No C 86/4 Official  Journal  of the  European  Communities 16. 10.  73 
CONSULTATION  OF THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
on the  proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
2829/72  on the Community  quota  for the carriage  of goods  by road  between  Member 
States 
A. REQUEST  FOR  AN  OPINION 
At its 236th  meeting  held  on 26 March  1973,  the Council  decided  in accordance  with 
the provisions  of Article  75  of the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic 
Community  to consult  the Economic  and  Social  Committee  on the  above  proposal  for 
a Regulation. 
The request  for an Opinion  was  sent  by the President  of the Council  to the Chairman 
of the Economic  and  Social  Committee  on 27 March  1973. 
B. TEXT  WHICH  WAS  THE  SUBJECT  OF THE  CONSULTATION 
The text  which  was  the  subject  of the  consultation  has  not  yet  been  published  in the 
Official  Journal  of the European  Communities. 
C. OPINION  OF THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
At its 111th  Plenary  Session  held  in Brussels  on 23 and  24 May  1973  the  Committee 
adopted,  with  13 dissenting  votes  and  15 abstentions  by members  present  or repre-
sented,  its Opinion  on the text  referred  to under  B. 
The text  of the Opinion  is as follows  : 
THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE, 
Having  regard  to the  letter  of 27 March  1973  in 
which  the  President  of the  Council  of the  European 
Communities  requested  the  Opinion  of  the 
Economic  and  Social  Committee  on the  'Proposal, 
for a Council  Regulation  (EEC)  amending  Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  2829/72  on the  Community 
quota  for  the  carriage  of goods  by road  between 
Member  States',  acting  in accordance  with  para-
graph  2 of Article  198  of the  Treaty  establishing  the 
European  Economic  Community  ; 
Having  regard  to the  Treaty  establishing  the  Euro-
pean  Economic  Community  and  in  particular 
Article  75 thereof; 
Having  regard  to Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
2829/72  of 28 December  1972  on the  Community 
quota  for  the  carriage  of goods  by road  between 
Member  States  ; 
Having  regard  to the  decision  of the  Bureau  of the 
Committee  on 27 March  1973  to entrust  the Section 
for Transport  and  Communications  with  the  prepa-
ration  of an Opinion  on this  matter,  given  that  this 
request  for an Opinion  clearly  falls  within  the  terms of reference  of this  Section  (Article  22 of the  Rules 
of Procedure)  ; 
Having  regard  to the  Opinion  delivered  by  the 
Section  for  Transport  and  Communications  at its 
81st meeting,  held  on 11 April  1973  ; 
Having  regard  to the report  presented  by the rappor-
teur,  Mr Renaud  ; 
Having  regard  to its deliberations  during  the  111th 
Plenary  Session,  held  on  23  and  24  May  1973, 
sitting  of 24 May  ; 
Whereas  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2829  72 stipulates 
that the Council,  on the proposal  from  the Commis-
sion and  in accordance  with  the  procedure  laid 
down  in Article  75 of the  Treaty,  is to decide,  not 
later  than  31 March  1973,  whether  an adaptation  to 
the number  of authorizations  granted  to the  new 
Member  States  is justified,  account  being  taken  of 
development  in traffic  between  these  states  and  the 
original  Member  States  since  1969, 
HAS  ADOPTED  THE  FOLLOWING  OPINION  : 
The Economic  and  Social  Committee  approves  the 
proposal  for  a Regulation  in principle  subject  to the 
following  observations. 
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In its explanatory  memorandum  accompanying  its 
proposal  for  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2829/72,  the 
Commission  itself  recognized  that  the  conditions 
under  which  the  Community  quota  system  insti-
tuted  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1018/68  operated 
varied  considerably  from  one  Member  State  to 
another. 
While,  certain  Member  States  have  facilitated  the 
use of Community  authorizations,  issuing  them  to 
carriers  in such  a way  as to cover  all  transport 
links,  other  states,  referring  to Article  2 (4) of Regu-
lation  (EEC)  No  1018/68,  have  only  issued  them  for 
multilateral  traffic.  As a result  the  Committee  con-
siders  that  this  has  led  to a discrepancy  between  the 
quantitative  data  (number  of km/t  effected  under  the 
Community  quota  system)  and  the  qualitative 
aspects  (type  of journeys)  ; in effect,  these  states 
considered  that  the  Community  authorization  were 
designed  not  to replace  bilateral  authorization  but 
to complement  them.  While  encouraging  the  deve-
lopment  of new  traffic,  the  authorities  in these 
states  kept  a close  watch  on the  use  of these  authori-
zations.  In certain  cases,  this  restrictive  policy  has 
meant  that  the  available  authorizations  have  not been  fully  used  and  consequently  has  distorted  the 
statistics  on  which  the  Council  (in  its  Regulation 
(EEC)  No  2829.72)  and  the  Commission  (for  the 
proposal  under  examination)  based  their  work. 
However,  since  it has  no  statistical  information 
other  than  the  Commission's  findings  in its explana-
tory memorandum,  the  Committee  considers  that 
the substantial  greater  number  of  authorizations 
allocated  to the  aceeding  states  should  also  benefit 
the original  Member  States,  for  transport  require-
ments  in an enlarged  Community  will  be of the  same 
proportions  in all the Member  States. 
For these  reasons,  the  Economic  and  Social 
Committee  requests  that  the  Commission  take  this 
opportunity  to review  the  quotas  allotted  to the 
original  Member  States  for 1973  and  1974  as well. 
As a compromise,  it suggests  that  the  number  of 
Community  authorizations  allotted  to the  Founding 
Member  States  for  1973  and  1974  be increased,  on 
average,  in the  same  proportion  as the  Commission 
proposes  for the new  Member  States. 
Done  at Brussels,  24 May  1973. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic  and  Social  Committee 
Alfons  LAPPAS 
CONSULTATION  OF  THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  COMMITTEE 
on the  proposal  for  a Council  Directive  amending  the  First  Council  Directive  on the 
establishment  of certain  common  rules  for  international  transport  (carriage  of goods 
by road  for  hire  or reward) 
A. REQUEST  FOR  AN  OPINION 
At its 217th  meeting  held  on 6 December  1972,  the  Council  decided  to consult  the 
Economic  and  Social  Committee  on the above  proposal  for  a Directive. 
The request  for  an Opinion  was  sent  by the  President  of the  Council  to the  Chairman 
of the  Economic  and  Social  Committee  on 7 December  1972. 
B. TEXT  WHICH  WAS  THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE  CONSULTATION 
the text  which  was  the  subject  of the  consultation  has  not  yet  been  published  in the 
Official  journal  of  the European  Communities.