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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)2020 final
Brussels,3December1973
REPORTFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ontheworkdoneinconnection withthedifficulties encountered inthe
operationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1174/68of30July1968onthe
introduction ofasystemofbrackettariffsforthecarriageofgoods "by
road "betweenMemberStates
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulation(SEC)No1174/68ontheintroductionofasystemof
brackettariffsforthecarriageofgoodsbyroadbetweenMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COK(73 )2020 final

Report from the Commission tothe Council
onthe work done inconnection with the difficulties encountered inthe
1operation ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1174/68of30July 1968 onthe
introduction ofasystem ofbracket tariffs forthecarriage ofgoods by
road between Member States
1. (a)Atits222nd Session of18and19December 1972 theCouncil ,
inter alia ,instructed aworking party toexamine theproblems arising in
international road haulage within the Community asregards therequirements
fortheconclusion ofspecial contracts andtheprocedures forpublication ,
ofsuch contracts .For this purpose special contracts aredefined as
agreements concluded inwriting between acarrier andanother party providing
fortransport rates which lieoutside theupper orlower limits ofthe
relevant tariff brackets .Detailed rule3 governing theconditions under
which such contracts maybemade andtheir publication arelaid down in
Articles 5an^8oftheRegulation andintheCommission implementing
Regulation .
(b)Inastatement recorded intheminutes ofitsSession ^,the
Council stressed theneed forgreater flexibility inthepublication
arrangements forspecial contracts .Onthis point itinstructed the
Commission topresent itwith proposals forsuch amendments totheRegulation
asshould befound necessary andtomake thenecessary consequential amend­
ments totheCommission implementing Regulation .
(c)Inthesame statement ,theCouncil ,inagreement with the
Commission ,stressed theneed toharmonize theprovisions ofbilateral
tariffs ,andinparticular asregards thefollowing points :
-Discounts forquantity ;
-Tariffs fortheservices offorwarding agents andother ancillary
services ;
-Tariff arrangements forcombined transport operations .
Council Regulation (EEC)No1174/68of30July I968 (OJNo1I94/I)as
amended byRegulation (EEC)No293/70of16February 1970 (OJNoL40/1)
andbyRegulation (EEC)No2826/72of28December 1972 (OJL298/12)
(herein referred toas"theRegulation ")
2Document R/184/73(Trans .7)
3Document R/2679/72(Trans .152).

(d)Finally ,atthesame Session ,theCouncil and .theCommission
noted astatement bytheGerman delegation onthesubject ofchecking
procedures andpenalties inrespect ofbilateral -tariffs ,which vary greatly
ineffectiveness from one Member State toanother .
The Council requested theCommission tostudy this point aswell and to
report back toitassoon aspossible .
2.Before proceeding toanexamination ofthevarious points ,theCommission
deems itnecessary tomake twogeneral observations :
– thetariff system introduced bytheregulation isanexperiment ata
transitional stage ofthecommon transport rates policy .Atpresent
thelong-term trend inthis field shows ageneral tendency towards a
progressive loosening ofrestrictions ,leading ultimately tomaximum
freedom ofrate formation .This tendency isbased ontheconviction
that economic organization within theCommunity should not involve
individual decisions inthematter oftransport rates being dealt with
byadministrative departments .Arational economic programme should
rather stem from theaction ofmarket forces ;•this?' will permit -.the' :free play
ofcompetition and oftheskills oftheundertakings operating inthis
field andwill imply theacceptance bythese undertakings ofcertain
risks .Inlooking forsolutions tothequestions ofdetail discussed
■inthis document ,care should betaken toavoid anycourse ofaction in
conflict with these principles ;
- theexperience gained sofarwith thetariff system laid down bythe
Regulation istoorecent toallow anydefinitive conclusions tobe
drawn .Onepoint which hashowever emerged clearly andwhich confirms
thelessons drawn inthepast from other tariff systems inforce inthe
Member States ,isthis :itwould beillusory totrytopreserve a
compulsory tariff system bymaking itsrules stricter .Thus todeal
with theproblems inquestion bylaying down aseries oftightly drawn
rules would not improve theoperation oftheRegulation .What the
economy requires isasetoftariff rules' which reflect themarket ,
andare inthemselves capable ofconvincing transport undertakings and
their customers oftheneed for ,andeffectiveness of,compulsory rate
regulation .

