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ANNEX 
Radiation protection programme 
(1985 to 1989) 
The aim of the programme is to improve the conditions of life with respect to safety of work and 
protection of man and his environment and to assure a safe production of energy from atomic 
fission and, later, fusion. It endeavours, through a cooperative European effort: 
— to screen and assess problems related to radiation protection and to study such problems by 
scientific means, 
— to improve methods necessary to protect workers and the population by updating the scientific 
basis for appropriate standards and by further developing techniques to prevent and counteract 
harmful effects of radiation, 
— to provide methods to cope with the consequences of radiation accidents, 
— to assess radiation risks and set them in perspective to other risks arising in modern society, 
— to provide pertinent and up-to-date information for decision-making. 
The programme will cover research on: 
— radiation dosimetry and its interpretation, 
— behaviour and control of radionuclides in the environment, 
— non-stochastic effects of ionizing radiation, 
— radiation carcinogenesis, 
— genetic effects of ionizing radiation, 
— evaluation of radiation risks and optimization of protection. 
The programme will be carried principally by research contracts and, to a small part, by the 
Commission's Biology Group at the Ispra establishment. The Commission will support the mobility 
of research workers in order to allow contracting laboratories an optimal execution of research 
work. 
Proposal for a Council recommendation concerning the International Company for 
Piggyback Transport 
(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, 
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 many advantages involved in inter­
national piggyback transport include speed and regu­
larity of service, optimum utilization of existing in­
frastructure and energy savings; Whereas, on the initiative of the railway networks 
and the piggyback companies, the International 
Company for Piggyback Transport (Interunit) has 
been set up at European level in order to encourage 
the development of piggyback transport; whereas 
certain railway networks in the Community and all 
the existing piggyback companies in the Community 
are partners in this company; 
Whereas, pursuant to its statutes, the company will 
initially undertake studies and research, and it is 
envisaged that it will subsequently undertake 
management activities such as the purchases of 
equipment and the management of a wagon pool; 
whereas it is important that the transition to the 
management stage should take place as quickly as 
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possible in order to sustain the development of 
piggyback transport; 
Whereas it would be desirable that all the railway 
networks which have piggyback links should parti­
cipate in Interunit, in order to ensure that close 
cooperation on piggyback transport is established at 
European level, 
HEREBY RECOMMENDS: 
Article 1 
It would be desirable for all railway networks which 
have established piggyback links to associate 
themselves with Interunit. It would also be desirable that the greatest possible number of piggyback 
companies should take part. 
Article 2 
The railway networks and piggyback companies 
participating in Interunit shall endeavour to ensure 
that the tasks of this company are speedily extended 
from studies and research to management, and in 
particular the control of equipment and the 
establishment of a wagon pool. 
Article 3 
This recommendation is addressed to the railway 
networks and the piggyback companies listed in the 
Annex hereto. 
BILAG — ANHANG — IIAPAPTHMA — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGA TO — BIJLAGE 
Jernbanevirksomheder / Eisenbahnen / £i5i)po5po|iiK& SIKTVO / Railways / Reseaux de chcmin de fer 
/ Reti ferroviarie / Spoorwcgcn 
— Societe nationale des chemins de fer beiges (SNCB) / Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische 
Spoorwegen (NMBS) 
Rue de France 85, B-1070 Bruxelles 
Frankrijkstraat 85, B-1070 Brussel 
— Danske Statsbaner (DSB) 
Selvgade 40, DK-Kabenhavn 
— Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) 
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 43, D-6000 Frankfurt (Main) 
— Opvavmuoc, Ii8Tipo5p6utov EAM5oc. AE (OIE) 
086? Kapotaw 1, GR-ASf|va 
— Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais (SNCF) 
Rue Saint-Lazare 88, F-75436 Paris 
— Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE) 
Heuston Station, IRL-Dublin 8 
— Azienda autonoma delle ferrovie dello Stato (FS) 
Piazza della Croce Rossa, I-Roma 
— Societe nationale des chemins de fer Luxembourgeois (CFL) 
Place de la Gare 9, L-Luxembourg 
— Naamloze Vennootschap Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) 
Moreelse park 1, NL-3500 HA Utrecht 
— British Railways Board (BRB) 
Euston Square, UK-London NW1 2DZ 
— Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd (NIR) 
East Bridge Street, UK-Belfast BT1 3PB 
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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;