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Huckepack-selskaberne / Gesellschaften fur den Huckepackverkehr / Etaipicc, m)v8ua<ifi£V0)v oSuabv 
0i5i)poSpO|iiKfi)v iietoupopav /Piggyback companies / Societe de ferroutage / Societa di trasporto 
combinato strada/ferrovia / Ondernemingen van rail-/wegvervoer 
— Cemat SpA 
Via Savoia 19, I-Roma 
— Ferpac 
Via Vittor Pisani 31, 1-20124 Milano 
— Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kombinierten Guterverkehr mbH 
Breitenbachstrafie 1, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 
— Novatrans SA 
21, rue du Rocher, F-75008 Paris 
— Trailstar NV 
Boezembocht 31, NL-Rotterdam 
— Transport Route Wagon SA, rue A. Vandenpeereboom 13, B-1080 Bruxelles. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 on the 
Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 June 1983) 
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 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the adoption of a common transport policy 
involves inter alia laying down rules relating to the 
freedom to provide road haulage services between 
Member States; whereas such rules should be drawn 
up in such a way as to favour the establishment of a 
common transport market; 
Whereas a system of Community authorizations not 
subject to quotas for the carriage of goods by road 
between Member States promotes the establishment 
of such a common transport market by ensuring 
greater freedom to provide international road haulage 
services throughout the Community and by allowing carriers from all Member States to have equal access 
to the market; 
Whereas, within the framework of such a system, 
supply should be adjusted to meet demand by means 
which are in accordance with the requirements 
concerning the effective functioning of the markets 
and the promotion of the interests of the economy as 
a whole; whereas quota systems should therefore be 
discontinued in the final stage; whereas, however, this 
stage can be reached only after a transitional period; 
Whereas it is necessary to define the conditions 
governing access to the market under the final 
system; 
Whereas the Community quota should be substan­
tially increased during the transitional period because 
of its advantages by comparison with bilateral quotas; 
whereas the Community quota should be adjusted in 
accordance with objective criteria which ensure the 
correct matching of the development of the quota to 
that of road transport demand; whereas it is 
important that this adjustment should be based on 
statistics the validity of which is acknowledged by all 
concerned; 
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Whereas it is desirable that the annual discussions 
concerning the adjustment of the quota should be 
kept to a strict minimum, by establishing an 
adjustment method which can be applied, without 
amendment as to the principles, for a period of 
several years; 
Whereas the method of distributing among Member 
States the authorizations resulting from the increase 
in the Community quota should be based on criteria 
which ensure that the distribution is effected as 
equitably as possible; 
Whereas it is desirable to streamline the processing of 
the statistics relating to the Community quota by 
permitting the use of a sampling system and by 
limiting the provision of statistics to the supply of 
quarterly data; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 (»), 
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3515/82 
(2), must be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 3, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by 
the following: 
'2. Each year for five years, the Community 
quota shall be increased by a percentage equal to 
five times the rate of increase in road haulage 
traffic between Member States in the latest year 
for which adequate statistics are available. A 
reduction in road haulage traffic between Member 
States shall not affect the Community quota. 
3. If the development of road haulage capacity 
between Member States covered by a quota proves 
to be inadequate to meet the development of 
demand, the Council shall decide, acting by a 
qualified majority and on a proposal from the 
Commission, on an appropriate increase in the 
Community quota in addition to the increase 
referred to in paragraph 2. 
4. The Community authorizations resulting 
from the increase in the quota shall be distributed 
among the Member States taking into account the 
following criteria: 
— the economic weight of each Member State, 
— the share of carriers established in each 
Member State of the overall market for the 
transport of goods by road between Member 
States, 
(') OJ No L 357, 29. 12. 1976, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 369, 29. 12. 1982, p. 2. — the use made of the Community quota authori­
zations by carriers established in each Member 
State, adjusted for vehicle waiting time due to 
sea crossings which reduces the use made of 
these authorizations on certain routes. 
The method of calculating the distribution is given 
in Annex IV.' 
2. The following paragraph 5 is added to Article 3: 
'5. The Council on a proposal from the 
Commission shall fix, before 30 November of each 
year, and in accordance with the criteria set out 
above, the increase in the quota and the distri­
bution to Member States of the extra authori­
zations resulting therefrom.' 
3. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. From 1 January 1984, the competent autho­
rities of the Member States shall forward to the 
Commission, in anonymous form, quarterly data 
within three months of the end of the reference 
quarter in the form of a table, a model of which is 
given in Annex III. The competent authorities of 
the Member States may introduce a sampling 
system subject to prior approval by the 
Commission and on condition that it covers at 
least 10 % of the data collected. 
