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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
onthecompletion ofnegotiations toconclude theAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community ,Austria ,Spain ,
Finland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Switzerland ,Sweden ,Turkey
andYugoslavia ,ontheInternational Carriage of
Passengers byRoad bymeans ofOccasional Coach
and Bus Services (ASOR )COM(81 >561 final
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1.Article h(2)and (?)ofCouncil Regulation So117/66/EBCof28July I966
ontheIntroduction ofcommon rules for the international carriage of
passengers bycoach and bus states
"TheCommunity shall enter into anynegotiations with third countries
which maybefound necessary for thepurpose ofiapleBienting this
Regulation "
"When thecommon rules provided forinArticles 7said 8have been laid
down ,theCouncil shall ,assoon aspossible ;andonaproposal from the
Commission ,laydown thecommon rules necessary inorder toenable
application ofthis Regulation tobeextended tointernational carriage
ofpassengers byroad toorfrom third countries"#
The coalmen rules provided forinArticle 7(regular services )andArticle 8
(shuttle services )were adopted bytherespective Council regulations ,
Woa517/72and516/72of28February 1972^.sothat theCouncil ,by ,its
3decisions of15October 1973 then authorized theCommission tonegotiate
•with Austria ,Spain ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Turkey ,Greece
and Yugoslavia for the conclusion ofanagreement establishing uniform
rules fortheinternational carriage ofpassengers ,byroad bymeans of
coach andbus cervices .TheCouncil added Finland tothe third countrien
listed above byitsdecision of15March 1976 .Theabove-mentioned deci­
sions have since been amended bytheCouncil decisions of20February
1978^and26March 1980^inorder tosolve certain problems which arose
inthecourse ofnegotiations * , >
Itshould benoted that Greece ,-which didsot join thsEuropean Communities
until 1January 1981 ,isnolonger included intheAgreement asaContracting
Party .
1OJKo1^7 ,9.3.1966 ,p.2688 .
2OJNoL67,20.3.1972 ,p.19 ».nd13
3Doc.R /2386/75 (TRANS 86and TSJUSfS 87)
>Doc.H /629/76 (TRANS 26)
5Doc .FA7/78' (TRAHS '•»)
6Doc.5000/80(THAWS 19)

2.Onthebasis oaTtheabove».«seati©n«d Council I>8si<si©n «of15October 1975
theCommission ©pen® 3negotiations vith thethird countries concerned
on11March 1976 ,
Sixplenary •sessions vers'heldiaall,©haired alternately bytheBead
oftheCommunity Delegation andty -the -Head oftheSwiss Delegation ,
which hadbeen appointed tothis task byt&ethird countries ;the
Secretary-Gensral oftheEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport
(ECMT )waspresent atthenegoti &ti .oneasanobserver .
ADrafting Committee wa.salso getup,composed ofrepresentatives frora
theCommunity ,the -Swiss ,Swedish andAustrian i'dlegatiors respectively
(theGeneral Secretary cftheECMT tookpart inthework oftheDrafting
Corcaiittee ,again asanobserver )?theCezafflitte® 'esremit ,istoprepare
fortheplenary sessions and}mors especially ,toframe proposals to i>;olv?
theproblems onwhich theplenary session hadnotyetreached agreeae&t *
TheCommittee hash®ld seven sssetings ^^s?hich were likewise chaired
alternately byamember oftheCommunity Delegation andbyamember o?.'
theSwiss Delegation * '
Oneach oee&sion ,theMember States were invited toparticipate as
observers intheplenary session® 5certain Member States vere also
inviead toparticipate inth®Meetings oftheDrafting Committee when
these meetings were ,devoted to 'anesa®iaationofspecific problems
concerning .th® 'control document *to%>e •introduced under theASQR
agreement .
Itshould beemphasised that theCommunity Delegation hasmaintained close
andconstant contact with theMember States' throughout thenegotiations ?
both theplenary sessions and,asag*aeir&X rule ,themeetings ofthe
Drafting Comaittee have been 'preceded byaconsultative masting between
theMesber States andth®Community Delegation daring which consideration
was givesa tothenegotiating position tob®adopted bythelatter
vis-a-vis th® third ■countries .
3®Thenegotiations' culminated iaallthedelegation reaching agreement ,
asaresult ofwhich thenegotiations closed on23April 1980 with the
initialling ofthedraft "Agreement onth®International Carriage of
Passengers byload bymeans ofOccasional Coach andBusServices (ASOR)".

The initialling bythe delg&tion® ofthe control docuaent
–which isannexed totheAgreement andwhich inanintegral
part thereof -wasobtained bywritten procedure which was
concluded atthe end ofAugust .
TheK®ad oftheCommunity 'sdelegation initialled the draft
Agreeresnt and thecontrol document onbehalf ofthe Cofflsmnity ,
after consulting theMember States® -
Itshould b®emphasised that Yugoslavia andTurkey hare not
initialled theAgreement and hence not the control document
either .Atpresent account should betaken ofthepossibility
.that these twocountries will notsign theASOR agreement .
TheCommission will continue itsefforts topersuade these two
states tofflodify their position ,especially when taking account
oftheproblems that thenon-participation ofYugoslavia might
cause for theapplication ofASOK totraffic with Greece . '
Th«text ofthedraft Agreement accord® with thedirectives
adopted bythe -Council .
Th®essential components oftheAgreement ares
(i)definition ofitsscope |
Cii)definitions 'of'thevarious types ofservice® (occasional
services ;regular services !shuttle services )*.

