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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2485/82

of 13 September 1982

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68 prescribing the model control documents referred to in Articles 6 and 9 of Council Regulation No 117/66/EEC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 117/66/EEC of 28 July 1966 on the introduction of common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 9 of Regulation No 117/66/EEC requires the carrier to complete a control document for the occasional services referred to in Article 3 of that Regulation;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68 (2), prescribed a single control document to be used from 1 January 1969 for all the categories of occasional services referred to in Article 3 of Regulation No 117/66/EEC;

Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and certain third countries on the International Carriage of Passengers by Road by means of Occasional Coach and Bus Services (3), hereinafter referred to as 'the ASOR', introduced a new control document and new rules relating thereto; whereas this new control document and these new rules are not identical to the document and rules previously prescribed by Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68; whereas the control document and the rules relating thereto prescribed by Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68 should be replaced by the new control document and by the new rules relating thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

'Article 2

1. The control document for the occasional services referred to in Article 3 of Regulation No 117/66/EEC shall consist of detachable passenger waybills in duplicate in books of 25. The control document shall conform to the model shown in the Annex.

2. Each book and its component passenger waybills shall bear a number. The passenger waybills shall also be numbered consecutively, running from 1 to 25.

3. The wording on the cover of the book and that on the passenger waybills shall be printed in the official language or languages of the Member State in which the vehicle used is registered.'

2. Article 3 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. The top copy of the passenger waybill shall be kept on the vehicle throughout the journey to which it refers.'

3. Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. The passenger waybill shall be completed in duplicate by the carrier for each journey before the start of the journey.'

4. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

'Article 5

The competent authorities in the Member States may agree bilaterally or multilaterally that the list of passengers under item No 6 of the passenger waybill need not be drawn up. In that case, the number of passengers must be shown.'

5. The following Article is inserted:

'Article 5a

1. The model document with stiff green covers referred to in Article 11 of the Agreement on the International Carriage of Passengers by Road by means of Occasional Coach and Bus Services (ASOR) must be carried in the vehicle. This model document shall contain the text of the cover page recto verso of the control document, the model of which is shown in Annex 2, in each official language of the Member States of the Community and of the other contracting parties to the ASOR.

2. The following shall be printed on the front cover of the model in capital letters and in the

official language or languages of the State in which the vehicle used is registered:

"Text of the model control document in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish."

3. The model document shall be produced whenever required by any authorized inspecting officer.'

6. Annex 2 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

The control document used for occasional international passenger services before the date of entry in force of the ASOR may be used for two years following that date.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on which the ASOR enters into force.

The provisions of Article 1 shall apply as from the seventh month following that date.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 1982.

For the Commission

Giorgios CONTOGEORGIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No 147, 9. 8. 1966, p. 2688/66.

(2) OJ No L 173, 22. 7. 1968, p. 8.

(3) OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 39.