3.Intalcing upitsstance onthedifferent points examined ,theCommission
v?asguided bythese principles .
Thepoints examined andtheposition adopted bytheCommission inrelation
thereto are set outbelow :
A REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONCLUSION OFSPECIAL CONTRACTS
(a)Should special contracts beofa"bilateral "or"multilateral "character ?
Thetariff system established bytheRegulation isofa"bilateral "character .
Logically ,special contracts which depart from this system should also be
"bilateral "incharacter .TheCommission isoftheopinion that this should
ingeneral bethe case .
Nevertheless ,itwould beignoring economic realities tostate formally in
theRegulation that this isaprerequisite fortheconclusion ofspecial
contracts .Were this thecase ,theRegulation would expressly prohibit
tariff agreements for "multilateral "haulage operations which might otherwise
beperfectly reasonable andnatural ,having regard tocosts ,.thestate ofthe
market andtheindividual needs ofthecontracting parties .Besides ,a
measure ofthis nature v?ould increase still ,further thetemptation toevade
tariff provisions .
TheCommission istherefore oftheopinion that therules require no
amendment inthis respect .Itisuptotheauthorities responsible for
enforcement toensure that therules areapplied inaccordance with the
objectives ofthetariff system .This presupposes that inprinciple contracts
areconcluded ona"bilateral "basis ,without thereby necessarily excluding
contracts concluded inspecial cases ona"multilateral "basis .Thetext of
theRegulation initspresent form ,byrelying ontheenforcement
authorities ,allows fortherules tobeapplied inthis way .
(b)Specification ofroutes inspecial contracts
This question islinked toacertain extent with (a).Itistheduty ofthe
authorities responsible forchecking rates toensure that theterms of
special contracts arecommunicated insuch awayastopermit oftheir
proper examination .Circumstances determine ,ineach individual case ,
whether each route should beindicated separately orwhether anoverall
indication issufficient .Thegreatest possible precision must besought
onthis point ,but itwould beeconomically undesirable toinclude ina

regulation ofthis sort aprovision generally limiting thenumber ofroutes
which m&ybespecified .Inthese circumstances theCommission considers j
that inArticle 8(2)oftheRegulation theexpression "route orroutes '
concerned ",thought tobetoonarrow ,should bereplaced bytheexpression
"geographical area covered bythecontract ".
(c)Special contracts concluded with forwarding agents
Ithasbeen proposed that itshould bespecifically stated inArticle 5of
theRegulation that the conditions for theconclusion ofspecial contracts
must befulfilled bythereal consignor .This would mean that forwarding
agents could notbeparties tosuch contracts .Itisthought bysome that
theuse offorwarding agents ,whogroup theconsignments ofseveral
consignors andthus obtain cheaper rates ,pushes down rates .
The Commission sees noeconomic need forsuch aprovision .Inaddition to
their grouping operations proper andtheconsignment ofgrouped lots ,which
areprovided forinthetariffs ,forwarding agents fulfil ,through their
centralizing action anormal economic function .Consignors must beable to
choose either toemploy aforwarding agent ,ifthis seems advantageous from
thecost oroperational point ofview ,ortogodirect toatransport under­
taking .TheRegulation andthetariff arrangements should notartificially "
influence this choice .
Moreover ,restricting theconclusion ofspecial contracts inthis manner
would raise legal difficulties inmost oftheMember States ,where true
forwarding agents ,that is,persons whoconclude contracts forthecarriage
ofgoods intheir ownname onbehalf oftheir customers ,areregarded by
thelawasconsignors .
(d)Competition asacircumstance .justifying the'conclusion ofspecial contracts
Under Article 5oftheRegulation ,special contracts maybeconcluded where
thefollowing three conditions areallsatisfied together :
–circumstances must exist which were not taken into account atthe time when
thetariffs were fixed ;
–thetonnage tobecarried within athree month period must benotless
than $00metric tons ;-