(ill)liberalization measures affecting certain occasional
services ;
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(iv)theintroduction ofacontrol document foroccasional
services and details astoitsuse 5amodel ofastandard
control document isannexed totheAgreement :
(v)général andfinal provisions .
Inaddition ,anumber ofadministrative functions tofeeperformed
pursuant totheAgreement will beentrusted totheSecretariat of
th® ECHT .
Among thegeaeral and final provisions itshould b®noted that te
Agressent
(i)istocome iato fore® when five Contracting Parties -including
theEuropean Economic Coassmnity have approved orratified it;
(ii)may feerevised after ithasbeen iaforce forthree yea/a:
f
(iii)isconcluded foraperiod ©ffive years andeach Contracting
Party mayterminate itbygiving oneyear 'snotice ;unless
terminated ^.yfive Contracting Parties »including the
European Economic Community -teaperiod ofvalidity of
theAgreement isautomatically extended -forsuccessive ,
periods offive years ;
(iv)isdrawn upintheFrench language andthat this text only is
authentic .

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6*Moreover ,theprovisions relating totheliberalization aeaaures ha' ;•
given rise tothedrafting ofthree declarations onwhich theCommunity
Delegation has consulted theMember States andwhich arealso annexed
tothis document i
.(1)declaration oftheContracting Parties ontheapplication ofthe '
Agreement (theliberalisation Measures provided forinArticle 5(2)
will beenforceable only between theContracting Parties which ,implo -
aent theAETB orequivalent conditions )}
(ii)declaration oftheEuropean Economic Community which clearly states
that passengers nay bepieked upinanother country which isa
Contracting Party byanoperator based intheCommunity only ifthey
are tobecarried tothe .Member State inwhich the vehicle in
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question isregistered );
Ciii )declaration oftheContracting Parties concerning thefact that the
Agreement canbeextended (itisstated that theContracting Parties
will endeavour -having regard totheprogress achieved inharmo­
nizing theconditions ofcompetition and onthebasis ofexperience •
gained -toextend thescope oftheliberalization measures ;the
.Contracting Parties also undertake tosimplify theprocedure for
issuing theauthorizations required fornon-liberalised occasional
services ).
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7,Inthesane order ofideas ttheCommission will ,atalater stage ,submit
tothe Council ~
(a)aproposal foraCouncil Decision concluding theAgreement onthe
International Carriage ofPassengers byBoad bymeans ofOccasional
Coach andBusServices (A30B ),and
(b)aproposal foraBegulation containing theimplementing measures
necessary tomake theASOR Agreement operative atCommunity level *
Itisalso pointed outthat theCommission will ,after consulting the
Member States ,adopt aBegulation amending Commission Begulation (SEC)
Mo1016/68of9July 1968 prescribing themodel control documents
7referred toinArticles 6and9ofCouncil Regulation No117/66/EEC ,as
aresult ofwhich theASQB control document will also beintroduced for
occasional services carried ®«t between the Member States .
7OJNoL173 .22.7.1968 ,p.8•/••©

Inconclusion ,theCommission proposes that theCouncil
approve thetext oftheAS02 Agreement ,
sign theASOS and theFinal Act ,
authorize itsPresident todesignate thepersons empowered to
sign theAgreement -subject toapproval -and theFinal Act .
The texts oftheASOB Agreement and theFinal Act areannexed
tothis report .

7.FINALACT ;
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TheRepresentatives , .
oftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities/
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oftheFederalPresidentoftheRepublicofAustria,'•
oftheGovernmentofSpain,.,
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ofthePresidentoftheRepublicof'Finland,
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oftheGovernmentoftheKingdomofNorway,\ (
oftheGovernmentofthePortugueseRepublic, •
oftheSwissFederalCouncil,„/
oftheGovernmentofSweden,
ofthePresidentoftheRepublicofTurkey,'–
ofthePresidentoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia,
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meetingin...................... onthis......dayof............
intheyearonethousandninehundredand........
ForthesignatureofAgreementontheInternational CarriageofPassengers
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byRoadbymeansofOccasional CoachandBusServices <ASOR),
haveatthetimeofsignatureofthisAgreementtakennoteofandapproved
thefollowingdeclarations .; i
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1.Declaration bythecontractingpartiesconcerningtheapplication ofthe
'Agreement: •C"•

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2.Declaration bytheEuropean Economic Community concerning Article 5;
3.Declaration bytheContracting Parties concerning thedevelopment of
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the Agreement .
Done at this ...day of intheyear one
thousand nine hundred and ............. ,
FortheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities 1
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For ,theFederal President oftheRepublic ofAustria ;
f ' . .' ' %
FortheGovernment ofSpain
ForthePresident oftheRepublic ofFinland
FortheGovernment ofthfcKingdom ofNorway

Forthe Government ofthePortuguese Republic
For the Swiss Federal Council
For the Government ofSweden
For thePresident ofthe Republic ofTurkey
Forthe President oftheSocialist Federal Republic ofYugoslavia

