28.4.87 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 113/3 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision on the provisional application between the Community and 
Switzerland of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers 
by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) 
COM(87) 151 final 
Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 April 1987) 
(87/C 113/03) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the Agreement on the international carriage of 
passengers by road by means of occasional coach and 
bus services (ASOR) was approved on behalf of the 
European Economic Community by Council Decision 
82/505/EEC (l); whereas the ASOR entered into force 
on 1 December 1983 between the Community, Finland, 
Norway, Sweden and Turkey; 
Whereas the ASOR did not enter into force in the case 
of Switzerland until 1 January 1987; whereas it follows 
from Article 18 (4) that the provisions of Sections II and 
III of the ASOR should apply to Switzerland from 
1 August 1987; 
(') OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 38. Whereas Switzerland has requested the agreement of the 
other Contracting Parties to bring this date forward to 
1 April 1987 in view of the practical and economic disad­
vantages which would result from applying Sections II 
and III of the ASOR to Switzerland in the very middle 
of the tourist season; 
Whereas it is appropriate for practical, economic and 
political reasons to accept the Swiss request and to apply 
the ASOR provisionally from 1 April to 31 July 1987, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The European Economic Community accepts that the 
provisions of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the 
international carriage of passengers by road by means of 
occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) shall apply 
provisionally between the Community and Switzerland 
from 1 April until 31 July 1987. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council and the Commission of the 
European Communities are authorized to sign, on behalf 
of the Community, the letter in the Annex to this 
Decision and to send it to the European Conference of 
Ministers of Transport. 
No C 113/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 4. 87 
ANNEX 
Letter to be sent to the European Conference of Ministers of Transport 
Subject: Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional 
coach and bus services (ASOR) 
Sir, 
In reply to your letter of 19 December 1986 and further to our letter of (date/references) we 
have the honour to inform you that the European Economic Community accepts that the 
provisions of Sections II and III of the ASOR should apply provisionally between the 
Community and Switzerland from 1 April until 31 July 1987. Sections II and III will in any 
event apply from 1 August 1987 to transport operations between all the Contracting Parties 
pursuant to Article 18 (4) of the ASOR. 
We would ask you to inform the other Contracting Parties to the ASOR of the above. 
Yours faithfully, 
For the Council 
of the European Communities For the Commission 
of the European Communities