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The Committee therefore sees no reason to waive the 
procedure adopted by the Council in the Second Bank­ing Co-ordination Directive (89/646/EEC) and the Sol­
vency Ratio Directive (89/647/EEC). 
Done at Brussels, 25 September 1991. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Francois STAEDELIN 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to units of measurement (x) 
(91/C 339/03) 
On 23 July 1991, the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under 
Article 100 A of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the 
abovementioned proposal. 
The Section for Industry, Commerce, Crafts and Services, which was responsible for preparing 
the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its Opinion on 4 September 1991. The 
Rapporteur was Mr Proumens. 
At its 289th plenary session (meeting of 25 September 1991) the Economic and Social 
Committee adopted the following Opinion unanimously. 
1. The Committee approves the present proposal 
without reservation. 
1.1. The proposal codifies the texts of an initial 
Directive, 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 concerning 
units of measurement. 
This Directive in turn repealed Directive 71/354/EEC. 
1.2. The initial Directive has already been amended 
by Directives 85/1/EEC and 89/617/EEC, which 
appeared in Official Journals No L 2 of 3 January 1985 
and No L 357 of 7 December 1989. 
(') OJ No C 185, 17. 7. 1991, p. 13. 1.3. The present proposal simply regroups the texts 
in question so as to make them instantly readable; their 
substance has not been changed. 
1.4. The Member States were supposed to incorpor­
ate these three texts into their national legislation by 
1 July 1981 (for Directive 80/181/EEC), 1 July 1985 
(for Directive 85/1/EEC) and 30 November 1991 (for 
Directive 89/617/EEC). 
1.5. However, for Directive 89/617/EEC it will be 
up to the Commission to see that the Member States 
have taken the necessary steps by the deadline of 
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30 November 1991 to achieve the objective of harmoniz­
ation based on Article 100 A of the Treaty, which will 
be made easier by the proposed codification. 1.6. Annex I of the codified text contains detailed 
definitions of the units of measurement involved, 
together with their symbols. 
Done at Brussels, 25 September 1991. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Francois STAEDELIN 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive on admission to the occupation of road 
haulage and road passenger haulage operator in national and international transport 
operations (!) 
(91/C 339/04) 
On 9 July 1991 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under 
Article 75 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the above-
mentioned proposal. 
The Section for Transport and Communications, which was responsible for preparing the 
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its Opinion on 3 September 1991. The Rapporteur 
was Mr Bleser. 
At its 289th plenary session (meeting of 25 September 1991), the Economic and Social 
Committee adopted the following Opinion unanimously. 
1. General comments 
1.1. Conditions of admission to the occupation of 
road haulage and road passenger transport operator 
in national and international transport operations are 
governed by Directives 74/561/EEC and 74/562/EEC. 
The substance of these two quite distinct Directives 
was amended on 21 June 1989. 1.3. The Council wants to examine the consolidated 
text, without calling into question the substantive sol­
utions contained therein. The Committee endorses this 
approach. 
1.4. The Committee is pleased to note, nevertheless, 
that the comments made in its Opinion (2) on the 
amendments proposed to the Council in 1988 have been 
largely accepted. 
1.2. Because of the parallel nature of their provisions, 
the Commission has acted wisely in presenting a co­
ordinated text, incorporating the amendments made 
since 1974 into a single Directive. 2. Specific comments 
2.1. Article 8(2) 
2.1.1. The Committee sees no reason for making 
further references to the texts of the 1974 Directives, 
(!) OJ No C 286, 14. 11. 1990, p. 4. (2) OJ No C 318, 12. 12. 1988, p. 11.