AGREEMENT
ONTHE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD BY MEANS OF
OCCASIONAL COACH AND BUS SERVICES (ASOR )
PilissnHsssiisaBasBiüfiitiBisBBsasigegKiaisBiisüüBigissiaaiiBigasei
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The Council ofthe European Communities ,
The Federal President ofthe Republic ofAustria ,
The Government ofSpain ,
ThePresident ofthe Republic ofFinland ,
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The Government ofthe Kingdom ofNorway ,
The Government ofthe Portuguese Republic ,
The Swiss Federal Council ,
The Government ofSweden ,
ThePresident ofthe Republic ofTurkey ,
ThePresident oftheSocialist Federal Republic ofYugoslavia ,
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DESIRING topromote the development ofinternational transport andespecially to
facilitate theorganization andoperation thereof ;
WHEREAS some international carriage ofpassengers byroad bymeans ofoccasional
coach and bus services areliberalized asfar asthe European Economic Community
isconcerned ,bytheCouncil Regulation No117/66/EECof28 ,July 1966 concerning
theintroduction ofcommon rules fortheinternational carriage ofpassengers
(1)bycoach and bus and byRegulation (EEC)No1016/68ofthe Commission of9July
1968 prescribing the model control documents referred toinArticles 6and 9of
(2)Council Regulation No117/66/EEC ;
WHEREAS ,inaddition ,the European Conference ofMinisters ofTransport has adopted
• C - \ .
Resolution No 20of16December 1969 concerning theintroduction ofgeneral rules
<3)forinternational coach and bus transport which also concerns theliberalization
ofsome international carriage ofpassengers byroad bymeans ofoccasional coach
andbusservices ; \ •'
(1)0Jofthe ECNo147of9August 1966,p.2688
(2>0Jofthe ECNoL173of22July 1968,p.8.
(3)Volume ofECMT Resolutions ,1969,p.67
Volume ofECMT Resolutions ,1971,p.133

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WHEREAS ItIsdesirable toprovide for harmonized Liberalization measures
foroccasional international services forpassengers byroad andtosimplify
inspection procedures byintroducing asingle document ;
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WHEREAS itisdesirable toassign some administrative tasks concerned with
the Agreement totheSecretariat ofthe European Conference ofMinisters ^
ofTransport ; '
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HAVE DECIDED TOESTABLISH UNIFORM RULES
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD
BY MEANS OFOCCASIONAL COACH AND BUS SERVICES ,
andtothi-s end have designated astheir Plenipotentiaries :
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The Council ofthe European Communities :
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The Federal President ofthe Republic ofAustria :
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The Government ofSpain :
The President ofthe' Republic -of'Finland :
The Government ofthe Kingdom ofNorway :
The Government ofthe Portuguese Republic : i•
The Swiss Federal Council :
The Government ofSweden :
The President ofthe Republic ofTurkey :
The President oftheSocialist Federal Republic ofYugoslavia :'
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WHO,having exchanged their Full Powers ,found ingood and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : '

SECTIONI
SCOPEANDDEFINITIONS
Article 1
1.ThisAgreementshallapply: ..
a)totheinternational carriageofpassengers byroadbymeansofocca­
sionalserviceseffected :
-betweentheterritories oftwoContractingPartiesor
-startingandfinishingintheterritoryofthesameContractingParty,
andshouldtheneedariseduringsuchservices,intransit,throughthe
territoryofanotherContractingPartyorthroughtheterritoryofa
non-contracting State,and
-usingvehiclesregisteredintheterritoryofaContractingParty
.whichbyvirtueoftheirconstruction andtheirequipment,aresuitabl
for"carryingmorethanninepersons,includingthedriver,andare
intendedforthatpurpose; .v
b)tounladenjourneysofthevehiclesconcernedwiththeseservices.,
2.ForthepurposeofthisAgreementinternational servicesare-
understoodtobeserviceswhichcrosstheterritoryofatleasttwo
ContractingParties. '
3.Forthepurposesofthis-Agreement,theterm"territoryofa
ContractingParty"covers,asfarastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityis
concerned,thoseterritories wheretheTreatyestablishing thatCommunity
isappliedundertheconditionslaiddowninthatTreaty.

Article 2 '
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1. For the purposes ofthis Agreement occasional services shall mean s
services falling neither within thedefinition ofaregular service in
Article 3nor within thedefinition ofashuttle service in-Article 4.
They include : *■
a)closed-door tours ,that is -tosayservices whereby the same vehicle
isused tocarry the same group ofpassengers throughout the journey
andtobring them back tothe place ofdeparture ; ,
b)services which make the outward journey laden and thereturn journey
unladen ;
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c)all other services . '
2. Save for exemptions authorized bythe competent authorities in
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*theContracting Party concerned ;,inthe course ofoccasional services no
passenger may betaken uporset down during the journey .Such services
may beoperated with some degree offrequency without thereby ceasing to
beoccasional services . . x-
Article 3
1. Forthe purposes ofthis Agreement ,regular services shall mean
services which provide forthecarriage ofpassengers according toa
specified frequency andalong specified routes ,whereby passengers may
betaken upand set down atpredetermined stopping points .Regular-'
services can besubject totheobligation torespect previously estab­
lished timetables andtariffs .
2. Forthe purposes ofthis Agreement ,services ,bywhomsoever
organized ,which provide forthecarriage ofspecified categories of
"passengers tothe exclusion ofother passengers ,insofar assucli .services
are operated under theconditions specified inparagraph 1,shall be
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deemed toberegular services .Such services ,inparticular those providing
forthecarriage ofworkers toand from their place ofwork orofschool -,
children toand from school ,arecalled -"special regular services ".