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–thespecial contract must besuch astomaintain orincrease thecarriers *
trading returns . :/: .
Asregards thefirst condition ,theRegulation itself cites astwo acoong
other possible examples offactors justifying theconclusion ofspecial
contracts ,therequirements ofcompetition andaparticularly lengthy
transit period . ~ ' 1
According totheprinciple underlying theRegulation ,theaimofcompulsory
bracket tariffs should betopresent both abuse ofadominant position and
damaging competition between road transport undertakings (seethefifth
recital totheRegulation ),Normal competition should bepractised within
thebracket ,thelevel ofwhich should besuch astoenable such competition'
tohave free play .Normal competition between hauliers istherefore a
circumstance which will have been taken into account when the rates were
fixed .Consequently ,itmaynotbeinvoked tosupport theconclusion ofa
special contract .Competition inthesense ofArticle 50)(a)-fthe
Regulation canonly refer' toexternal competition from other modes of
transport orfrom ownaccount carriers .
This conclusion isadirect consequence oftheprinciple underlying the
Regulation andthetariff system provided fortherein .Thus noamendment
isnecessary .
(e)Meaning :of"Such astomaintain orincrease trading returns "
Ithasbeen proposed that amore precise definition ofthis ,requirement
should begiven intheRegulation itself orthat itshould beexpressed in .
figures intheactual tariffs .TheCommission considei 'sthat neither of
these twoproposals should beaccepted .Initsopinion ,aspecial contract
meets therequirement vrhera itenables atransport undertaking +omaintain
orincrease itslevel ofbusiness onagiven market ,,provic edthat therates
agreed cover the .undertaking 'smarginal costs andapart ofitsfixed costs .
Theenforcement authorities have thetask –adifficult oneadmittedly –of
examining -whether this isthe .case .^Anamendment totheRegulation would not
change this situation .
There canbenoquestion ofspecifying intariffs themaximum amount bywhich
rates maybereduced Under special 'contracts ,forthis would deprive the
special contract ofitsessential characteristics ,namely thepower tofix

