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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)576 final
Brussels,19October1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective 75/130/EEContheestablishment
ofcommonrulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/
railcarriageofgoodsbetweenMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.IntheDirective 75/130/EECof17February 1975 theCouncil Laid down
common rules ,toremain inforce until 31December 1978 ,forcertain
types ofcombined road /rail carriage ofgoods between Member States .
Inparticular ,the rules provided forthis form oftransport tobe
freed from allquantitative restrictions (quotas )and forthe
elimination ofvarious administrative restraints (authorizations ).
22. With the Directive 79/5/EEC of19December 1978 the Council retained
onapermanent basis almost all the common rules introduced bythe
Directive 75/130/EEC,and atthesame time amended some ofthe
provisions toreflect the lessons learned during the experimental
period .The Council 'samendments include Article 8which provides
, that "inthecase ofcontainers of20feet ormore andswap bodies
which have nosupports ,this Directive shall bevalid until
31December 1981 ".
3.Inthe report onthe implementation ofDirective 75/130/EECwhich the
3Commission will besubmitting tothe Council on ,
the Commission states its intention ofalso rendering permanent the
provisions concerning containers of20feet ormore and swap bodies
V.
which have nosupports because experience gained inthemeantime has
demonstrated thedesirability ofsuch liberalization .
4.Theannexed proposal formulates this intention .
5. „Themain change theCommission isconsidering isapermanent extension
ofthe Directives *rules tocover the combined road /rail carriage of
containers of20feet andover andswap bodies without supports .Th£
Commission feels that this extension isjustifiable because more and
more ofthese containers and swap bodies used ininternational
transport arebeing used inthe road /rail technique .
^0JNoL48of22February 1975,p.31.
^0JNoL5of9January 1979,p.33.
^Annex Doc.

The effect ofliberalizing combined transport has been tofacilitate
the transfer ofroad haulage business tointernational container
services .Furthermore ,thepresent distinction between swap bodies
andcontainers does not reflect current practice ,asthe road haulage
industry uses both forms ofcontainer tomeet theneeds oftheeconomy .
Itwould therefore bepointless toliberalize only one form of
container .All the factors onwhich the conception ofthe Directive
are based militate infavour ofasolution which includes containers
of20feet andover andswap bodies without supports inacomplete
liberalization ofcombined road /rail transport .
The whole aim oftheproposed changes istherefore toretain the
present degree ofliberalization byfinally extending itsscope to
combined road /rail transport operations using containers of20feet
and over and swap bodies without supports sothat potential users have
the freedom ofchoice between techniques and will beencouraged to
change over .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective 75/130/EEContheestablishment
ofcommonrulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/
railcarriageofgoodsbetweenMemberStates
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ~
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle75thereof, ^
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
/
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,-
Whereas^ounciIDirective75/130/EEC^asamendedbyDirective
-79/5/EEC, appliesonanexperimental basisuntil
31December1981tocombinedtransportinthecaseofcontainersof20feetand
moreandswapbodieswhichhavenosupports;
WhereastheinauguraleffectofDirective75/130/EECasfarasthese
transportsareconcernedduringtheperiodwhichhaselapsedmustbe ;
consideredtohavebeenpositive; , •
WhereasDirective 75/130/EECshouldtherefore berenderedpermanentwith
regardtothesetransports andshouldaccordingly beamendedbythe
deletionofthefinaldatelaiddown,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE : .. .-
0JNo1_48of22.2.1975,p.31.
20JNoL5of9.1.1979,p.33.

Article 1
Article 8ofDirective 75/13Q/EEC ishereby deleted .
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Article 2
necessary
TheMember States shall take theadditional measures /inorder tocomply with
this Directive before 1July 1982 .They shall inform the Commission thereof
Article 3
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President