Thefact that aservice may bevaried according tothe needs of
those concerned shall notaffect itsclassification asa~regular service .
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Article 4
1. For the purposes ofthis Agreement shuttle services .shall mean
services whereby ,bymeans of/epeated outward andreturn journeys ,pre­
viously formed groups ofpassengers arecarried from asingle place of
departure toasingle destination .Each group ,consisting ofthe
passengers who made theoutward journey ,shall becarried back tothe
place ofdeparture onalater journey .
Place ofdeparture anddestination shall mean respectively the
place where the journey begins and theplace where the journey ends,
together with,ineach case,the surrounding locality .
2. Inthe course ofshuttle services ,nopassenger may betaken up
orset down during the journey .
3. Thefirst return journey^and thelastoutward journey inaseries
ofjourneys shall bemade unladen . ' » ■
4. However ,theclassification ofatransport operation asashuttle
service shall not beaffected bythefact that^with the agreement of
the competent authorities inthe Contracting Party orParties concerned :
,-passengers ,notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraph 1,make the
return journey with another group ,
-passengers ,notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraph 2,are taken
uporset down along the way,
-during thefirst outward journey and thelast return journey ,
notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraph 3,nopassengers are
.carried . '

SECTION II
LIBERALIZATION MEASURES
i , Article 5
1. Theoccasional services referred toinArticle 2,paragraph 1,(a)
and (b)shall beexempted from authorization ontheterritory ofany '
Contracting Party other than that inwhich thevehicle isregistered .
2. The occasional services referred toinArticle 2,paragraph 1(c)
shall beexempted from authorization ontheterritory ofanyContracting
Party other than that inwhich thevehicle isregistered under thefollow­
ingconditions : ' -
-ifthe outward journey ismade unladen andall the passengers are taken
upinthe same place andif v
-the passengers
a)-constitute groups ,intheterritory ofanon-contracting state ora
Contracting Party other than that inwhich thevehicle isregistered orthe
passengers board ,formed under contracts ofcarriage made before their
arrival intheterritory oftheContracting Party ;and
-arecarried intheterritory oftheContracting Party inwhich thevehicle
isregistered ;or V
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.b)-were previously brought ,bythe same carrier inthecircumstances provided
*forunder Article 2paragraph 1(b),into theterritory oftheContracting
Party where they are taken upagain and arecarried into theterritory of
theContracting Party inwhich thevehicle isregistered ;or
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c)-have been incited totravel into theterritory ofanother Contra -noparty
thecost oftransport being borne bytheperson issuing theinvitation .
Such passengers must constitute ahomogeneous group ,which hasnot been
,formed solely with aview toundertaking that particular journey and which
returns totheterritory oftheContracting Party where thevehicle is
registered . '"

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3. Where ^inthe case ofoccasional services falling within Article 2,
paragraph 1(c),theconditions laid down inparagraph 2ofthis Article are ,
notsatisfied /such services may bemade subject toauthorization intheterritory
oftheContracting Party concerned .
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SECTION III
CONTROL DOCUMENT -
' *Article 6 "
Carriers operating occasional services within the meaning ofthis Agreement
shall /whenever required todosobyanyauthorized inspecting officer /produce a
passenger waybill which forms part ofacontrol document issued bythe competent
authorities intheContracting Party where thevehicle isregistered orbyaduly
authorized agency .This control document shall replace theexisting control documents .
Article 7
1. The control document referred toinArticle 6shall consist ofdetachable
passenger waybills induplicate books of25.Thecontrol document shall conform to
.themodel shown inthe Annex tothis Agreement .This Annex shall form anintegral part
ofthe Agreement . <
2. Each book andits component passenger waybills shall ,bear anumber .The passenger
waybills shall bear supplementary numbers /running from 1to25.
3. The wording onthe cover ofthe book andthat onthe passenger waybills shall
beprinted inthe official language orlanguages ofthe Member State ofthe European
Economic Community orofany other Contracting Party inwhich thevehicle used is
registered . '-

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Article 8
1. The book referred toinArticle 7shall bemade out inthe name ofthe
carrier ;itshall notbetransferable .
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2. Thetopcopy ofthepassenger waybill shall bekept onthevehicle throughout
thejourney towhich itrefers . '
3. Thecarrier shall beresponsible forseeing that passenger waybills areduly
and correctly completed . : .
Article 9
1. Thepassenger waybill shall "becompleted induplicate bythe carrier foreach
journey before thestart ofthe latter .
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2. Forthepurpose ofproviding thenames Ofpassengers ,thecarrier mayuse a
list already completed onaseparate sheet ,which shall befirmly stuck intheplace
provided for itunder item No.6inthepassenger waybill .Thecarrier 'sstamp or,
where appropriate ,thecarrier 'ssignature orthat ofthedriver ofthevehicle shall
beplaced across both the list andthepassenger waybill .
3. Fortheservices involving anoutward journey unladen referred toinArticle 5,
paragraph 2ofthis Agreement ,the list ofpassengers maybecompleted asprovided
,vinparagraph 2atthetime when thepassengers' aretaken up.
Article 10 .
Thecompetent authorities intwoormore Contracting Parties mayagree bilaterdly
ormulti laterally that the list ofpassengers under item No.6ofthepassenger
waybill need notbedrawn up.Inthat case ,thenumber ofpassengers must beshown .

