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CQMMISSION OFTHEEuEOPBAN CO-MAIUMIïE :;
COM(74)1529 final
Brussels,1October1974
AmendmenttotheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)lib543/69concerningcertain
sociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport
(submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil,pursuant
tothesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreat;-)
COIÏÏ74)1529

VI1/75/74-3
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Generalconsidérations
On3August1972,theCommissionsubmittedtotheCouncila
proposalforaRegulationsupplementingRegulation(ELC)ii°543/69ofthe
Councilof25March1969concerningsociallegislationrelatingtoroad,
transport(C01l(72)%$final).
AtitssittingcfloHovomber1973stheEuropeanParliament ,while
suggestinganumberofdetailedmodifications ,allofwhichhadthesupport
oftheCommission'stechnicalexpertsandwereacceptedonbehalfofthe
CommissionbyilrThomson,pronounceditselfinfavouroftheproposed
Regulation.ByvirtueofArticle1/^9paragraph2oftheTreatyEstablishing
theEuropeanEconomic -Community ,theCommission nowwishestoamendits
originalproposalsubmittedtotheCouncilon3August1972,inorderto
takeaccountoftheabove-mentioned modifications .
Exemptions
Informulating •Arbiclo3ofitsoriginalproposalof3August
1972,theCommissionconcludedthatitwasnecessarytoexemptself-emplcycd
personsfromtheprovisionsoftheRegulationrelatingtospreadovers ,weekly
restperiods,breaksandannualleaveand.publicholidays,becauseit
believedthatverification ofcompliancewiththoseprovisionsbyself-
cmploycdpersonswasimpossible.Itwasalsoconcludedthatself-employed
personsshouldbeexemptedfromthoprovisionoftheRegulationrelating
totheprohibition ofbonusesbecausethese,bytheirverynature,were
inapplicable bythatcategoryofpersons.Parliament was,however,ofthe
opinionthatforreasonsofroadsafetyandinordertoavoiddistorsions
ofcompetition exemptionsofthatextentwereunacceptable andthatthe
Regulationshouldbeappliedtobothemployedandself-employed persons
ijithexemptionslimitedtoanabsoluteminimumofcasooarisingfcrunavoidable
technicdreasons.Onlyin'theareasofannualleaveandpublicholidaysdid
parliamentagreethatexemptionshouldbegrantedtoself-employed persons.
Parliamentalsoacceptedthatself-employed personsshouldbeexempted
fromtheprovisionsoftheRegulationrelatingtoprohibition ofbonuses
becauseoftheirinapplicability tothatcategoryofpersons.

VII/75/74-E
BieCommission,recognisingthevalidityofthearguments
advancedbytheEuropeanParlianentandconcedingthatverification
willbepossibletoacertainextent,acceptedthesuggestions and
nowpropos®thenasanamendmenttoitsoriginalproposal.
Reports
3.Parliamentexpresseditswishtobekeptinformed01develop­
mentsinTheareascoveredbytheHerniation.
TheCommission ,inrecognitionofthefunctionsandresponsibility
ofParliamentinthismatterandinanticipation ofpcuitiveresultsfor
theimplementation oftheRegulationsacceptsthecaseforsubmittinga
regularreporttoParliamentaswellastotheCouncilandnowproposes
toamenditsoriginalproposalaccordingly.

VII/75/74-E
COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEÂCTCOMMITIES
AmendmenttotheproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amending
Regulation(EEC)543/69concerningcertainsociallegislationrelating
toroadtransport
(submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil,pursuanttothesecondparagraph
ofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
Underthesecond-–paragraphofArticle149oftheTreaty,theinitial
proposaloftheCommission(Doc.COI-l(72)846final)isamendedasfollows:
1.ThetextofArticle3isreplacedbythefollowing:-
"AnewArticle4a-isinsertedafterArticle4*Itshallreadasfollows:-
"Article4a ,
Articles12band12oshallnotapplytoself-employed personsengaged
inroadtransport"
2.Thete2ftofArticle8,paragraph4»isreplacedbythefollowing:-
"4.EverytwoyearsasfromtheentryintoforceofthisRegulation ,the
CommissionshallsubmittotheCouncilandtotheEuropeanParliament
areport0:1developments intheareascoveredbythisRegulation."
3.ThetextofthefirstsentenceofArticle9»paragraph1,isreplaced
bythefollowing:-
"1.EverytwoyearstheCommissionshallprovidetheCouncilandthe
EuropeanParliamentwithafullreportontheapplication -of,this
RegulationbyMemberStates."