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fortheCommunity .TheCommitteereservesitspos­
itiononthedistributionoftheseadditionalauthoriz­
ationsbetweentheMemberStates;thisisamatter
foraCommissionproposal,onwhichtheCommittee
wouldhopetobeconsultedinduecourse.5.TheCommitteecallsontheCommunitytostart
negotiationsforanagreementonmaritimetransport,
airtransportandinlandwaterwaystransportbetween
theECandYugoslaviawhichrespectsthe'acquiscom­
munautaire'inthesefields.
DoneatBrussels,27November1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN
OpinionontheproposalforaSixthCouncilDirectiveonSummertimeArrangements (!)
(92/C40/08)
On20August1991theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle100AoftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforTransportandCommunications ,whichwasresponsibleforpreparingthe
Committee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon13November1991.TheRapporteur
wasMrsGuillaume .
Atits291stplenarysession(meetingof27November1991),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionbyamajorityvote,withoneabstention.
1.3.Tothisdate,theUnitedKingdomandIreland
havedifferedfromtherestoftheCommunity .
1.4.InitslatestOpinionof31December1988,the
Committeeonceagainurgedthatnotonlythebeginning
butalsotheendingofsummertimebestandardizedas
soonaspossible.
1.5.ThelatestCommissionproposalfor1993and
1994onceagainenvisagestheabovementioned possi­
bilityofonedatefortheendingofsummertimeinthe
continentalcountriesoftheCommunityandanother
foritsendingintheUnitedKingdomandIreland.1.Introduction
1.1.TheCouncilofMinistershasalreadyadopted
fiveDirectivesonsummertimearrangements .Most
recently,on21December1988,itstipulatedthatinthe
years1990,1991and1992,thesummertimethroughout
theCommunitywouldbeginat1a.m.(GMT)onthe
lastSundayinMarchandendat1a.m.(GMT)onthe
lastSundayinSeptember .
1.2.However,anexemptionclauseconcerningthe
UnitedKingdomandIrelandwasincluded,allowing
thesetwoMemberStatestotakethenecessarymeasures
toensurethatthesummertimeperiodintheabovemen­
tionedyearsendsat1a.m.(GMT)onthefourthSunday
inOctober,i.e.fourweekslaterthanintherestofthe
Community .2.Generalcomments
2.1.Ifsummertimearrangements weretoendon
thesamedaythroughouttheCommunity,transport
operators,travellersandthebusinessworldwouldbe
sparedtheconsiderabledifficultiesandcostscausedby
thedifferentdaysonwhichtheclocksarechanged. (!)OJNoC219,22.8.1991,p.4.

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2.2.TheCommitteethereforeendorsestheobjective
laiddownintheCommissionproposalbutbelievesthat
thecountriesinvolvedshouldbeencouragedtofallintolinevoluntarily,sothatthisanomalymayberesolved
expeditiously .
DoneatBrussels,27November1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)onaccesstothemarketforthe
carriageofgoodsbyroadintheEuropeanCommunitytoorfromtheterritoryofaMember
StateorpassingacrosstheterritoryofoneormoreMemberStates(*)
(92/C40/09)
On6September1991theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle75oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforTransportandCommunications ,whichwasresponsibleforpreparingthe
Committee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon13November1991.TheRapporteur
wasMrTukker.
Atits291stplenarysession(meetingof27November1991),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionbyamajorityvote,withoneabstention .
1.Introduction
1.1.BymeansofRegulation (EEC)No1841/88of
21June1988theCouncildecidedtoabolishforCom­
munityhauliers,from1January1993,allquotasrelat­
ingtointra-Community carriageofgoodsbyroadon
Communityterritoryandtoreplacethosequotaswith
asystemofCommunitylicencesissuedonthebasisof
qualitativecriteria.
1.2.ThesedecisionsarebasedonArticle75(l)(a)of
theECTreatyinwhichtheCounciliscalleduponto
laydowncommonrulesapplicabletointernational
transporttoorfromtheterritoryofaMemberState
orpassingacrosstheterritoryofoneormoreMember
States.1.3.TheaimoftheproposedRegulationistoenable
theCounciltocarryouttheaforementioned decisions.
Theproposalprovidesfor,interalia:
—completefreedomtoprovideservices(equaltreat­
ment)forroadhauliersinintra-Community trans­
port,
—replacementofquantitativerestrictionsonaccessto
themarketbyqualitativecriteriawhichhauliers
mustsatisfy,
—drawing-upofrulesforfreeaccesstotherelevant
marketonthebasisofqualitativecriteria:inprac­
ticethismeanstheissueofaquota-freeCommunity
authorizationwhichisvalidforseveralyearsand
placesnorestrictionsontheactivitiesofhauliers. (i)OJNoC238,13.9.1991,p.2.