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Article 11 ■ ' ' .'
1. Amodel with stiff green covers and containing thetext ofthe model cover
page recto verso ofthecontrol document shown inthe Annex tothis Agreement in
each official language ofall theContracting Parties must becarried 'inthevehicle .
2. Thefollowing must beprinted onthe cover ofthe model incapital letters and
intheofficial language orlanguages oftheState inwhich thevehicle used is
registered : ' * (' ''
"Text ofthemodel control document in'Danish ,Dutch ,English ,Finnish ,French ,
German ,Greek ,Italian ,Norwegian ,Portuguese ,Serbo-Croat ,Spanish ,Swedish
andTurkish ". „. •
3. This model must beproduced whenever required byauthorized inspecting officers
Article 12
Notwithstanding theprovisions ofArticle 6,control documents used before the
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entry -into force ofthis Agreement may beused during twoyears after the'entry
into force ofthe Agreement referred toinArticle 18,paragraph 2.,

SECTIOTT TV
,.CEKEflAL' AND PITIAL PROVTSTOTre '
Article iy
1. Thecompetent authorities inth©Contracting Parties shall adopt
themeasures required toimplement this Agreement .• •!
Such measures shall cover ,inparticular ! '-
• - < • . k .
-theorganization ,theprocedure andthemeans ofcontrol ,_ .
endpenalties forany "breach ; '
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\ –thoperiod ofvalidity ofthebookj
-theprocessing andfiling ofthetopcopy andduplicate of
passenger waybills : 1
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ihedesignation ofthecompetent authorities referred toin
J Articles 2,6,10and14,aaveil aothoorganizations !; .<
referred toinArticle 6j ' , '
.-thestamping ,ifrequired ,ofthepassenger waybill Toyinspecting
officers . ".. .
2. Themeasures taken under paragraph 1shall becommunicated tothe
Secretariat oftheEuropean Conference ofMinistor3 ofTransport {ECMi' )/
which shall inform theother Contracting Parties ofthem . 1
Article 14
Thecompetent authorities tntheContracting Parties shall*ensurethat
thecarriers respeot theprovisions ofthis Agreement ^
4 ......... . ..
They shall inform each other in_rea.ard.to their respective national _leg.islat
oftheoffences committed intheir territory bya_carrier' from the ;territory . .
ofanother Contracting Party 'and,where ,necessary of.thepenalty imposed . '

TheprovisionsofArticles5and®shallr.otbeappliedtotheertent
thatAgreementsorotherarrangements inforesorto"beconcluded "between
twoormoreContractingPartiesprovideformoraliberaltreatment.Tha
terra"Agreementsorotherarrangements inforce "betweentwoormore
ContractingParties"&ofaraotheEuropeanEconomicCommuriityisconcerned
covertheAgreementsandether©.rrangemer <fcswhichhave"beenconcludedby
«
theMemberStatooofthiaCommunity *
Articlelo
>
1.IfthooperationofthisAgreementorthemeasurestakenunder
Articlo13nhouldmakeitnecessaryanyoftheContractingPartieccan'
rc'fuc-tthatameetingcftheContractingPartiesboconvenedforthe
jj-urp-.'.-.eofjointlyexaminingtheproblemsencountered andanysolutions
proposed.
2.Thechairmanship ofthemeetingsreferredtoinparagraph 1shall
beheld -alternately bytheEuropeanEconomic)Communityandanother
C-n..'"actingPartynominatedforthispurpose.
Reavestnforconveningameeting^aomentionedinparagraph1,shall
Lcaw'"rc"-~.ee''.totheECICPSecretariat .
4.TheEC!ITSecretariatohallimmediately informthootherContracting
partiesofrcxucc+oao.mentionedinparagraphljunlecosuch.recraostfor
convening •*«mootingir.withdrawnwithinfourveokcthoECI.iTSecretariat,
whenthinperiodiioverchallfixthodateandplaceofthemeetingin
-•^rccraentwiththochairmaninofficesincetheloot,plenarymeetingand
challconvenethismootingattheearliestpossibledate.