inaccordancewithindividualrequirementsratesoutsidetherangeprescribed.
Tcspecifymax'tnunireductionswouldamounttoregulatingalsotheone
areawhichhassofar"beenleftinthediscretionofthecontractingparties.
Itwouldbegoingagainstoneoftheprinciplesunderlyingthetariffrules
laiddownintheRegulation .
Needlesstosay,thereisnothingtopreventtheenforcementauthori­
ties,xifntheysochoose,fromusingtablespreparedbythehauliers'trade
organizations tocheckspecialcontracts.
(f)I-Iod.3ofexpressionoftheratesagreed
Theraisesindicatedinspecialcontractsmustbeexpressedinsucha
wayastoa'l-.owcomparisonwiththetariffrates.Theymustthereforein
principleboexpressedinthesameformasthetariffs.
HieCommissionbelieveshoweverthatasinglenorm,aratepermetric
ton,wouldnotcaterfullyforallaspectsofthissector.Itisfeltthat
businessinterestsandtheneedtoensurecompliancewiththeRegulation
wouldbebestservedbyaprovisionrequiringthatratesbeexpressedeither
permetrictonorpermetricton/kilometreTheRegulationshouldbeamend­
edaccordingly .
(g)Tonnagerequirements
Thepresentrequirementfortheconclusionofspecialcontractsthatat
least500metrictonsmustbecarriedwithinathreemonthperioddoesnot
alwayscorrespondtotransportneeds.Itpreventslong-distance transport,
whichisincreasingallthetimeintheenlargedCommunity,frombeing
carriedoutatreasonablerates.
Inspiteofthebasicdifferencesofopinionintheworkingparty
whichstudiedthequestion,andofthefactthatatthediscussionswith
theinterestsconcernedtheviewsofthehauliers'organizations differed
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theCommissionconsidersthatthepresentminimumtonnagerequirement
shouldhesupplemented "byanalternativeoneexpressedinmetricton/kms,
withaminimumof250000t/kmtoheworkedwithinathree-monthperiod.
Itbelievesthatinsodoingitisleavingthesystemsufficiently flexible,
asthetonnagerequirementof5^0metrictonswithinthreemonthsisnot
excessiveforshortdistances,whilethatof250000t/kmwillheno
obstacletolong-distance transport.
B*PUBLICATION OFSPECIALCONTRACTS
Athoroughstudyofthesystemhasshownthatthecurrentprocedure
istoocomplex.Thepresentarrangements havenotcomeuptoexpectation .
Theyhavehadlittleeffectinmakinginformation astothetermsofspecial
contractsreadilyavailable,unlikethecomplicatedproceduresestablished
involvingconstraints outofallproportiontotheresultsobtained.
Itismainlythesystemofmonthlyreturns,thesecondstageofpub­
lication,which,althoughithasprovidedacertainamountofinformation
ontheproblemsraisedbyspecialcontracts,isnotroallycapable,inits
presentformandinthelightofpresentcircumstances ,ofachievingits
realaim.
TheCommissionisoftheopinionthatthepresentsystemofpublication
canandmustbesimplified.Thesystemofimmediatepublication bydisplay
canbemaintained,butthemonthlyreturnsshouldbereplacedbyasub­
scriptionsystem.Eachprospectivecontractingpartywouldthusboable
toobtaininformation fromtheenforcementauthorities onthosespecial
contractswhichinteresthim.
Ifmonthlyreturnsareabolished,then,sincethesearealsosentto
theCommission,thelattermustbegivensomepowertoobtainallnecessary
orrelevantinformationconcerningspecialcontractsandthegroundsjusti­
fyingtheconclusionofsuchcontracts.

C HARMON !ZATIONOFTARIFFS
(a)Provision intariffs fordiscounts for 'quant ity
■The Commission isinfavour ofsuch ameasurs the effect ofwhich
would betooffer awider range oftonnage conditions without extending the
bracket spread .Extending therange ofrates offered ,andthus thescope
ofthetariff ,would beconsistent with theprinciples underlying the
tariff system .Theintroduction ofsuch ameasure would ,ofcourse ,
necesss-rily limit thescope forspecial contracts containing non-tariff
rates .Ifthetariff itself provides foradiscount inrespect of
carriage above aspecified tonnage ,then such atonnage cannolonger be
invoked asaground justifying theconclusion ofaspecial contract .
Theresult should beadecrease inthelarge number ofspecial
contracts oncertain routes ,which aresometimes difficult tojustify from
aneconomic point ofview .Inmany cases thereal reason forconcluding
contracts containing special rates isquite simply thelack ofdifferentiation
inthe relevant tariffs .
However ,theintroduction ofdiscounts forquantity would notrequire
anamendment totheRegulation .Thenecessary provisions canbeadopted
under thenormal implementing arrangements andinserted inthevarious
tariffs .
The technical rule3 for the calculation ofdiscounts should beas
simple aspossible .VJhat must atallevents beavoided isasituation
xvhere ,onaccount oftheclose connection between discounts forquantity
andspecial contracts ,their respective rules areinconflict .This is
particularly important with regard tothenewalternative minimum
requirement forspecial contracts ,namely '250000metric ton/kmsworked
within athree month period .Moreover ,theCommission hopes that governments
will encourage thegreatest possible harmonization ofquantity discounts
within the various bilateral tariffs .
(b)Tariffs fortheservices offorwarding agents andother ancillary services
There i3provision inallbilateral tariffs forapercentage reduction
inrates –andacorresponding downward displacement ofthetariff bracket -
where the ,carriage contract ismade between thecarrier andaforwarding

