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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)345 final
• Brussels.20July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective 75/130/EEContheestablishment ofcommon
rulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/railcarriageofgoods
betweenMemberStates .
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(78)345final

.JUSTIFICATION
1.Initsdirectiveof17February1975»"theCouncil .established common
rulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/railcarriageofgoodsbetween
MemberStates,whichprovidedfortheliftingofallquantityrestrict­
ions(quotas)onthiscarriageandtheabolitionofvariousadministrat­
iverestraints(authorizations).
Paragraph2ofArticle7ofthedirectivelimitsthevalidityofthese
rulesto31December1978andprovidesthattheCouncil,actingona
proposalfromtheCommission,willdecidebeforethatdateonthearrange
raentstobeapplied.
22.InthereportitsubmittedtotheCouncilon19December1977on"the
applicationofthisdirective,theCommissionhasalreadye:xpressedits
intentionofmaintainingthesystemestablished bythisdirectiveona
permanentbasis,aftermakingsomeamendmentsinthelightofexperience
gainedduringthetrialperiod.
3.Atitsmeetingof12JTune1978,theCounciltooknoteofthisreportand
oftheCommission'sintentions.Thisproposalsetsouttheseintentions.
4.ThebasicamendmentproposedbytheCommissionistoextendtheralesof
thedirectivetocovercombinedroad/railcontainercarriage.Inthe
Commission'sopinion,thisisjustifiedbythefactthatthissystem
couldbe.usedforanincreasingnumber,ofcontainerstransportedinter­
nationallybyroad.Furthermore ,thepresentdistinctionbetweenswop
bodiestowhichthisdirectiveappliesandcontainerswhicharenotso
coveredisartificialanddoesnottakeaccountofthefactthatin
practicethesetwokindsofcontainerare.usedtofulfilthesamepur­
pose.Allthereasoningbehindthedirectivethereforemilitatesin
favourofasolutionwhichincludesthecontainerintheliberalization
ofcombinedroad/railtransport,thusmaking4histechniquemoreattract­
iveforthesectorconcerned.'
5.Theothermainchangeistoextendtheliberalisation fromallquotas
andauthorizations tobothinternational andnationaltrafficirrespect­
iveoftheroadtransportfirmresponsibleforcarriageintheinitial
andFinalstages,
1OJoftheEEC.IToL43/31of22February1975
2 / ' .AnnextoDocunentR/3333/77(TRANS222).

6.Theproposedamendmentsareonlydesignedtherefore -toimprovethe
applicationofthesysteminthedirectivebyenlargingitsscopein
ordertomakeuseofthismethodofcarriageeasier.
7.AssoonastheCouncilhasreachedadecisiononthisproposal,theCommis
sionwillasktheCouncilauthoritiestorenewdiscussions ontheCommis-
1
sion'sproposalof30April1975°n"theopeningofnegotiations foran
agreeraentbetweentheEECajidnon-membercountrxesonarrangements for.
certaintypesofinternational combinedroad/railcarriageofgoods.
Thesediscussions wereadjournedatthemeetingoftheWorkingPartvon
2TransportQuestionsof10September1975•
8»Furthermore ,,theCommissionwillinduecourseandmaccordancewiththe
invitationgivenbytheCouncilatitsmeetingof12June1978submit
othermeasurestostimulatemoreinterestbycarriersinthecombined
road/railcarriageofgoodsandthusencouragemoreintensiveuseofthe
road/railsystem.
~R/1213/75(Trans38)
R/2230/75(Trans7l)}seealsoR/2279/75(Trans73)

COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective75/130/EEContheestablishment
ofcommonrulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/railcarriageofgoods"between
MemberStates.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticle75thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission »
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament >
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
1WhereasthepioneeringeffectofCouncilDirective75/13Q/EECof17February1975must
beconsideredtohavebeenofpositivevalueduringitsperiodofapplication and.
whereasitshouldbemaintained onapermanentbasis; .
Whereasthesystemshouldbeextendedtoalltypesofcombinedroad/railcarriage
includingcontainercarriageforwhichthepoliticalandeconomicreasons
underlying thesaidDirectivearealsovalid:
ι.
'Whereasaccountshouldnevertheless betakenofexperiencegainedduringthetrial
periodbyamendingcertainprovisionsinordertooffsetthedifficulties encountered
asregardstheliberalization ofroadtransportatthebeginningandtheendofthe
combinedtransportjourney,......
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE
ARTICLE1
Directive75/130/EECisherebyamendeda*sfollows:
1.Artic(*1sh?ll -
1.ForthepurposesofthisDirective s •
–"combinedroad/railcarriage"shallmeanroadtransportofgoodsbetweenMember
Stateswherethelorry,trailer,semi–trailer(withorwithouttractorunit),
svropbodyandthecontaineraretransportedbyrailbetweenthenearest
suitablerailloadingstationtothepointofloadingandthenearestsuitable
railunloadingstationtothepointofunloadingt
•/•••
10JNol48,22.2.1975,p.31 '

-2~
_»tSWOpbody" "shall mean thepart ofaroad vehicle ,with orwithout supports ,
which isintended tobear theload andwhich may "bedetached from the
vehicle andre-incorporated therein .
2.Thefollowing shall beconsidered tobeparts ofcombined road /rail carriage :
ν
-carriage toaloading station andfrom anunloading station involving
thecrossing ofafrontier orentirely ontheterritory ofoneMember .State j
-theabove carriage ,even where carried outbyaroad haulage undertaking other
than that responsible fortheinternational part ofthe journey .
3.Transport using therailway principally toovercome a.natural obstacle shall not
beconsidered ascombined road/rail carriage forthepurposes ofthis Directive ."
2.Article 2shall read :
'Bach oftheMember States shall liberalize thecombined road/rail carriage referred
toinArticle 1from all international andnational auota systems andsystems of
authorization ."
3.Article 5,isdeleted .
4.Article' 6becomes Article 5andshall read :"This Directive shall notaffect the
conditions inforce ineach Member State governing admission totheoccupation of
road transport operator ."
5.Article 7becomes Article 6jitshall read :'
•|TheCommission will report totheCouncil every twoyears ontheimplementation
ofthis Directive with aview todeveloping this system tobenefit allcombined
road/rail carriage within theCommunity .M
6.Article 3becomes Article 7.
ARTICLE 2
Member States shall take allnecessary steps tocomply with this Directive
before 1July 1979 *They shall inform theCommission thereof .
ARTICLE 3
This Directive i8addressed tothe Member' States .
/
Done atBrus sels,
For the Council