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Arti cLe 17
1 ,
1. When signing this Agreement each Contracting Party maydeclare ,bynotification
tothtother Contracting Parties through the ECMTSecretariat ,thatitdoes not
consider itself bound byArticle 5,paragraph 2(b),ofthe Agreement .Inthis case
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theother Contracting Parties shall not bebound byArticle 5,paragraph 2(b)/with
respect totheContracting Party that has entered such areservation .
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2. Thedeclaration referred toinparagraph 1may bewithdrawn atany time bya
notification addressed totheother Contracting Parties through the ECMT Secretariat .
Arti cle 18
1. This Agreement shall be>approved orratified bythe Contracting Parties in
; . <
accordance with their own procedures .The instruments ofapproval orratification
shall bedeposited bytheContracting Parties with theSecretariat ofthe ECMT .
•* -, .. -
^ .
2. This Agreement shall enter into force ,when five Contracting Parties including
the European Economic Community have approved orratified.it ,onthefirst dayof
thethird month following the date onwhich thefifth instrument ofapproval or
ratification isdeposited .
3. This Agreement shall enter into force ,for each Contracting Party which approves
orratifies itafter theenpry into force provided forunder paragraph 2,onthe
first day ofthethird month following the date onwhich the Contracting Party
concerned has deposited its instrument ofapproval orratification with the ECMT
Secretariat . ;; - •
I . '*
A. Theprovisions ,ofSections IIandIIIofthis Agreement shall be
seven months after theentry into force ofthe Agreement asspecified respectively
inparagraphs 2and 3.
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•Article 19
é '
1. After this Agreement hasbeen inforce forthree years ,under the
conditione setoutinArticle l8rparagraph 2,anyContracting Party may ,
bymeans ofanotification addressed totheECMT Secretariat ,request the
convening ofaconference forthepurpose ofrevising theAgreement .The
Secretariat shall immediately inform theother Contracting Parties ofthe
request andfixthedate andplace oftheconference inagreement with the
Chairman inoffice sirioe theprevious plenary meeting andconvene this
conference attheearliest' possible date ."TheChairmanship ofthese conferences
shall becovered bytheprovisions ofArticle 16,paragraph 2.
2. Asfarastheapproval ortheratification oftherevision ofthe
Agreement between alltheContracting Parties isconcerned ,aswell asthe
entry into fore© of .therevision ,theprovisions ofArticle 18shall apply .
Article 20 / v . •
V
1. This Agreement isconcluded foraperiod offive years from itsentry
into force .
2. •Each Contracting Party may ,foritspart ,withdraw from this Agreement
with 12months notice asfrom 1January bysimultaneous notification tothe
other Contracting Parties through theECMT Secretariat .However ,theAgreement
cannot bewithdrawn during thefirst four years which follow itsentry into force
asprovided under Article 18,paragraph 2.
3. Unless five Contracting Forties including theEuropean Economic Community
have withdrawn theduration ofthis Agreement shall ,ontheexpiry ofthefive-
year period referred toinparagraph 1,beautomatically extended forsuccessive
periods offive years . v
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Article 21
ThisAgreement,drawnupinasingleoriginalinFrench,thistext
• /beingauthentic,shallhedepositedinthearchivesoftheECMTSecretariat which
shalltransmitacertifiedcopytoeachoftheContractingPartias.
,.Inwitnesswhereof,theundersignedPlenipotentiaries havesignedthis
Agreement. ''
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■\ ■: * % ■Doneat
FortheCouncil ^
oftheEuropeanCommunities
FortheFederalPresident
•\ , .* .
oftheRepublioofAustria . ';'
•• , *.-'''-"■>' * '''•
FortheGovernment ,, >
I
ofSpain
ForthePresident >
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oftheRepublioofFinland

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ForthaCovernraent
oftheKingdomofForway
ForiheGovemsent
ofthePortugueseRapttbiic
For"shaSwiss
Feder&lCtroîioil
ForinaGovsrtaaent
of-Sweden
Forth®President
oftheRepublio©fTurksy
Forth®President
oftheSocialist .P®d@mlEap^.blicofYugoslavia

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DECLARATION BYTHECONTRACTING PARTIESCONCERNING
THEAPPLICATION OFTETSAGREEMEM1
C–aa»^––«ce–wa–– »n
TheContractingFortiesagreetha-ttheliberalization measuresprovidedtinder
Article5»paragraph2oftheAgreementshallonly"beenforceable "betweenthe
ContractingfortieswhoapplytheprovisionsoftheEuropeanAgreementoon-
«
oerningtheworkofcrewaofvehiclesengagedinInternational RoadTransport
(AETR)from1July1970,orequivalentconditionstothoseprovidedunderthe
AETR,totheoccasionalservicesgoverned "bythisAgreement.
EachContractingftirty"whichintends,forthereasonssetoutabove,toadopt
measuresforthenon-application orthesuspensionoftheliberalization pro­
visionsunderArticle5,paragraph2oftheAgreement,declaresitselfready
toconsulttherelevantContractingPartybeforethepossible .adoptionof
thesemeasures*

A1ŒEX 2
PSCLAPl.4.TI 0TTBYTHE g'TROPE ATTECOKDMIC CO^ftTMTY
COITCERNITO ARTICLE5
With regard toArticle 5»theEuropean Economi cCoiisaimity declares that the
liberalization measures laid dcvm fortheentry ofenunladen vehicle into
another Contracting Party with at*ewtotaking passengers aboard forthe
return journey toadestination intheterritory oftheContracting Party
where thevehicle iai-egistored shall only apply ,where thereturn ,tothe
territory oftheEtarope&a Economic Coincuniiy ieconcerned ,toreturn journeys
totheMember Stats inx<?hieh thevehicle used isregistered ,.

