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of15February1973
to"besenttotheNetherlands Governmentonthesublet
ofthedraftroyaldecreeamendingthe"Rijtijdenbesluit
1971"
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1.Byletterdated17October1972theNetherlands Governmentfor­
wardedtotheCommissionthedraftforaroyaldecreeandanexplanato­
rymemorandumfortheamendmentoftheDecreeof22January1971to
replacethet:Rijtijdenbesluit i:andimplementCouncilRegulation (EEC)
(2No.5^3/69of25March1969ontheharmonisation ofcertainsocial
provisionsrelativetoroadtransport.
2.Thedraftdecreeutilisesthepossibilities ofderogationintro­
ducedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.5lW2andNo.515/72of28February
(3)1972 «Itscontentisasfollows :
Article1
A.Thispointintroducesdefinitions fortheregionalcarriageof
goods(nStreekvervoer vangoederen')andforthemechanicalrecording
equipment.
B.Thistextintroducesdefinitions forthedailydrivingperiod
anddailyperiodofduty.
C.ThisclauseaddstothelistofcategoriestowhichRegulation
(EEC)No.5^3/69doesnotapply,tractorsusedsolelyforlocalagri­
culturalandforestrywork.
D.Thistextfixestheminimumageforlorrydriversat16andalso
stipulatesthatthepersonconcernedmustholdacertificate ofenrolment
inadrivers'trainingcourseinaccordancewiththepossibility provi­
dedunderArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No.515/72.
E.Thisclauseprovidesforderogations fromtheruleonthelength
ofcontinuousdrivingtime,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No.515/72.
H.Thisclausereplacesandclarifiesthepresentclauserelatingto
derogations fromtheruleonthedailyrestperiodunderArticle11of
Regulation (EEC)No.5^3/69.
(l)StaatsbladvanhetKoninkrijkderNederlanden ,Stb.25of22-1-1971
(2)O.J.No.L77of29.3.69»page**9
(3)O.J.No.L67of20.3.72,pages1and11. .../...

L. This clause requires recording equipment conforming toastan­
dard model tobeused invehicles ofmore than 3500 kgladen weight which
arenotused forregular transport orfortransport onbehalf ofpublic
bodies .
0. This clause takes advantage oftheprovision ofArticle 2of
Regulation (EEC )No.51^/72whereby between 1April and30September
theweekly rest period ofcrews involved ininternational passenger
transport maybereplaced byarest period ofatleast 60consecutive
hours tobetaken before expiry ofanyperiod ofl*fconsecutive days .
Q. This clause provides forthe temporary derogation from the
daily driving period allowed byArticle 5ofRegulation (EEC )No.
51^/72inthecase ofvehicles registered inathird country .
R. Thepurpose ofthis clause istointroduce into Netherlands
Lawtheprovision relating toforce majeure contained inArticle 3of
Regulation (EEC )No.51V72 .
Other paragraphs only make amendments towording ordonot
relate tomatters which are the subject ofCommunity regulations .
Article 2
Concerns the date onwhich the decree comes into force .
3. TheCommission finds thetext oftheproposed royal decree in
accord with theprovisions ofRegulations (EEC )Nos .5^3/69»51^/72
and515/72.
Itconsiders itnecessary ,however ,todraw attention to
thefollowing points :

-3-
Article 1 L.Itwould bedesirable toinclude inthe Netherlands
draft areference toRegulation (EEC)No.1^63/70andinparticular to
Article 20(2)thereof which sets thelimits fortheperiod ofenforce­
ment ofnational provisions sothat users areaware ofthenew obli­
gation incumbent upon them assoon astheCommunity regulations come
into force .Moreover ,theCommission will only beinaposition to
pronounce finally ontheregulations being considered forrecording
equipment when ithas seen all the texts relating totheintroduction
(1)ofsuch equipment intheNetherlands under Article 20 ofRegulation
(EEC)No.1^63/70.
Article 1 Q.This clause concerns transport vehicles registered ina
third country andmaking journeys from ortoathird country ,asalso
those travelling from ortoathird country which pass through one or
more Member States .Hence Article 5ofRegulation (EEC)No.51^/72re­
fers to"Transport from and/ortothird countries ".
Since the test ofthe draft might beinterpreted inamore
restrictive manner ,itwould bepreferable toadopt thewording of
Article 5.
k. Subject tothecomments made inparagraph 3above ,theCommission
approves the draft royal decree .
(1)O.J. No.Ll6kof27.7.1970 ,page
Done atbrussels ,15February 1973
For the Commission
The President
Francois –Xavier ORTOLI
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