include:
(a) the carriage of workers between home and work,
(b) carriage to and from the educational institution for school
pupils and students,
(c) the carriage of soldiers and their families between their state
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The fact that a special service may be varied according to the
needs of users shall not affect its classification as a regularservice.
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the non-serving of certain stops and the serving of additional stopson existing regular services shall be governed by the same rules asexisting regular services.
3. Occasional services
3.1. Occasional services are services which do not meet the definition
of regular services, including special regular services and which
are characterized above all by the fact that they carry groups ofpassengers assembled on the initiative of the customer or thecarrier himself.
The organization of parallel or temporary services comparable to
existing regular services and serving the same public as the latter
shall be subject to authorization in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Section II.
3.3. The services referred to in point 3 shall not cease to be occasional
services solely because they are provided at certain intervals.
3.4. Occasional services may be provided by a group of carriers acting
on behalf of the same contractor, and travellers may catch aconnection en route, with a different carrier of the same group, in
the territory of one of the Member States.
The names of such carriers and the connection points en route
shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the MemberStates concerned, in accordance with the procedures to be deter-mined by the Commission ►
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procedure laid down in Article 16a ◄.
4. Own-account transport operations
Own-account transport operations are those carried out for non-
commercial and non-profit-making purposes by a natural or legalperson, provided that:
— the transport activity is only an ancillary activity for that
natural or legal person,
— the vehicles used are the property of that natural or legal
person or have been obtained on deferred terms by them orhave been the subject of a long-term leasing contract and aredriven by a member of the staff of the natural or legal person
or by the natural person himself.
Article 3
Freedom to provide services
1. Any carrier for hire or reward referred to in Article 1 shall be
permitted to carry out the transport services defined in Article 2without discrimination as to nationality or place of establishment if he:
— is authorized in the State of establishment to undertake carriage by
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— satisfies the conditions laid down in accordance with Community
rules on admission to the occupation of road passenger transportoperator in national and international transport operations;
— meets legal requirements on road safety as far as the standards for
drivers and vehicles are concerned.
2. Any own-account carrier referred to in Article 1 shall be
permitted to carry out the transport services defined in Article 13
without discrimination as to nationality or place of establishment if he:
— is authorized in the State of establishment to undertake carriage by
coach and bus in accordance with the market-access conditions laiddown by national legislation;
— meets legal requirements on road safety as far as the standards for
drivers and vehicles are concerned.
Article 3a
Community licence
1. In order to carry out international passenger transport operations
by coach and bus, any carrier meeting the criteria laid down in Article3 (1) must hold as Community licence issued by the competent autho-rities of the Member State of establishment in accordance with themodel set out in the Annex.
2. The competent authorities of the Member State of establishment
shall issue the holder with the original of the Community licence,
which shall be kept by the carrier, and the number of certified true
copies corresponding to the number of vehicles used for the interna-tional carriage of passengers at the disposal of the holder of theCommunity licence, either in full ownership, or in another form,notably by virtue of an instalment-purchase contract, a hire contract or
a leasing contract.
3. The Community licence shall be established in the name of the
carrier and shall be non-transferable. A certified true copy of the
Community licence shall be carried on the vehicle and shall bepresented at the request of any authorized inspecting officer.
4. The Community licence shall be issued for a period of five years
which shall be renewable.
5. The Community licence shall replace the document issued by the
competent authorities of the Member State of establishment certifyingthat the carrier has access to the market for the international carriage ofpassengers by road.
6. When an application for a licence is submitted, and at least every
five years thereafter, the competent authorities of the Member State of
establishment shall verify whether the carrier meets or continues tomeet the conditions laid down in Article 3 (1).
7. Where the conditions referred to in Article 3 (1) are not met, the
competent authorities of the Member State of establishment shall refuseto issue or renew a Community licence by means of a reasoned deci-sion.
8. Member States shall guarantee the right of the applicant for, or
holder of, a Community licence to appeal against a decision by the
competent authorities of the Member State of establishment to refuse
or withdraw this licence.
9. Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 31
January of every year of the number of carriers holding a Communitylicence as at 31 December of the previous year and of the number ofcertified true copies corresponding to the number of vehicles in circula-tion on that date.
10. Member States may decide that the Community licence shall
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Article 4
Access to the market
1. Occasional services as defined in Article 2 (3.1) shall not require
authorization.
2. Special regular services defined in Article 2 (1.2) shall not require
authorization if they are covered by a contract concluded between theorganizer and the carrier.