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agent orthe like .
Theamount ofthis reduction varies according totheclass ofgoods ,
andaccording towhether aforwarding agent orfreight broker isinvolved .
Thetariffs with thenewMember States will probably contain similar
provisions .
TheCommission does not consider itnecessary tomake anyprovision
tinder Regulation No1174/68asregards theremuneration oftransport
intermediaries .Indeed ,initsfourth recital theRegulation expressly
states that itwill "innowayaffect theposition orconditions of
remuneration ofanyproviders ofservices ancillary totransport partici­
pating intransport operations ".Moreover ,thenational laws applying to
transport ancillaries differ greatly from oneMember State toanother ,as
does their economic function onthe market .
Enforced harmonization bymeans offixed rates would notalter this
situation either inlaw orinfact .
However ,whenever thefixing orrevision oftariffs isbeing negotiated
bilaterally ,theCommission will strive topromote aprogressive alignment
onthis point .
(c)Provisions relating tocombined and"roll on/roll off"transport
Current tariffs contain nospecial provisions relating tocombined
transport .Inpractice rates arefixed inaccordance with national regul­
ations andwith those laid down intheCMR (Convention onthecontract
fortheinternational carriage ofgoods byroad ).Under these regulations
thewhole transport operation isregarded inmost Member States ,insofar
astherelationship between thehaulier andtheconsignor isconcerned ,as
aroad haulage operation ,even ifthevehicle containing thegoods is
conveyed ,without thegoods being unloaded byanother means oftransport .
Inpractice this question hasgiven rise tonospecial difficulties '
within theCommunity asoriginally "constituted inthemost commonly occurring
case ,that of"Piggy-back "transport (Road/Rail ).
Ontheother hand ,inconsecjuence oftheenlargement oftheCommunity ,
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practical difficulties .IntheCommission 'sview there canbenodoubt
astotheapplicability ofRegulation No1174/CStotransport oiaerations
where part ofthejourney isbyseaandconsequently thevehicle hastobe
loaded onboard ship .
Article 16(b)oftheRegulation is,infact ,decisive ofthepoint .
There would benopoint inthat sub-paragraph iftheRegulation didnot
apply tooperations where thevehicle istransported byship ,since its
purpose isprecisely tospecify that insuch cases theseacrossing is
nottobeincluded forthepurposes ofcalculating whether thedistance of
theoperation iswithin thefifty kilometre limit below which theRegulation
does notapply .
Itfollows that thesystem ofcompulsory bracket tariffs introduced
bytheRegulation applies toroad haulage ofthis type .Ifthis were not
sotheentire tariff system provided forinRegulation No1174/68would be
liable tobeundermined when applied tothenewMember States .
Inthese circumstances ,theonly question which arises isthat ofthe
technical rules tobelaid down astohow ,when drawing upandapplying
tariffs ,theseacrossing istobeallowed forinthecase ofroad haulage
operations ofthis type .Certain Member States have requested that this
problem bestudied jointly bytheCommission andalltheMember States .
TheCommission will arrange ameeting ofboth parties atanearly date to
discuss these technical rules .Thefact ofsuch discussions cannot ,of
course ,inany xvaycall into question itslegal position asregards the
applicability oftheRegulation totransport operations ofthis type .
(d)Carriage oflive animals
Experience hasshown that itisdifficult tomake thecarriage byroad
oflive animals subject tofixed rules astorates ,since therates for
this type ofcarriage have totake account ofspecial conditions .Moreover ,
thecarriage oflive animals isoflittle economic importance inrelation to
international road haulage asawhole .
Inthese circumstances ,theCommission considers that carriage ofthis
type should beexcluded from thetariff rules .

