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►B ►M9 FIRST COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 23 July 1962
on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road ◄
(OJ L 70, 6.8.1962, p. 2005)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Directive 72/426/EEC of 19 December 1972 L 291 155 28.12.1972
►M2Council Directive 74/149/EEC of 4 March 1974 L 84 8 28.3.1974
►M3Council Directive 77/158/EEC of 14 February 1977 L 48 30 19.2.1977
►M4Council Directive 78/175/EEC of 20 February 1978 L 54 18 25.2.1978
►M5Council Directive 80/49/EEC of 20 December 1979 L 18 23 24.1.1980
►M6Council Directive 82/50/EEC of 19 January 1982 L 27 22 4.2.1982
►M7Council Directive 83/572/EEC of 26 October 1983 L 332 33 28.11.1983
►M8Council Directive 84/647/EEC of 19 December 1984 L 335 72 22.12.1984
►M9Council Regulation (EEC) No 881/92 of 26 March 1992 L 95 1 9.4.1992
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FIRST COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 23 July 1962
ontheestablishmentofcommonrulesforcertaintypesofcarriage
of goods by road
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 75 (1) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;Whereas the adoption of a common transport policy involves inter alia
laying down common rules for the international carriage of goods byroad to or from the territory of a Member State or passing across theterritory of one or more Member States;
Whereas the progressive establishment of the common market must not
be impeded by obstacles in the transport sector; whereas it is necessaryto ensure a progressive expansion of the international carriage of goodsby road, bearing in mind developments in trade and movement of goodswithin the Community;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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Article 1
1. Under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, Member States
shall liberalize the types of international carriage of goods by road forhire or reward and on own account listed in the Annex where suchcarriage is performed to or from or in transit through their territory.
2. The types of carriage and unladen journeys made in conjunction
with the carriage listed in the Annex shall be exempted fromCommunity authorization and from any carriage authorization.
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Article 2
Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures taken to
implement this Directive within three months of its entry into force andin any event before the end of 1962.
Article 3
This Directive shall not affect the conditions under which any Member
State authorises its own nationals to engage in the activities mentionedin this Directive.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX
Types of carriage to be exempted from any Community authorization and
from any carriage authorization
1. Carriage of mail as a public service.2. Carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown.3. Carriage of goods in motor vehicles the permissible laden weight of which,
including that of trailers, does not exceed six tonnes or the permissiblepayload of which, including that of trailers, does not exceed 3,5 tonnes.
4. Carriage of goods in motor vehicles provided the following conditions are
fulfilled:
(a) the goods carried must be the property of the undertaking or must have
been sold, bought, let out on hire or hired, produced, extracted, processedor repaired by the undertaking;
(b) the purpose of the journey must be to carry the goods to or from the
under taking orto move them, eitherinside the under taking oroutside forits own requirements;
(c) motor vehicles used for such carriage must be driven by employees of the
undertaking;
(d) the vehicles carrying the goods must be owned by the undertaking or
have been bought by it on deferred terms or hired provided that in thelattercase they meet the conditions of Council Dir ective 84/647/EEC of19 December 1984 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for thecarriage of goods by road (
1).
This provision shall not apply to the use of a replacement vehicle during
a short breakdown of the vehicle normally used;
(e) carriage must be no more than ancillary to the overall activities of the
undertaking.
5. Carriage of medicinal products, appliances, equipment and other articles
required for medical care in emergency relief, in particular for natural disas-ters.
(1) OJ No L 335, 22. 12. 1984, p. 72.