3. Empty journeys by vehicles in connection with the transport
operations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall likewise not requireauthorization.
4. Regular services as defined in the first subparagraph of Article 2
(1.1) and special regular services not covered by a contract between the
organizer and the carrier shall require authorization in accordance withArticles 5 to 10.
5. Arrangements for own-account transport operations are set out in
Article 13.
SECTION II
REGULAR SERVICES SUBJECT TO AUTHORIZATION
Article 5
Nature of authorization
1. Authorizations shall be issued in the name of the transport under-
taking; they may not be transferred by the latter to third parties.
However, the carrier who has received the authorization may, with theconsent of the authority referred to in Article 6 (1), operate the servicethrough a sub-contractor. In this case, the name of the latter under-taking and its role as sub-contractor shall be indicated in theauthorization. The sub-contracter must fulfil the conditions laid down
in Article 3 (1).
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ating a regular service, the authorization shall be issued in the names of
all the undertakings. ◄ It shall be given to the undertaking that
manages the operation and copies shall be given to the others. Theauthorization shall state the names of all the operators.
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five years. ◄It may be set at less either at the request of the applicant
or by mutual consent of the competent authorities of the Member
States on whose territory passengers are picked up or set down.
3. Authorizations shall specify the following:
(a) the type of service;
(b) the route of the service, giving in particular the place of departure
and the place of destination;
(c) the period of validity of the authorization;
(d) the stops and the timetable.
4. Authorizations shall conform to a model drawn up by the
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Article 16a ◄.
5. Authorizations shall entitle their holder(s) to operate regular
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6. The operator of a regular service may use additional vehicles to
deal with temporary and exceptional situations.
In this case, the carrier must ensure that the following documents are
carried on the vehicle:
— a copy of the authorization of the regular service,
— a copy of the contract between the operator of the regular service
and the undertaking providing the additional vehicles or an equiva-
lent document,
— a certified true copy of the Community licence issued to the
operator of the regular service.
Article 6
Submission of applications for authorization
1. Applications for authorization of regular services shall be
submitted to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose
territory the place of departure is situated, hereinafter referred to asthe ‘authorizing authority’. The place of departure shall mean ‘one ofthe termini of the service’.
2. Applications shall conform to a model drawn up by the Commis-
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3. Persons applying for authorization shall provide any further infor-
mation which they consider relevant or which is requested by the
authorizing authority, in particular a driving schedule making it
possible to monitor compliance with Community legislation on drivingand rest periods and a copy of the Community licence for internationalcarriage of passengers by road for hire or reward provided for inArticle 3a.
Article 7
Authorizing procedure
1. Authorizations shall be issued in agreement with the authorities of
all the Member States in whose territories passengers are picked up orset down. The authorizing authority shall forward to such authorities —
as well as to the competent authorities of Member States whose terri-
tories are crossed without passengers being picked up or set down — acopy of the application, together with copies of any other relevantdocumentation, and its assessment.
2. The competent authorities of the Member States whose agreement
has been requested shall notify the authorizing authority of their deci-sion on the application within two months. This time limit shall becalculated from the date of receipt of the request for an opinion whichis shown in the acknowledgement of receipt. If within this period the
authorizing authority has received no reply, the authorities consulted
shall be deemed to have given their agreement and the authorizingauthority shall grant the authorization.
The authorities of the Member States whose territories are crossed
without passengers being picked up or set down may notify the author-izing authority of their comments within the time limits laid down inthe first subparagraph.
3. Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, the authorizing authority shall take
a decision on the application within four months of the date of submis-sion of the application by the carrier.
4. Authorization shall be granted unless:
(a) the applicant is unable to provide the service which is the subject
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(b) in the past the applicant has not complied with national or interna-
tional legislation on road transport, and in particular the conditionsand requirements relating to authorizations for international road
passenger services, or has committed serious breaches of legislation
in regard to road safety, in particular with regard to the rulesapplicable to vehicles and driving and rest periods for drivers;
(c) in the case of an application for renewal of authorization, the
conditions of authorization have not been complied with;
(d) it is shown that the service in question would directly compromise
the existence of regular services already authorized, except in casesin which the regular services in question are carried out by a singlecarrier or group of carriers only;
(e) it appears that the operation of services covered by the application
is aimed only at the most lucrative of the services existing on the
links concerned;
(f) a Member State decides on the basis of a detailed analysis that the
said service would seriously affect the viability of a comparablerail service on the direct sections concerned. Any decision pursuantto this provision, together with the reasons therefor, shall be noti-
fied to the carriers affected.