The Community shall be liable until 31 December 
1986 for the cost of processing the statistics and 
drawing up the tables referred to in the first 
subparagraph to the following extent: 
1984 100 % 
1985 60 % 
1986 40 °/o 
1987 0 %.' 
4. The second subparagraph of Article 6 (1) is 
deleted. 
5. Annex II to this Regulation is inserted as 
Annex IV. 
Article 2 
With effect from 1 January 1989, the following 
amendments shall be made to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3164/76: 
1. The title of the Regulation is replaced by the 
following: 
'Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of on 
Community authorizations for the carriage of 
goods by road between Member States'. 
2. In Article 1, the words 'within a Community 
quota' are deleted. 
3. In Article 2, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 are replaced by 
the following: 
'4. The period of validity of Community autho­
rizations shall be determined by the issuing 
Member State, but may not exceed three years. 
Authorizations shall be withdrawn if one or more 
of the conditions of issue are no longer fulfilled. 
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5. Community authorizations shall be issued by 
the competent authorities of the Member States to 
any carrier established in their territory, provided 
that the haulage operator concerned: 
— satisfies the conditions governing access to the 
occupation of international road hauliers as 
laid down in Council Directive 74/561/EEC of 
12 November 1974 on admission to the occu­
pation of road haulage operator in national 
and international transport operations (l). For 
the purpose of this Regulation, a person shall 
not satisfy the condition of good repute if he 
has committed a serious infringement of traffic 
regulations or organization of transport within 
the previous three years, 
— has been engaged for at least three years in the 
activity of road haulage operator on domestic 
routes or is already engaged from 1 January 
1989 in international transport. 
6. Member States may, if they so wish, and 
after consulting the Commission, lay down 
conditions, in addition to the rules stipulated in 
paragraph 5, requiring the firm requesting the 
permits to prove the present or foreseeable 
transport needs which they have been or will be 
asked to meet.' 
4. The following paragraph 7 is added to Article 2: 
'7. Member States shall regularly inform the 
Commission of the number of Community autho­
rizations issued.' 
O OJNoL308, 19. 11. 1974, p. 18. 5. Articles 3, 3a and 4 are deleted. 
6. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation. 
7. Annexes la, II, Ha, III and IV are deleted. 
Article 3 
1. The Council may, before 31 December 1987, 
acting on a proposal from the Commission, decide, as 
a result of developments in the transport market and 
taking account of developments in the common 
transport policy, to postpone until 1 January 1992 
the application of the provisions of Article 2 of this 
Regulation. 
2. During the period between any decision 
concerning postponement referred to in paragraph 1 
and 31 December 1991, the Community quota shall 
be increased each year by 10 times the rate of 
increase in road haulage traffic between Member 
States in the latest year for which adequate statistics 
are available. 
Article 4 
The Commission shall, before 31 December 1987, 
make the necessary proposals concerning the 
application of the provisions of Article 2 of this 
Regulation. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 
1984. 
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ANNEX I 
'ANNEX I 
(a) 
(Thick coloured paper — format 15x21 cm) 
(First page of Community authorization) 
(Text to be worded in the official language or languages of the Member State issuing the 
authorization; translations in the other official languages of the Community to be given on 
pages (e) and (f)) 
COMMISSION State issuing Competent 
OF THE the authorization- authority 
EUROPEAN international or agency 
COMMUNITIES distinguishing sign 
COMMUNITY AUTHORIZATION (') No. 
for the carriage of goods by road for hire or reward between the Member States of the 
European Economic Community 
This authorization entides 
o 
to carry goods by road for hire or reward, by means of a single vehicle or a coupled combination of 
vehicles, from any Member State of the European Economic Community by any route to any other 
Member State thereof, and to move such vehicle or combination unladen over any part of the 
territory of the aforesaid Community. 
This authorization is valid from to 
Issued at , date (3). 
(*) International distinguishing signs of Member States: 
Belgium (B), Denmark (DK), Germany (D), Greece (GR), France (F), Ireland (IRL), Italy (I), 
Luxembourg (L), Netherlands (NL), United Kingdom (GB). 
(2) Name, or registered business name, and full address of carrier. 
(J) Signature and stamp of the competent authority or agency issuing the authorization. 
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(b) 
(Second page of Community authorization) 
(Text to be worded in the official language or languages of the Member State issuing the 
authorization; translations in the other official languages of the Community to be given on 
pages (c) and (d)) 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
This authorization permits the international carriage of goods by road for hire or reward from any 
Member State of the European Economic Community by any route to any other Member State, but 
does not authorize the carrying out of any transport operation for hire or reward entirely within the 
territory of one Member State. 
It is not valid for transport operations between a Member State and a non-member State, nor is it 
valid on the territory of a non-member State for transport in transit through that non-member State. 
