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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
•COM(77)709final.
Brussels,2January197^
Proposalfor.aCouncilDirectiveamending
Directive76/135/EEConreciprocal
recognition ofnavigability licencesfor,
inlandwaterwayvessels
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
ν
C01'(77)7Cifinal.

TOTPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article7ofCouncilDirective76/135/ESCof20January1976stat
thattheDirectiveshallbevaliduntil31December 1978butthat
ifneedbeitsvaliditymaybeextendedbytheCounciluntilthe
commonprovisionsestablishingteohnicalrequirements comeinto
force. '
Thecommonlistofthesetechnicalrequirements iBinpreparation
butevennowitisforeseeablethat-owingtodifficulties with
thepreparatory work-itcannotbeadoptedbytheCouncil"not
laterthan1January1978",thedatespecifiedinArticle5of
Directive76/135/EEC.Whatismore,aperiodoftimewillvery
probablybenecessarybetweenthedatewhenthelistisadopted
andthedateonwhichthemeasuresadoptedcomeintoforce.
Havingregardtotheforegoing,theCommissionherebyproposes:
(1)extensionofDirective76/135/ESCuntiltheCouncilhas
adoptedcommonprovisionsrelatingtotechnicalrequirements
forinlandwaterwayvessels;
(2)achangeofthetimelimitinArtiole5oftheDireotive
fortheadoptionoftheseprovisionsbytheCounoil.

ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamending
DirectiveT6/135/1onreciprocal
recognition ofnavigability licencesfor
inlandwaterwayvessels
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomio
Community,andinparticularArticle7-5thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEoonomicandSocialCommittee,
WhereasArticle5CouncilDireotive76/135/ESX3of
20January1976onreciprocalrecognition ofnavigability licences ,
forinlandwaterwayvesselsprovidesthatassoonaspossible,
andnotlaterthan1January1978,theCouncilshall,ona.
proposalfromtheCommission,adoptcommonprovisionsestablishing
technioalrequirements forinlandwaterwayvessels;whereasowing
tothecomplexityofthematteritwillnotbepossibletoobserve
thistimelimit;whereasinthesecircumstances itisadvisableto
extendthedeadlineto1January1980;
WhereasArticle7oftheDirectivelaysdownthatitshallbevalid
until31December1978andthat,ifneedbe,itsvaliditymaybe
extendedbytheCounoilonaproposalfromtheCommissionuntil
theprovisionsreferredtoinArticle5enterintoforce;whereas
forthereasonssetoutaboveArtiole7mustbeamendedinsucha
waythattheDirectivewillbevaliduntiltheeffeotiveentryinto
forceofcommonprovisionsestablishing teohnicalrequirements for
inlandwaterwayvessels,
HASADOr-TEBTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
CouncilDirective76/135/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
0JHoL21,29.1.1976 »P.10

InArticle5»M1January1978"shallbereplacedby"1January1980"
Article7shallbereplacedbythefollowing ;
''ThisDirectiveshallbevaliduntiltheeffectiveentryintoforce
oftheprovisionsreferredtoinArticle
Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.