As from 1 January 2000, in the event that an existing international
bus service is seriously affecting the viability of a comparable railservice on the direct sections concerned, a Member State may, withthe agreement of the Commission, suspend or withdraw the author-
ization to run the international bus service after having given six
months' notice to the carrier.
The fact that a carrier offers lower prices than are offered by other road
carriers or the fact that the link in question is already operated by other
road carriers may not in itself constitute justification for rejecting theapplication.
5. The authorizing authority and the competent authorities of all the
Member States involved in the procedure to reach the agreementprovided for in paragraph 1 may refuse applications only on the basisof reasons compatible with this Regulation.
6. If the procedure for reaching the agreement referred to in para-
graph 1 does not enable the authorizing authority to decide on an
application, the matter may be referred to the Commission within the
time limit of five months calculated from the date of submission ofthe application by the carrier.
7. After consulting the Member States concerned, the Commission
shall within ten weeks take a decision which shall take effect withinthirty days of the notification of the Member States concerned.
8. The Commission decision shall continue to apply until such time
as agreement is reached between the Member States concerned.
9. Having completed the procedure laid down in this Article, the
authorizing authority shall inform all the authorities referred to in para-graph 1 of its decision, sending them a copy of any authorization; thecompetent authorities of the transit Member States may indicate that
they do not wish to be so informed.
Article 8
Grant and renewal of authorizations
1. Once the procedures referred to in Article 7 have been completed,
the authorizing authority shall grant the authorization or shall formallyrefuse the application.
2. Decisions refusing an application must state the reasons on which
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3. Article 7 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to applications for the
renewal of authorizations or for alteration of the conditions underwhich the services subject to authorization must be carried out.
In the event of a minor alteration to the operating conditions, in parti-
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authorizing authority need only supply the other Member Statesconcerned with the information in question.
The Member States concerned may also agree that the authorizing
authority alone shall decide on alterations to the conditions under
which a service is operated.
Article 9
Lapse of an authorization
1. Without prejudice to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/
69 (
1), an authorization for a regular service shall lapse at the end of
its period of validity or three months after the authorizing authorityhas received from its holder notice of his intention to withdraw the
service. Such notice must contain a proper statement of reasons.
2. Where demand for a service has ceased to exist, the period
mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be reduced to one month.
3. The authorizing authority shall inform the competent authorities
of the other Member States concerned that the authorization has lapsed.
5. The holder of the authorization shall notify users of the serviceconcerned of its withdrawal one month beforehand by means of appro-priate publicity.
Article 10
Obligations of carriers
1. Save in the event of force majeure , the operator of a regular
service shall, until the authorization expires, take all measures to guar-
antee a transport service that fulfils the standards of continuity,regularity and capacity and complies with the other conditions laiddown by the competent authority in accordance with Article 5 (3).
2. The carrier shall display the route of the service, the bus stops,
the timetable, the fares and the conditions of carriage — insofar as
these are not laid down by law — in such a way as to ensure that
such information is readily available to all users.
3. Without prejudice to Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69, it shall be
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(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 of 26 June 1969 on action by
Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a
public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway (OJ No L
156, 28. 6. 1969, p. 1). Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
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SECTION III
OCCASIONAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES EXEMPT
FROM AUTHORIZATION
Article 11
Journey form
1. The services referred to in Article 4 (1) shall be carried out under
cover of a journey form.
2. A carrier operating occasional services shall fill out a journey
form before each journey.
3. The journey form shall contain at least the following information:
(a) the type of service;
(b) the main itinerary;
(c) the carrier(s) involved.
4. The books of journey forms shall be supplied by the competent
authorities of the Member State where the transport undertaking is
established or by bodies appointed by those authorities.
5. The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure provided
for in Article 16a, lay down the model for the journey form and theway in which it is to be used.
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Such services shall be intended for non-resident passengers previously
carried by the same carrier on one of the international services
mentioned in the first subparagraph and must be carried out with the
same vehicle or another vehicle from the same carrier or group ofcarriers.
SECTION IV
OWN-ACCOUNT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
Article 13
1. Own-account road transport operations defined in point 4 of
Article 2 shall be exempt from any system of authorization but shall
be subject to a system of certificates.