It is personal to the holder and non-transferable. 
It may be withdrawn by the competent authority of the Member State which issued it. 
It may be used for only one vehicle at a time (*). 
It must be carried in the vehicle. 
The authorization must be produced whenever required by an authorized inspecting officer. 
The holder is required to comply in the territory for each Member State with the laws, regulations 
and administrative provisions of that State, and in particular with those concerning transport and 
road traffic. 
This authorization must be returned to the competent issuing authority or agency within 15 days 
following its date of expiry. 
(c) and (d) 
(Third and fourth pages of Community authorization) 
(Translations in the other official languages of the Community of the text on page (b)) 
(e) and (f) 
(Fifth and sixth pages of Community authorization) 
(Translations in the other official languages of the Community of the text on page (a))' 
(*) 'Vehicle' means a single vehicle or a coupled combination of vehicles. 
Official Journal of the European Communities 
ANNEX II 
'ANNEX IV 
Method of calculating the distribution among Member States of the authorizations resulting from 
increases in the Community quota. 
Three distribution cirteria have been selected: 
I. Economic weight 
This is quantified on the basis of the gross domestic product at market prices (value at current 
prices and exchange rates) of each Member State. 
The "economic weight" coefficient for a particular Member State is the percentage which its gross 
domestic product represents in relation to the combined total of the gross domestic products of all 
10 Member States. 
II. Market share 
This is assessed on the basis of the tonnage loaded by the carriers in each Member State in intra-
Community traffic. The statistics are obtained by processing the results of Council Directive 
78/546/EEC of 12 June 1978. 
The "market share" coefficient for a particular Member State is the percentage represented by the 
tonnage loaded by road hauliers of that Member State in relation to the total tonnage loaded by all 
the road hauliers of all the Member States. 
III. Utilization of the Community authorizations — Basic information 
The level of utilization is to be measured on the basis of the number of tonne-kilometres worked 
under cover of Community authorizations (average per authorization). The information in question 
is obtained by processing the record sheets which carriers have to complete when using Community 
authorizations (see Regulation (EEC) No 3024/77). 
Correction for the handicap arising from the geographical situation of certain Member States 
This is obtained by adding to the number of tonne-kilometres specified above the tonne-kilometres 
which would have been worked if the vehicles had not been immobilized during sea crossings: 
number of tkm to be added for country i to 
the number of tkm worked per authorization 
as obtained by processing the record sheets 
Waiting time during crossings for carriers of 
country i 
j = the other Member States. 60 (km/h) x waiting time (h) during 
crossings for carriers of country i x tonnage 
carried under Community quota by carriers of 
country i (t) 
would have been travelled in one hour if the 
£ crossing time to country j (M + X) j 
j 
I (M + X) j 
j "60" represents the number of kilometres which 
vehicle had not been immobilized. 
The waiting time during crossings for country i is equal to the average crossing time to the nine 
other Member States weighted by the significance of the potential market which each of the other 
Member States represents for country i. This significance, for a particular Member State, is re­
presented by the volume (M + X) of its exports and imports by road within the Community. number of authorizations of country i 
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Embarkation and disembarkation time is included in the crossing time. 
The "utilization of authorizations" coefficient is equal to the percentage represented by the level of 
utilization — adjusted in accordance with the method described above — of the carriers of a parti­
cular Member State in relation to the total corrected level of utilization of the carriers of all 10 
Member States. 
IV. Distribution of the authorizations resulting from increases in the Community quota 
Each Member State receives a percentage of the number of new authorizations equal to the 
arithmetic mean of the three coefficients: 
— economic weight, 
— market share, 
— utilization of authorizations.' 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting an experimental Community 
action to stimulate the efficacy of the European Economic Community's scientific and 
technical potential (1983-84) (') 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty 
on 8 June 1983) 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
Decision unchanged 
Annex A: preamble and paragraph 1 unchanged 
Paragraph 2 
2. In these fields different kinds of illustrative 
stimulation activities are to be tried out: research 
allocations, laboratory twinning, seminars or 
workshops, sudsidies for research teams. On the other 
hand a specific project of a multidisciplinary nature 
will be started up, to enable joint working by teams in 
different countries to bring it to successful conclusion. Paragraph 2 
2. In these fields different kinds of illustrative 
stimulation activities are to be tried out: research 
allocations, laboratory twinning, mobility of re­
searchers, subsidies for research teams. On the other 
hand a specific project of a multidisciplinary nature 
will be started up, to enable joint working by teams in 
different countries to bring it to successful conclusion. 
Paragraphs 3 to 4 unchanged 
Annex B unchanged 
(') OJ No C 337, 23. 12. 1983, p. 6.