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D CHECKING PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES
TheCouncil ,inastatement recorded intheminutes ofits222nd
Session ,requested theCommission toundertake asamatter ofpriority a
study ofthearrangements adopted bytheMember States toenforce the
tariff rules andthemanner inwhich these arebeing applied inpractice ,
and tomake areport thereon .
Toenable ittodraw upthis report ,theCommission requested the
Member States toprovide itwith full particulars ofthemeasures taken by
them toensure compliance with thetariff rules ,andinparticular
information astothewayinwhich such measures arebeing applied in
practice ,especially asregards checking procedures andtheorganization
andoperation ofthesupervisory machinery .
Theinformation provided bysome Member States requires further
clarification .Although ,agenerally favourable trend hasbeen noted ,there
are still differences between oneState andanother astothemeans employed
and penalties applicable .
TheCommission will assoon aspossible ,present therequired report
ontheeffectiveness ofthemeasures taken ,howthey areapplied in
practice ,andthesupervisory machinery setup.
4.Inconclusion ,theCommission also presents totheCouncil aproposal
foraregulation amending Regulation No1174/68onthefollowing points :
– theminimum tonnage requirement fortheconclusion ofspecial contracts
of500metric tons within athree month period issupplemented byan
alternative requirement of250000metric ton/kmsworked ;
– publication procedures aresimplified ,with ,asacorollary ,aspecial
provision intheRegulation empowering theCommission toobtain all
relevant information concerning special contracts ;
– more detailed provision ismade asregards certain ofthecompulsorily
publishable terms ofcontracts ;
– thecarriage oflive animals isexcluded from thescope ofthe
Regulation .

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EXPLANATORY MEDiORAMDUM
Inthelight oftheexperience gained from theoperation ofthebracket
tariff arrangements ,theCommission proposes that Council Regulation
(EEC)NO1174/68beamended asfollows :
- Thecondition requiring that aminimum of500metric tons be
carried within anythree month period ,towhich theconclusion
ofspecial contracts issubject should besupplemented byan
alternative condition expressed interms ofmetric ton/kms ,
namely 25O000metric ton/kins.Thepresent requirement of500
metric tons tobecarried within athree month period does not ,
inallcases ,meet transport requirements .Long-distance transport ,
which isexpanding intheenlarged Community ,isespecially
penalized .Byintroducing into theRegulation analternative
condition expressed inmetric ton^ans which iseasier tofulfil
over long distances ,theCommission believes that itcanremove
this disadvantage andatthesame time increase theflexibility
ofthetariff arrangements .
- Publication procedures should besimplified .
Experience has shown that thepresent publication system istoo
complicated anddifficult toadminister .Although thesystem of
monthly returns ofcontracts hasprovided certain information
concerning the scope ofcontracts andproblems arising outofthem ,
ithasfallen short ofexpectations .
Consequently ,theCommission proposes toreplace thesystem of
monthly returns byasystem which involves thecommunication of
theprincipal terms ofcontracts tointerested parties who
subscribe for this information tothe relevant bodies inthe
Member States .Assoon asthe Council adopts this amendment to
itsRegulation ITo1174/68onthis subject ,theCommission will

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amend itsimplementing Regulation No358/69.
Ifthepublication system istobesimplified byabandoning
systematic andregular publication onthebasis ofmonthly returns
then thaCommission must begiven thepower toobtain not only
details ofthe principal terms ofcontracts but also all other
information which itconsiders necessary orrelevant forthe
purposes ofchecking compliance with theCommunity provisions .
Provision should bemade forcertain ofthe compulsorily
publishable particulars ofspecial contracts tobeexpressed ina
more appropriate form .
Theamendment ofRegulation Wo1174/68isasuitable occasion on
which toreplace thenotion ofthe "route orroutes concerned "by
that ofthe "geographical area covered bythecontract ".
Likewise ,themode ofexpression fortherates agreed should be
specified ,a.ndshould bemetric tons ormetric ton/.cmsinorder
toenable theauthorities responsible forenforcement tocompare
the contract rates with tariff rates .
Thecarriage oflive animals should beexcluded from the scope of
theRegulation .Experience hasshorn that itisdifficult to
subject such transportation tofixed rules asregards rates and
conditions ofcarriage .Practically every operation isaspecial
case requiring individual attention .Furthermore ,these operations
are ofnogreat economic importance inrelation tointernational
road haulage asawhole .