3. The certificates provided for in paragraph 1 shall be issued by the
competent authority of the Member State in which the vehicle is regis-tered and shall be valid for the entire journey including transit.
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SECTION V
CONTROLS AND PENALTIES
Article 14
Transport tickets
1. Passengers using a regular service, excluding special regular
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transport tickets, either individual or collective, which indicate:
— the points of departure and destination and, where appropriate, the
return journey;
— the period of validity of the ticket;
— the price of transport.
2. The transport ticket provided for in paragraph 1 shall be presented
at the request of any authorized inspecting officer.
Article 15
Inspections on the road and in undertakings
1. The authorization or control document shall be carried on the
vehicle and shall be presented at the request of any authorizedinspecting officer.
In the case of the services covered by Article 4 (2), the contract or a
certified true copy of it shall serve as a control document.
2. Carriers operating coaches and buses in international passenger
transport shall allow all inspections intended to ensure that operationsare being conducted correctly, in particular as regards driving and restperiods. In the context of implementation of this Regulation, authorizedinspecting officers shall be empowered to:
(a) check the books and other documentation relating to the operation
of the transport undertaking;
(b) make copies of, or take extracts from, the books and documentation
on the premises;
(c) have access to all the transport undertaking's premises, sites and
vehicles;
(d) require the production of any information contained in books,
documentation or data bases.
Article 16
Penalties and mutual assistance
1. The comptetent authorities of the Member State where the carrier
is established shall withdraw the Community licence provided for inArticle 3a where the holder:
— no longer meets the conditions laid down in Article 3 (1),
— has supplied inaccurate information concerning the data which were
required for the issue of the Community licence.
2. The authorizing authority shall withdraw an authorization if the
holder no longer fulfils the conditions on the basis of which the author-
ization was issued under this Regulation, in particular where the
Member State in which the carrier is established so requests. Theauthority shall immediately inform the competent authorities of theMember State concerned.
3. In the case of a serious breach or repeated minor breaches of road
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of the carrier who committed the breach may inter alia withdraw the
Community licence or make temporary and/or partial withdrawals ofthe certified true copies of the Community licence.
These penalties shall be determined in accordance with the seriousness
of the breach committed by the holder of the Community licence andwith the total number of certified true copies that he possesses inrespect of his international trade.
4. The competent authorities of the Member States shall prohibit a
carrier from operating on their territory an international passengerservice under this Regulation if he repeatedly commits serious breachesof the regulations governing road safety, in particular with regard to therules applicable to vehicles and driving and rest periods for drivers.
They shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the
Member State concerned.
5. Member States shall on request provide each other with any rele-
vant information in their possession concerning:
— breaches of this Regulation and of any other Community rules
applicable to the international carriage of passengers by coach andbus committed in their territory by a carrier from another MemberState, and the penalties imposed,
— the penalties imposed on their own carriers in respect of breaches
committed in the territory of another Member State.
Article 16a
Where the procedure referred to in this Article is to be followed the
Commission shall be assisted by the advisory committee set up byCouncil Regulation (EC) No 12/98 of 11 December 1997, laying
down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate
national road passenger transport services within a Member State (
1)
and chaired by the representative of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a
draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its
opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay
down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking avote.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member
State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the
minutes.
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered
by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner inwhich its opinion has been taken into account.
SECTION VI
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 17
Transitional provision
Authorizations for services existing on the date of entry into force of
this Regulation shall continue to be valid until they expire insofar as
the services in question remain subject to authorization.
Article 18
Agreements between Member States
1. Member States may conclude bilateral and multilateral agree-
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Regulation, in particular as regards the authorization system and the
simplification or abolition of control documents.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any agreements
concluded under paragraph 1.
Article 19
Implementation
Member States shall, before 1 June 1992 and after consulting the
Commission, adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Regulation and notify such measures to the Commission.
Member States shall adopt measures relating in particular to the means
of carrying out checks and the system of penalties applicable to infrin-gements of the provisions of this Regulation, and take all the measuresnecessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus
provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member
States shall notify the relevant measures to the Commission within 12months of the date on which this Regulation comes into force and shallnotify any subsequent changes as soon as possible. They shall ensurethat all such measures are applied without discrimination as to the
nationality or place of establishment of the carrier.
Article 20
Commission report and proposal
1. Before 1 July 1995 the Commission shall report to the Council on
the application of this Regulation. Before 1 January 1996 it shallsubmit to the Council a proposal for a Regulation on the simplificationof procedures including — in the light of the report's conclusions —the abolition of authorizations.
