NoC 113/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 4. 88 
Proposal for a Regulation (EEC) modifying Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the granting of 
aid for transport by rail, road and inland waterways 
COM(88) 117 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 April 1988) 
(88/C 113/08) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the various systems and technologies for 
combined transport bring benefits for the Community in 
general, inter alia, by reducing congestion on certain 
roads, conserving energy and allowing better use to be 
made of railway capacity; 
Whereas the investment required for the development of 
combined transport should accordingly be encouraged; 
Whereas Article 77 states that aid, including operating 
aid, shall be compatible with the treaty if they meet the 
needs of coordination of transport or if they represent 
reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations 
inherent in the concept of a public service; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 (l) as 
modified in 1982 by Regulation (EEC) No 1658/82 (2), 
provides that Member States may promote the devel­
opment of combined transport by the granting of aid 
related to investment in infrastructure and/or the fixed 
and moveable facilities necessary for transhipment; 
whereas this system is of a temporary nature and is 
restricted to an initial operating phase which is suf­
ficiently long to enable such transport to qualify for 
better conditions in the market; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 stipulates that 
the Council shall decide, in the light of a progress report 
concerning the experiences with this system of aid until 
the end of 1986, on the system of aid for combined 
transport to be applied subsequently; 
Whereas the evolution of combined transport shows that 
for the Community as a whole the initial operating phase of this technique is not yet over, consequently the aid 
system has to be maintained for another period which 
should be sufficiently long to enable the Member States 
with a less developed infrastructure for combined 
transport to catch up with the more advanced regions; 
Whereas, in certain cases, a subsidy for the cost of using 
combined transport should be envisaged; 
Whereas a new market organization for inland transport 
including combined transport will be introduced; 
Whereas in the light of this situation the system of aid 
should be reconsidered in 1991 on the basis of the 
experiences gained until that time, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Subparagraph (e) of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1107/70 is hereby replaced by the following text: 
'(e) until 31 December 1992, where the aid is 
granted as a temporary measure and designed to 
facilitate the development of combined transport, 
such aid has to relate either to investment in 
infrastructure and the fixed and moveable 
facilities necessary for transhipment, or to the 
costs of operating the combined transport on 
routes or parts of routes where the road infra­
structures are overused, highly polluted or 
present particular problems. 
Before 30 June 1991 the Commission shall make a 
progress report to the Council on the application of 
this provision. In the light of that report and in view 
of the temporary nature of the system provided for in 
this Regulation, the Council shall decide, on a 
proposal from the Commission, on the regime to be 
applied subsequently and, if necessary, on the 
measures to be adopted for terminating it.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(') OJ No L 130, 15. 6. 1970, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 184, 29. 6. 1982, p. 1.