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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(78)351final
Brussels,20july1978
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulation(EEC)No3164/76
ontheCommunityquotaforthecarriage
ofgoods"byroadbetweenMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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-EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. TheCommunity quota system wasinstituted byCouncil Regulation
(EEC)No1018/68of19July 1968V
' ...... . - ·ρSince Council .Regulation (EEC)No3^6^/76of16December 1976
wanadopted there hasbeen notime-limit' onthe _system .Itisalso
provided that theCouncil ,acting onaproposal from theCommission ,j
should decide ,byJONovember ofeach year ,onany .increase intheCom­
munity quota andonthe .allocation totheMember States oftheresulting
extra authorizations .
2, .Given theneed forprogress intheCommunity wide integration
oftransport systems ,specifically inthe field ofroad transport between
lumber States ,which should notonly make iteasier toeliminate any
inequality inthetreatment ofcarriers butalso promote trade ;con­
sidering ,moreover ,that theCommunity quota system isoneofthemeans '
o,bringing about such integration ,but that theefficient performance ■
ofthis role depends onitsimpact onthetype oftransport concerned ;
given ,finally ,theincrease intrade between Member States in1977 and
thewide spread useofCommunity authorizations (in1976 ,.theaverage -
utilization ofanauthorization was .161V3OO tkm ,equivalent to80000km
pervehicle witha20tpayldad ),theCommunity quota should beincreased
by20%for1979 .
(1)OJ.NoL175of23July 1968 ,p,13
(2)OJNoL357of29' .December 1976 ,p.1.

j5a Asregards theallocation ofthe extra authorizations ,the .usual
formula should beadopted J50^oftheincrease inthequota tobeal­
located enthebasis ofthe rats ofutilizatian ofCommunity authorisations
in1977 *the other half onalinear basis® *

PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
amendintc Regulation (EEC )No3l6*f/76 - •
-" on ^the Community quota for the carriage
offloods byroad between Member States _
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , :
HAVING REGARD totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article75thereof ,
HAVING REGARD totheproposal from .theCommission ,
HAVING .REGARD totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament , v
HAVING REGARD totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
WHEREAS theintroduction ofacommon transport policy entails ,inter
alia ,theestablishment ofcommon rules forthecarriage ofgoods by
roac 1between Member States ;whereas these rules must ,bedrawn upeoae
tohelp bring about acommon transport market ; .
WHEREAS ,thesystem ofCommunity authorizations for thecarriage ofgoods
byroad between Member States promotes the establishment ofaCommunity -
wide transport market towhich carriers from all Member States mayhave
access onanequal footing andwithout distinction ongrounds ofnatio­
nality j •'

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WHEREAS existing Community authorizations arebeing used with ever-
increasing intensity ;whereas ,furthermore ,trade between Member States
isconstantly expanding ;whereas ceneequ?ntly itisappropriate toraise
theCommunity quota asprovided forbyCouncil Regulation (EEC)of16December
"W76 No3164 /76ontheCommunity quota forthecarriage ofgoods byroad between
Member States(l ),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)No3024 /77of21December 1977(2 );
HAS ADOPTED ^THIS REGULATION ,
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No316^/7° is amended asfollows : ,
InArticle ^paragraphs 1and2shall bereplaced bythefollowing
"1.theCommunity quota shall cpnsist of3402 authorizations
.2.Thenumber ofCommunity authorizations allocated toeach Member
State shall beasfollows t
BELGIUM : <"378
.DENMARK ... : 251
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFGERMANY s 621
FRANCE - - ; . • 573 -
IRELAND j . 69
ITALY . : lf80
LUXEMBOURG ? 98
NETHERLANDS j 5^9
UNITED KINGDOM •' :S 383 "
• Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1979 *
ti r.hv11b*binding initsentirety anddirectly ap-x
j'-.o' /leinall Member States *
neat3ru35els , "FortheCouncil ,
,•' -' ThePresident
(1)0JNoL357,29.12.1976 ,p.1.
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