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Proposal for aCouncil Regulation
Amending Regulation (EEC)No1174/68ontheintroduction ofasystem
of "bracket tariffs forthecarriage ofgoods byroad between Member States .
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community .
andinparticular Article 75thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ;
Whereas Council Regulation No1174/68of30July 1968 ontheintroduction
ofasystem ofbracket tariffs forthecarriage ofgoods byroad between
Member States (1)asamended byCouncil Regulation (EEC)no2826/72of
28December 1972 (2)provides fortheconclusion ,subject tocertain
conditions ,ofspecial contracts which depart from thesystem ofcompulsory
bracket tariffs :whereas this provision isanimportant factor inthe
smooth operation ofthetariff arrangements ;whereas therequirements for
theconclusion ofsuch contracts must becompatible with thepurpose of
thecontracts ,which istoprovide fortransport rates which areeconomic ,
having regard tothestate ofthemarket ,incircumstances forwhich no
provision wasmade when thetariffs were established ;xvhereas theminimum
tonnage requirement of500metric tons isnot initself sufficient inthis
respect principally byreason ofitsrestrictive effect onthetype oflong-
distance carriage normal within th.eCommunity ;whereas provision should
therefore bemade foranalternative condition expressed interms of
metric ton /kilometres worked .
(1)OJNoL194 .6August 1968
(2)OJNoL298 ,31December 1972

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Whereas experience has shown that thepublication arrangements for
special contracts should beimproved andgreatly simplified ;whereas the
system ofmonthly returns has infact proved toboanexcessively
unwieldy instrument and hasnot produced theanticipated improvement
inmaking knowledge ofthecontracts concerned readily available ;
whereas ,however ,ifproper checks aretobekept oncompliance with the
tariff arrangements ,then such simplification must becounterbalanced
byapower onthe part ofthe Commission oftheEuropean Communities to
obtain all such information asitmay consider relevant ornecessary ;
whereas itseems that thecarriage oflive animals should beexcluded
from thepresent system ;whereas transport rates inthis field are set
inaccordance with special rules ;whereas ,from aneconomic point of
view ,thecarriage oflive animals isunimportant inrelation tointer­
national road haulage asawhole ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)NO1174/68isamended asfollows :
1.Thetext ofpoint (ii)ofthesecond sub-paragraph ofArticle 50)
isreplaced bythefollowing :
"where thespecial contract provides fortransport rates below
thelower limit oftherelevant tariff bracket ,such contract shall
beinrespect either cfnot less than 500metric tons orofnot
less than 250000metric ton/kilometres ,tobecarried orworked
within athree-month period "
2.Thefollowing paragraph isadded toArticle 55
"9*Member States shall send totheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,attherequest ofthelatter ,acopy ofeach special
contract andthesupporting evidence relating thereto ,together
with anyother information which theCommission considers necessary
orrelevant forthe pttrpose ofchecking compliance with thepresent
tariff arrangements ."

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3.InArticle 8(?)thewords "route orroutes concerned ."are
replaced bythewords "thegeographical area covered bythecontract "
andthewords "rates agreed "arereplaced bythewords "rates per
metric tonorpermetric ton/kilometre ".
4.Thesecond andthird sub-paragraphs ofArticle 8(2)aredeleted .
5c Thesecond sentence ofthefirst sub-paragraph ofArticle 11(4)
isdeleted .-
6.Article 16isamended bytheaddition ofasub-paragraph (e)as
follows :
"(e)tothecarriage oflive animals ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council