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SYMBOL OF CONFORMITY WITH THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS ON FIRE SAFETY 
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Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the international combined road/rail 
carriage of goods 
COM(84) 7 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 January 1984) 
(84/C 49/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 75 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
Whereas the Council, by Directive 75/130/EEC (*), as last amended by Directive 
82/603/EEC (2), established common rules for certain types of combined road/rail carriage of 
goods between Member States; whereas that Directive freed intra-Community trade by means 
of combined transport from all quota and authorization arrangements; 
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and Spain on the 
combined road/rail carriage of goods will extend the advantages of the removal of quantitative 
restrictions and in particular all quota and authorization arrangements for trade with 
Spain; 
Whereas the Agreement was negotiated by the Commission in accordance with the negotiating 
directives adopted by the Council on 26 March 1981; 
Whereas the Agreement in question should therefore be approved on behalf of the European 
Economic Community, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Sole Article 
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the 
international combined road/rail carriage of goods is hereby approved on behalf of the 
Community (3). 
The text of the Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to this Decision. 
(') OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31. 
(2) OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 6. 
(3) The date of the Agreement's entry into force shall be published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council. 
AGREEMENT 
between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the international 
combined road /rail carriage of goods 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
of the one part, and 
THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, 
of the other part, 
DESIRING to promote the development of international road/rail transport and in particular to facilitate 
the organization and operation thereof; 
WHEREAS the use of the road/rail method for the international carriage of goods by road is economically 
advantageous over long distances; whereas it reduces road traffic and thus enhances road safety; whereas at 
the same time it contributes to the protection of the environment and energy saving; 
WHEREAS certain types of combined road/rail carriage of goods have been liberalized, as far as the 
European Economic Community is concerned, by Council Directive 75 /130/EEC of 17 February 1975 on 
the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined road/rail carriage of goods between 
Member States (!), as last amended by Directive 82/603/EEC (2); 
WHEREAS those rules aim at increasing the attraction of combined road/rail carriage by freeing it from 
quantitative restrictions and exempting it from certain administrative provisions; 
I1) OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31. 
(2) OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 6.