AMEX 3
/
DECLARATION BYTHE CONTRACTUS PARTIES CONCERKIM ?
» THE PEVEIOFMENT GPTHE AGREEMEM 1
TheContracting Parties declare that theliberalisation measures referred ,to
inArticle 5oftheAgreement areinline with thedesired development of
international passenger transport andrepresent asignificant contribution'
towards theoperating ofthese occasional services .Within thecontext of
this Agreement andbilateral agreements ,they will attempt ,having regard
toprogress with theharmonization oftheconditions ofcompetition ,to
extend thesoope ofthis liberalization onthebasis oftheexperience gained .
TheContracting ffertiea further declare that they will make every effort to
simplify theprocedure forissuing theauthorization required fortheservices
referred toinArticle 5»paragraph 3,oftheAgreement .

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Ouljrauthorizedagency
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forInternatIonalxcaslonalroadpassengerservicesbycoachandbussetupbyapplicationoftheASOR[AtygeTentonthe
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(CouncilRegulation«ntheIntroductionefcepeonrulesfortheinternationalcarriageofpassenger*bycoachandbus).
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(FlyleafofthebookefvaybHU-recto)(greerxolouredpaper:D1NM•29,7x21(»)
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StatewherethevehtcleIsregistered) ••
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'hefellosingthai)notreqalreauthorization Inthe
territoryofthsCeniractingPartialotherthanthat
?nwhichtlxvehicleIsregistered
a)certainoccasionalInternationalservicescarried
outbyMansofavehicleregisteredInaContracting
Party
•katveenthatarrllorleisft«oContractingPartial,
or •
-startingandfinishingInthsterritoryoftha
SawContractingParty,
and,shouldthaneedarisa,duringsuchservices.
Intransitthroughtheterritoryofanother
Contractin)P-irtyorthroughthoterritoryofano»-
contractlnjState.,
b)unladenjourneyssfthovehiclesconcerned*1ththase
services.
%
Thaoccasionalservicescoveredbythe»bo«
(ro»\ilonsarefoilevs:
*)closed-doortours.I.e.,servicescarriedoutby
M»nsofthas.tevehicleohlchtransportsth?saw
Croupofpass;rt^rsthroughoutt);<jouroiiyand
tothepl.i:ac1<j:;<rturg,thisplacebeing
Slvil»imthsterritoryoftheContract!boParty
•MrsJl»e*phkleIsregistered,
B,u^t>«.olifen/returfiunVaJo*»ervlcss.inpursuanceofArticle5(1)and(2)ofCouncilRegulation
No117/66/EECof23July1955,certainInternationaloccasional
servicesvhosaplaceofdepartureIsIntheterritoryofaPeaber
StateandwhosedestinationIsInthoterritoryofthasasior
anotherNeebcrStateandvhlctiareoperatedusingavehicle*
registeredlaaKetberStatedonotrecuIreauthorisation byany
ReaborStateotherthantheStateuherethevehldoIsregistered.
FarJourneysIntransitevertheterriteryafanASCAcontracting
party*therthanth*Coaauntty,thaASOflprovisionsapply.
Thooccasionalservicescoveredbythisprovisionaroas
fell**:.
A)elosed-doortours.I.e.,servicescarriedoutby«eaniofthe
sa»ovehiclevMchtransportsthesavegrouppassengersthroughout
thetourneyandreturnstothepinsofdeparture.
I)tvtvardUden/retur*vnladeftservicet«

