5.4.83 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 90/1 
(Preparatory Acts) 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 65/269/EEC 
concerning the standardization of certain rules relating to authorizations for the carriage of 
goods by road between Member States 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the European 
Communities No C 307 of 24 November 1982, page 4. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 25 November 1982 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic 
and Social Committee in accordance with Article 75 of the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 
205th plenary session held in Brussels on 23 and 24 February 1983. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the decision taken by the Council on 
25 November 1982 to ask the Committee for an 
opinion on the abovementioned proposal for a Council 
Directive (1), Having regard to Council Directive 65/269/EEC of 
13 May 1965 concerning the standardization of certain 
rules relating to authorizations for the carriage of goods 
by road between Member States (2), 
Having regard to the decision taken by its Bureau on 
13 December 1982 instructing the Section for Transport 
and Communications to draw up an opinion on the 
matter (Article 22 of the Rules of Procedure), 
Having regard to the opinion adopted by the 
abovementioned Section at its 148th meeting on 
9 February 1983, 
(») OJ No C 307, 24. 11. 1982, p. 4. (2) OJ No 88, 24. 5. 1965, p. 1469/65. 
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Having regard to the oral report made by the 
rapporteur, Mr Binnenbruck (Article 29 of the Rules of 
Procedure), 
Having regard to the discussions at its 205th plenary 
session held on 23 and 24 February 1983 (meeting on 
23 February), 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
by a unanimous vote: 
1. The draft Directive is designed to introduce a 
standard Community authorization for removals 
between Member States. The new authorization is to 
take the place of the existing bilateral authorizations, 
thereby reducing administrative formalities, since in 
some cases, depending on the nature of the removal, 
several authorizations have to be issued by national 
authorities. 
Furthermore, it may be assumed that a multilateral 
authorization will in the long term enable removals to 
be carried out more cheaply and will increase the 
productivity of carriers. 2. The Committee therefore basically approves the 
proposal. It does, however, have certain reservations as 
to whether the Commission objective, which it 
supports, should be attained by amending Directive 
65/26 9/EEC. This Directive, as is well known, covers a 
series of other transport operations which, taken 
together, play a considerable role in competition 
between carriers. Amending this Directive for the 
purpose of introducing multilateral provisions initially 
covering only removals is bound to have an adverse 
effect on the introduction of multilateral provisions for 
other transport operations covered by the Directive. The 
possible effects on the common transport policy have 
not yet been identified and are unforeseeable. It is thus 
impossible to make allowances for any detrimental 
consequences on the further development of goods 
transport in the Community. 
3. The Committee therefore considers that multilateral 
authorization for removals should be introduced under 
a separate Directive rather than by amending Directive 
65/269/EEC. Removals would then have to be deleted 
from the list in Annex II to Directive 65/269/EEC. 
Done at Brussels, 23 February 1983. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Francois CEYRAC 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on loans for projects covered by 
exploration programmes for non-energy mineral raw materials within the territories of the 
Member States 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the European 
Communities No C 203 of 6 August 1982, page 2. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 30 July 1982 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic and 
Social Committee in accordance with Article 198 of the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community.