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COMMISSION orTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(72)1358 Final-E
Brussels ,13November 1972
PROPOSAL FOR ADIRECTIVE OFTHE COUNCIL
amending the first Council Directive onthe
establishment ofcertain common rules for international
transport
(carriage ofgoods byroad forhire orreward )
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(72)1358 Final

COM (72)1358 final -E
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Inthecontext oftheestablishment oftheCommon Market ,thedevelopment
oftransport must proceed instep with theopening upofintra-Community
markets ingeneral ,andinparticular with theincrease anddiversification
intrade between theMember States .Intervention bythepublic authorities
must only take place inorder toavoid disturbances onthetransport market
and tosafeguard thepublic interest .Inthelight ofthis theprime
objective must betoremove allunjustified obstacles toandrestrictions
onthe free movement ofgoods ,which frequently arise solely out ofthe
very existence ofnational frontiers .
Inview ofthe foregoing ,and ofthe fact that carriage ofall types
between Member States effected with small tonnage vehicles isofnegligible
importance asregards thestability ofthemarket ,itisdesirable that
such carriage should befreed from allsystems ofquota restrictions and
authorizations .Such .^Liberalization would allow bynow superfluous
administrative formalities tobedispensed with ,and would also facilitate
thecarriage ofgoods byvehicles principally intended fortourist .purposes
orfor the combined carriage ofgoods andpassengers ,such practices
becoming more frequent with increases intheduty-free allowances granted
tonationals ofMember States .*.
Inaddition ,theobjectives which led theCouncil toexempt the types of
carriage forhire orreward mentioned inAnnex ItotheCouncil Directive
of23July 1962 ontheestablishment ofcertain common rules forinter­
national transport (carriage ofgoods byroad forhire orreward )^*,and
more especially thedesire which itmanifested toencourage theeconomic
integration offrontier regions ,areequally valid ormore sowith regard
tocarriage onownaccount .Thelatter plays acrucial role inthe
development ofcertain other economic activities ,especially market supply ,
product distribution ,andtheinternal stages ofindustrial production .
This role ,moreover ,hasbeen recognized byseveral Member States which
have extended thesystems provided forinthefirst Directive tocarriage
onownaccount bymeans ofbilateral agreements .
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COM(72)1358 final -I
This proposal therefore provides for the following :
(a)theinclusion inAnnex I-totheaforementioned Directive ofcarriage
effected bymeans ofmotor vehicles themaximum permitted carrying
capacity ofwhich does not exceed 3*5metric tons .
(b)Theprovisions concerning thesaid Annex Ishall nolonger apply
exclusively tocarriage forhire orreward -

C0M(72 )135o final -E
PROPOSAL FOB ADIRECTIVE OFTHE COUNCIL
amending thefirst Council Directive onthe establishment
ofcertain common rules forinternational transport (carriage
ofgoods forhire orreward )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 75»paragraph 1thereof ;
J
Having regard totheProposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ;
Having regard tothe Opinion ofthe European Parliament ;
Whereas ,inorder not toimpede theprogressive establishment ofthe
common market ,and inparticular tofacilitate the free movement ofgoods ,
itisdesirable that therules applying totransport should beamended
totake account ofthe development oftrade between Member States ;whereas
asaresult ofthis need and inorder toensure that the users ofsuch
services shall have asfree achoice aspossible ,certain types ofcarriage
bysmall tonnage vehicles should befreed from all systems ofquota
restrictions andauthorizations ,since thelatter are notlikely tocause
disturbances onthemarket ;whereas ,furthermore ,itisdesirable that
Article 1oftheCouncil Directive of23July 1962 ,ontheestablishment
ofcertain common rules forinternational transport should ,asthe
types oftransport listed inAnnex I,nolonger apply exclusively to
carriage forhire orreward ;whereas theadoption ofsuch measures would
also free thecarriage ofgoods byvehicles principally intended fortourist
purposes from all systems ofquota restrictions andauthorizations ;
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COM(72)1358final-E
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
ThetitleoftheCouncilDirectiveof23July1962shallbereplacedby
thefollowing :
"FirstCouncilDirective ontheestablishment ofcertaincommonrules
forcertaintypesofcarriageofgoodsbyroadbetweenMemberStates".
Article2
ThefollowingnewsubparagraphisaddedafterArticle1,paragraph1:
"EachMemberStateshall,by1July1973atthelatest,andinthe
mannerlaiddowninparagraph2ofthisArticle,liberalizethetypes
ofinternational carriageofgoodsbyroadinvolvingotherMember
StateslistedinAnnex-ItothisDirective,wheresuchcarriageis
performedtoandfromtheterritoryofthatMemberStateorpassing
intransitacrosstheterritoryofthatMemberState-M.
Article3
Thefollowingnewparagraphis"addedtoAnnexI:
"10.Carriageofgoodsinmotorvehiclesthemaximumpermitted
carryingcapacityofwhich,includinganytrailer,doesnot
exceed3»5metrictons."-.
Articlek
Paragraph2ofAnnexIIisdeleted,-andparagraphs3»5and6
re-numbered 2,3»^and5respectively.
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, fortheCouncil