v;ser<K85vnereinsemvsrojetmaeyIsuOeafisflen
tadtfhers »-
•a!Ithepassenger;aretaken«pInthe$a<«place
tob"jtarriedIntotheUrrltf-yjovhlchthevehicle
Uregistered,utd >
•tlxpassengers;
C.1.conrtltuegroupswthsterritoryeitherofa
non-Contrac!lng PartyorefaContractingParty
otherthin(hatInahiththevehicleItretlstemd
andotherthanthatInvhIcf?thspasssngersare
takenup,forssdurdsrcontractsofcarrlajaaade
boforethelrarrivalontheterritoryofthslatter
ContractingParty,er
C,Zihavebeenpreviou?lybrought,bythstatscarrier.
Inthaceurseof*JourneyceilngvWhln8)above.
IntothaterritoryoftheContraetiniPartywhere
theyarstakeAapagain,#r ,
t>,3.havebeenInvitedtotraveltotheten*Itoryof
anotherContractingParty,thecostoftransport
bolngbornsbythspersonissuingthaInvitation,
'Suchpasser,'jersBustconstttuteahoaogeneous
group,whichhasnotbeerforajdsolelywitha
viewtoundertakirtgthatparticularjourney.
1
!-6Jsen};sswieresnajourseyisaaoawmagen,provioed-thai
eilihapaaeogerEoretaksnupInthasaaeplaceandthatths
poistnaers;
C.1,ccnstlSuegroupsfornodundercontractsorcarriage«>J«
beforeti>elrarrivalint!>scountrywheretheyaretobe
takenap,er
C.2.hawb^eftpreviouslybroughtbythseasecarrier.Inthe
courseofajourneycoalngvlthln8)above,Intothecountry
whoretheyars-takenup,andsuchpassengersarecarriedout
efthatcountry,or
C.Xhavehee.iInvitedtotraveltowothorKosherState,thecost
oftra-njportbeingbornebythspersonissuingtheInvitation.
Thepassengorssustconstituteasinglegroup,vhlchaustnot
havebeenforaedsolelywithaviewtoundertakingthat
particularJourney.
Ut.COKfOH-PROVISIO«iSiWICAflETOALLIHTEEKAil&WSERVICESif!THISTHESCOPEOfASC9ORREGULATIONto117/66/EEC
%foraachJourneycarriedoutisanoccasionalsarvlcothecarrieraustcompleteapassenjerwaybillSisduplicate,Morethe
atariofthaJourney. i
,forthepurposeofprovidingthanaaaaofpassengers,thecarriermyussa1Jetalreadycoepleledo«aseparatesheet,wt<icti
sustbeflralystuckinthepliceprovidedforItunderIteaHo6Idthepassangorwaybill.Thecarrier'sataapor,where
appropriate,thecarrier'ssltnaturserthatofthedrlvarefthevehicleaustbeplacedacrossboththalistandthepastonger
waybill. ,
ForserviceswherethsoutwardJourneyIsBadewladeft,thelistofpassengerssaybeeonplstedasprovidedaboveatthatlae
whsnthapassengersaretakonup.
ThetopcopyofthepastengerwaybillBustbekoptenboardthevehiclethroughouttb*journeyan4beproducedattherequest
ofanyauthorisedInspectingofficer.
2.Aaodslwithstiff<£o«ncoversandcontainingthetoxtofthaKxteicoverpagereeto/vsrso,IneacheffUtallanguageofallthe
ContractingPartiestoASM«ustbecart-ladInthsvehicle.
fortheserviceswiththeoutwardJourneysadeualadon,referredt#InC)4tfc«carrieraustattachth*followingsupporting
Aoojaentatathepaswn^srswaybill:
•InthecasesentionedunderC.T.theespyefthecontractefcarriageInsofarassraecountriesrequireIt,oranyotherequivalent
docuaentwhichbringsoutthea;sentlaldataefthiscontract(especiallyplace,countryanddateafsignature,placeanddate
whenpassengersaretakenup,placeandcauntryefdsstinatlen;
.1bth«caseofservicesfaillagwithinC.2.:thepassengerwaybillwhichaccompaniedthevehicleduringthecorrespond!^Journey
•adebytheeperato-ostwa-dladWreturaunUJanInordertobringthapassenowsIntotheterritoryaithsrofthaContracting
PartyorthaEECNeatarStatewhoretheyarttakenup;
•InthecaseofservicesfallingwithinC.3.:theletterefInvitationoraphotocopythereof.
KOccasionalservicesretoforecftl.aabovetypes,underpointsIfindjl,naybe»adesubjectteauthor!2atIenentheterritory
oftheContractingPartyarofthafonbarStateofthsEECccncerned.
fortheseS3rylces,acrassaustbeplacedIntheappropriatebox,underpoint4.O.,ef
thewaybill,-showingwhetheranauthorizationIsorIsnotrequired.IfanauthorizationIsrequiredItaustbeattachedto
thewaybill.Ifnoauthorlntlo*tsritiulredJustificationustbegiven, a*
*.Savefore<eaptlonauthor!ledbythecompetentauthoritiesInthecourseofoccasionalservicesnopassen^ruybetaVanupor
setdownduringthe}OMrney.Thisauthorisationtestalsobeattached*
Jh*carrierIjresponsibleforseeingthatpassengerwaybillsaredulyandcorrectlyeoaplsted.IheyshallbecompletedInblctk
Itl-rs^>dInInkorball-pointpen.
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*~1 "N rjI _localitywherepassengers !AImCXuuZTuIL 1 ®i/c.n,.'©*besetdownanddlstin-I1
* j .r.'/L–jfj–qgulshlngsignoftheIj
QutvardJourneyunladeninordertocollectagroupof
passengersrodtransporttothecountryofvehicle''QJ
registration ,'.
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©localityvherethepassengersaresetdown .• -- "»anddistinguishing signotlnecountry
p|Otheroccasionalservice(particulars) £gTherequiredauthorizationisattached
. ra~-Autiiorlrationnotrequiredbecause^ ■*
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«. locality,anddistinguishingsignofthe'.uuntry 'Us*vtu^et* i *- (indicatethenuebercfkilo-Frentlerunslng
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(travel aycnc >,association ,etc.).Th.y .irriver ,cn
Intheterritory oftheContracting Party where they aril
'–Itaken up,
i–i IntlieHesber State ofthaEECwhere they aretaken upIfor
EECvehicles only),
□f^.?^p ^?,^rtefïL 0ufns^riff!3 !îri!cïlr^s^.<)oc,"ent
C<Hptvi0u^^hrcu-;:)i '.)/fk*ccCarrier u,rlry .*^trvitu covered
jby8,tothecountry where theywereretaken up.
thepassenger waybill fortheprevious ouUard laden journey
4andunladen return journey Isattached .
C3
©«invited totravel to
Costoftransport waspaid bytheperson issulnj theInvitation
andthepassengers constitute ahctcgenecus group which hasnut
been formed solely with aview toundertaking thisparticularJourney .Theletter ofInvitation (oraphotocop /ofit)Is
auached .
Other occasional service (particulars ) Q„Therequired authorization isattached
n° Authorization notrequired because
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