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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ^6thDecember 1979
SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT
ONTHE IMPLEMENTATION OFCOUNCIL DECISION No65/271/EEC
OF13MAY 1965 ONTHE HARMONIZATION OFCERTAIN PROVISIONS
AFFECTING COMPETITION INTRANSPORT BYRAIL /ROAD AND
INLAND WATERWAY (1JUNE 1977 -31MAY 1979 )
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Thereportcoverstheperiod1June1977to31May1979buttakesaccount
ofthecurrentsituation. '
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SECTIONI:TAXATION
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Articles 1a),3,4
Nonewdevelopments sincethe6th biennialreport.
Article1b):Duty-freeadmissionoffuelcontainedinthefueltanksof
commercial motor"vehiclesandinlandwaterwayvessels
TheCommissionproposaltoincreasetheallowanceto100litresisstill
beforetheCouncil.'
Article2:Adoptionofauniformbasisforthecalculation oftaxon
goodsvehiclesandoncargo-carrying waterwayVessels
Asfarasgoodsvehiclesareconcerned,theCouncilhasagreedonthetext
ofaDirectiveontheadjustmentofnational -taxationarrangements forgoods
vehicleswithoutsofaradoptingit.Therearegroundstobelievethatthe'
remainingreservations willshortlybelifted..
Asregardsinlandwaterwaysvesselsstudiesonthecalculation ofthe
marginalcostofutilisation arecontinuing andshouldbecompletedduring
thesecondhalfof1979. "-'.

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SECTIONIISTATEINTERVENTIONS
1
Asstatedinpreviousreports,particularly thefifthbiennialreport,
allprovisionshavebeenthesubjectofCommunityregulations whose
applicationiscoveredbythe
1)"Secondbiennialreportontheeconomicandfinancialsituationof
2railwayundertakings (Article14ofDecision75/327/EEC)
2)InventoryofStateaidsandcompensations communicated totheMember
StatesbyletterVII/C-4/15015of26June1979.
SECTIONIII:SOCIALPROVISIONS
I.Roadtransport
1.CouncilRegulation (EEC)No543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization
ofcertainsociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport^hasbeenamendedby
ΛCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2827/77of12December1977.
Theamendmentsparticularly concerntheremovaloftheobligationtocarrytwo
driversfordailydistancesgreaterthan450kmwherethecontroldeviceused
isatachograph,theincreaseintheweeklyrestperiodfrom24to29hours,
therelaxationoftheprovisionsconcerningthedailyrestperiodonboard
ferriesortrains(combinedtransport),thebanonpayingdriversaccording
todistancescoveredorthevolumeofgoodstransported wherethismight
jeopardizeroadsafety.
Inaddition.CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2828/77hasamendedRegulation (EEC)
•No1463/70ontheintroduction ofrecordingequipmentinroadtransport
byintroducingreliefincertainareasandbymakingsometechnicalchanges.
Certainpoints-e.g.spreadover,annualholidayetc.-willfalltobedealt
withatalaterstage.
.2.UnderArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2827/77,theCommission
authorizedtheapplication ofstage-by-stagearrangements untiltheendof
1980fornationaltransportoperationsintheUnitedKingdomandIreland.
1C0M(75)301final-of20June1975
C0M(79)447finalof7September1979
0JL77of29March1969,page49-
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3.Theapplication insomeMemberStatesofRegufcation No543hasbrought
;aboutanimprovementinthesituationbutthesituationisnotyetsatisfactory .
1EuropeanAgreementconcerningtheworkofcrewsofvehiclesengagedininternational
roadtransports CAETR)
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2829/77of12December1977amendedArticle2of
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Regulation (EEC)No543/69suchthattheprovisionsoftheAETRwouldapplyto
roadtransportoperationsbetweentheCommunityandthirdcountrieswitheffect
-'. 1from1January1978.
UnderaCommissionproposaltotheCouncilof17January1979(C0M(78)767final)
anattemptisbeingmadetoexpediteamendmentofcertainprovisionsofthe
AETRinordertobringitcompletelyintolinewiththeamendedCommunity
Regulation Np543/69. _
II.ProposalforaCouncilRegulation ontheharmonization ofcertainsocial\
provisionsinthefieldofgoodstransportbyinlandwaterway •.
TheCommission'sinitialproposalhasbeenamendedintheiightofopinions
givenbytheEuropeanParliament andthe"EconomicandSocial'Committee.
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Theamendmentsprincipally concerntherelaxationofproposalsonspreadover,
^.timespentatthehelm,dailyrestperiodsandequaltreatmentfor'menand
'women.
III.Railways
Noproposalsonthesocialconditionsinrailwaysareenvisagedbeforethework
oninlandwaterwaysproposalshasbeencomplemented (seepreviouspoint).
OJL334of24December1977