NoL63/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.3.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of23February1977
modifyingitsDecisionof22December1975authorizingIrelandtotakeprotec­
tivemeasuresinrespectofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No543/69of25March
1969ontheharmonization ofcertainsociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(77/202/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Commissionprorogatedtheauthorization toIreland
totaketheprotectivemeasuresmentionedabove,
until28February1977;
WhereastheGovernment ofIrelandhasnow
requested,byletterdated15February1977,aprolon­
gationoftheauthorizationgrantedbytheDecisionof
23June1976uptoandincluding31December1977,
andhasrequestedasimilardeferment,fornational
transport,inrespectofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1463/70of20July1970ontheintroduction of
recordingequipmentinroadtransports ;HavingregardtotheActconcerningtheconditionsof
accessionandtheadjustmentstotheTreaties,andin
particularArticle135thereof,
WhereasbyvirtueofArticle133oftheActofAcces­
sionandparagraph 1ofTableIIIofAnnexVIItothe
Act,theapplicationofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization of
certainsociallegislationrelatingtonationaltransport
operationsinthenewMemberStatesispostponed
until1January1976;
WhereastheGovernment ofIrelandrequestedby
letterdated17November1975authorization under
Article135oftheActofAccessionforthetakingof
protectivemeasuresintheroadtransportsector,and
inparticularforthesuspensionuntil31December
1977oftheapplicationofRegulation (EEC)No
543/69tonationaltraffic;WhereasthefactssubmittedbytheIrishGovernment
concerningthestructureoftheindustry,the
economicpressurestowhichitissubjected,the
adverseimpactoncostswhichareductioninhours
resultingfromtheapplicationoftheRegulation
wouldhaveandthedamagingeffectswhichapplica­
tionoftheRegulationwouldbringabouttocommuni­
cations,allofwhichledtheCommission totakeits
Decision,remainunchanged ;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1463/70appliesonly
tonewly-registered vehiclesfrom1January1976;
whereasthisrepresentsonlyaminoradditionalcostto
theindustry;whereasthegradualintroductioninthe
mannerplannedrepresentsanimportantstepin
educationastothebenefitsofthetachographandin
achievinguseracceptability ;whereasthetachograph
introducedbyRegulation (EEC)No1463/70isan
importantadvanceincheck-upandcontrolonsocial
mattersinroadtransport;whereasnonewarguments
inthismatterhavebeenadvancedsinceDecember
1975;WhereastheCommission initsDecisionof22
December1975authorizedIrelandtotakenational
measureswithrespecttonationaltransportoperations
foraperioduntil30June1976derogatingfromArti­
cles6to12,14and15ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization of
certainlegislationrelatingtoroadtransport;
WhereasintheDecisionof22December1975the
Commission alsolaiddowncertainconditions asto
themaintenance ofconditionsatleastassocially
favourabletotransportworkersasthosealreadyin
forceinIreland,astonotificationofmeasurestaken
andastotheCommission'spowertoreviewthe
authorization ;
WhereastheGovernment ofIrelandrequestedby
letterdated15June1976forprolongation ofthe
authorization grantedbytheDecisionof22
December1975uptoandincluding31December
1977;whereasinitsDecisionof23June1976theWhereasunderthesecircumstances therequestfor
postponement intheapplicationofRegulation (EEC)
No1463/70innationaltransportcannotbegranted;
Whereasitisappropriatethatthesameconditions
continuetobeattachedtotheauthorization fordero­
gation,

9.3.77 NoL63/9 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheDecisionof22December1975ismodifiedas
follows:
InArticle1(1)thedate'31December1977'shallbe
substitutedforthedate'28February1977'.
InArticle2(2)thedate'1September1977'shallbe
substitutedforthedate'1November1976'.
Article3isreplacedbythefollowingtext:
'Article3
TheCommission maymodifyorrevokethe
presentDecisionifitdeterminesthatthecondi­tionswhichhaveledtoitsadoptionhavechanged
orthatitseffectsprovetobemoreextensivethan
itspurposerequires.'
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtoIreland.
DoneatBrussels,23February1977.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
RoyJENKINS