NoL63/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.3.77
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of23February1977
modifyingitsDecisionof22December1975authorizingtheUnitedKingdom
ofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotakeprotectivemeasuresinrespectof
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization of
certainsociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(77/201/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,cles6to12,14and15ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization of
certainlegislationrelatingtoroadtransport;
WhereasintheDecisionof22December1975the
Commission alsolaiddowncertainconditionsasto
themaintenance ofconditionsatleastassocially
favourabletotransportworkersasthosealreadyin
forceintheUnitedKingdom,astonotificationof
measurestakenandastotheCommission'spowerto
reviewtheauthorization ;HavingregardtotheActconcerningtheconditionsof
accessionandtheadjustmentstotheTreaties,andin
particularArticle135thereof,
WhereasbyvirtueofArticle133oftheActofAcces­
sionandparagraph 1ofTableIIIofAnnexVIItothe
Act,theapplicationofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization of
certainsociallegislationrelatingtonationaltransport
operationsinthenewMemberStatesispostponed
until1January1976;WhereastheGovernment oftheUnitedKingdom
requestedbyletterdated10June1976aprolongation
oftheauthorizationgrantedbytheDecisionof22
December1975uptoandincluding31December
1977andthattheCommission initsDecisionof23
June1976prorogatedtheauthorizationtotheUnited
KingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandto
taketheprotectivemeasuresmentionedabove,until
28February1977;WhereastheGovernmentoftheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandrequestedbyletter
dated15December1975authorization underArticle
135oftheActofAccessionforthetakingofprotec­
tivemeasuresintheroadtransportsector,andinparti­
cularforthesuspensionuntil31December1977of
theapplicationofRegulation (EEC)No543/69
(exceptArticle5)tonationaltraffic;
WhereastheCommission initsDecisionof22
December1975authorizedtheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotakenational
measureswithrespecttonationaltransportoperations
foraperioduntil30June1976derogatingfromArti­WhereastheGovernmentoftheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandhasnow
requested,byletterdated23December 1976,aprolon­
gationoftheauthorizationgrantedbytheDecisionof
23June1976uptoandincluding31December
1977;

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WhereasthedifferentfactswhichledtheCommis­
siontotakeitsDecision,namelythestructureofthe
industry,theeconomicpressurestowhichitis
subjected,theadverseimpactoncostsandonwages
policywhichareductioninhoursresultingfrom,the
applicationoftheRegulationwouldhaveandthe
damagingeffectswhichapplicationoftheRegulation
wouldbringaboutinNorthernIrelandandinrural
areas,remainunchanged ;
Whereasitisappropriatethatthesameconditions
continuetobeattachedtotheauthorization fordero­
gation,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheDecisionof22December1975ismodifiedas
follows:
InArticle1(1)thedate'31December1977'shallbe
substitutedforthedate'28February1977'.InArticle2(2)thedate'1September1977shallbe
substitutedforthedate'1November1976'.
Article3isreplacedbythefollowingtext:
'Article3
TheCommission maymodifyorrevokethe
presentDecisionifitdeterminesthatthecondi­
tionswhichhaveledtoitsadoptionhavechanged
orthatitseffectsprovetobemoreextensivethan
itspurposerequires.'
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIreland.
DoneatBrussels,23February1977.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
RoyJENKINS