2. Before 1 January 1997 the Council shall act by qualified majority
on the Commission proposal referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 21
Repeals
1. Regulations No 117/66/EEC, (EEC) No 516/72 and (EEC) No
517/72 are hereby repealed.
2. References to the Regulations repealed shall be taken as refer-
ences to this Regulation.
Article 22
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 June 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
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General provisions
1. This licence is issued pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 684/92 of 16
March 1992 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by
coach and bus, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 11/98.
2. This licence is issued by the comptetent authorities of the Member State of
establisment of the carrier for hire or reward who:
— is authorized in the Member State of establishment to undetake carriage
by means of regular services, including special regular services or occa-
sional services by coach and bus,
— satisfies the conditions laid down in accordance with Community rules on
admission to the occupation of road passenger transport operator in
national and international transport operations,
— meets legal requirements on road safety as far as the standards for drivers
and vehicles are concerned.
3. This licence permits the international carriage of passengers by coach and
bus for hire or reward on all transport links for journeys carried out in the
territory of the Community:
— where the place of departure and place of destination are situated in two
different Member States, with or without transit through one or more
Member States or third countries,
— from a Member State to a third country and vice versa, with or without
transit through one or more Member States or third countries,
— between third countries crossing the territory of one or more Member
States in transit,
and empty journeys in connection with transport operations under the condi-
tions laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 684/92.
In the case of a transport operation from a Member State to a third country
and vice versa, Regulation (EEC) No 684/92, is applicable, for the journey
made in the territory of the Member State of picking up or setting down,
once the necessary agreement between the Community and the third country
in question has been concluded.
4. This licence is personal and non-transferable.
5. This licence may be withdrawn by the competent authority of the Member
State of issue in particular where the carrier:
— no longer meets the conditions laid down in Article 3 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 684/92,
— has supplied inaccurate information regarding the data required for the
issue or renewal of the licence,
— has committed a serious breach or repeated minor breaches of road safety
regulations, in particular with regard to the rules applicable to vehicles,
driving and rest periods for drivers and the provision, without authoriza-
tion, of parallel or temporary services as referred to in Article 2 (1.3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 684/92. The competent authorities of the Member
State of establishment of the carrier who committed the breach may,
‘inter alia’, withdraw the Community licence or make temporary and/or
partial withdrawals of the certified true copies of the Community licence.
These penalties are determined in accordance with the seriousness of the
breach committed by the holder of the Community licence and with the total
number of certified true copies that he possesses in respect of his interna-
tional trade.
6. The original of the licence must be kept by the carrier. A certified true copy
of the licence must be carried on the vehicle carrying out an international
transport operation.
7. This licence must be presented at the request of any inspecting officer.
8. The holder must, on the territory of each Member State, comply with the
laws, regulations and administrative measures in force in that State, particu-
larly with regard to transport and traffic.
9. ‘Regular services’ means services which provide for the carriage of passen-
gers at specified intervals along specified routes, passengers being taken up
and set down at predetermined stopping points. Regular services shall be
open to all, subject, where appropriate, to compulsory reservation.
The regular nature of the service shall not be affected by any adjustment to
the service operating conditions.
Regular services require authorization.1992R0684 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 15
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‘Special regular services’ means regular services which provide for the
carriage of specified categories of passengers, to the exclusion of other
passengers, at specified intervals along specified routes, passengers being
taken up and set down at predetermined stopping points.
Special regular services shall include:
(a) the carriage of workers between home and work;
(b) carriage to and from the educational institution for school pupils and
students;
(c) the carriage of soldiers and their families between their homes and the
area of their barracks.
The fact that a special service may be varied according to the needs of users
shall not affect its classification as a regular service.
Special regular services do not require authorization if they are covered by a
contract between the organizer and the carrier.
The organization of parallel or temporary services, serving the same public as
existing regular services, requires authorization.
‘Occasional services’ means services which do not fall within the definition
of regular services, including special regular services, and whose main char-
acteristic is that they carry groups constituted on the initiative of a customer
or of the carrier himself. The organization of parallel or temporary services
comparable to existing regular services and serving the same public as the
latter shall be subject to authorization in accordance with the procedure
with the procedure laid down in Section II of Regulation (EEC) No 684/92.
These services shall not cease to be occasional services solely because they
are provided at certain intervals.
Occasional services do not require authorization.1992R0684 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 16