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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3164ontheCommunityquotafor
thecarriageofgoodsbyroadbetweenMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(78)688final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheCommunity quota system was introduced "byCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1018/68of19July 19^81-
Oneoftheeffects ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3164/76
216December 1976 wastogive thesystem adefinitive form ,
2.Only those road hauliers whoareholders oftheCommunity authorization
provided forunder theabovementioned Regulation (EEC)No3164/76oran
authorization issued aspart ofthemultilateral quota setupbythe
European Conference ofMinisters ofTransport (ECMT )mayengage in
multilateral road transport operations between Member States .As -there
arevery fewofthese authorizations andthey areissued (foraperiod of
oneyear )only tothose road hauliers whomake intensive useofthem ,
under' takings that only occasionally carry outmultilateral transport
operations have noopportunity ofgaining afoothold inthemarket .
3.Asthere isarequirement forsuch multilateral transport operations
andsuch services areoften required atshort notice but only foravery
limited period ,there would seem tobeacase forintroducing short –term
authorizations into theCommunity quota .Authorisations ofthis type would
also facilitate thegradual entry cfmore transport undertakings into the
multilateral transport process ;itwould notrequire setting anannual
Community quota andwould give newoperators theopportunity tofind out
•
whether they could really adjust tothis form ofbusiness onafull–time
basis .
lojNoL175,23July1968 ,p.13 .
0JNoL357»29December 1976 ,p.1«-

4.Tobeginwith,relatively fewshort-term Communityauthorizations
could,"beissued,replacing–ateachMemberStatefsdiscretion–up
to10$oftheannualquotaofCommunityauthorizations allocatedtothat
MemberState.Eachshort-term Communityauthorization wouldbevalid
for10days.OneannualCommunityauthorisation couldbebrokendown
into40short–termauthorizations .
5.Thedecisiononthemodelshort–termCommunityauthorization
wouldbetakenatCommunitylevel;itstechnicalfeatureswouldbe
suchastomakeiteasilydistinguishable fromtheannualCommunity
authorization .
6.Forinspectionpurposes,alltransportoperationscarriedout
undershort-term Communityauthorizations couldbeloggedonarecord
sheet.Theformsusedforinternational transportoperationscarried
outtmdercoverofannualCommunityauthorizations couldbeusedfor
thispurpose.
4

COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No3164/76ontheCommunityquotaforthe
carriageofgoodsbyroad"betweenMemberStates
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle75thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
Whereastheintroduction ofacommontransportpolicyentails,interalia,
theestablishment ofcommonrulesforthecarriageofgoodsbyroad
betweenMemberStates;whereastheserulesmustbedrawnupsoasto
ensureequaltreatmentforallroadhaulageoperatorsfromthevarious
MemberStates;
Whereas,inaddition,theintroduction ofapermanentsystemof
1Communityauthorizations pursuanttoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3164/76
2asLastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3024/77,hasresultedinthemore
intensiveandefficientuseoflicensedcapacityandthegradualmatching
ofinterestedundertakings totherequirements oftrafficbetweenMember
States; '
J
Whereasitwouldbedesirabletomakeitpossibleforundertakings to
meetemergencyandshort-termcallsonroadhaulageservicesbygranting
specialCommunityauthorizations tailoredtotheserequirements ;
OJL357of29December1976,p.1.
20JL358of31December1977,p.4.

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VJhereasitwouldbedesirablefor"theMemberStatestocontribute
towardsthegradualintroduction ofnewroadhaulageundertakings to
multilateral trsai3portoperationswithoutrequiringthecompetent
authoritiestograntannualCommunityauthorizations ;whereasa
solutionofthistypewouldenableundertakings toassesstheirability
toadjustbyactuallyengaginginsuchtransportoperations ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Re2*al.aiion(EEC)JO3"64/76isamendedasfollows:
1. AnArticle3a,wordedssfollows,isinserted:
Article3a
"1.By1Januaryeachyear,MemberStatesmayapplyto
haveamaximumof10$oftheirCommunityauthorizations
convertedwitheffectfromthatdateintoshort-term
Communityauthorizations validforaperiodof10days.
2.OneCommunityauthorization maybeconvertedinto
40short-term Communityauthorizations .
3.Short–term Communityauthorizations mustconformto
themodelshowninAnnexla.ThisAnnexalsosetsout
theconditionssubjecttowhichtheseauthorizations may
beused.
4«Inexchangeforanequivalent numberofannual
Communityauthorizations ,theCommissionshallissue
short-term Communityauthorizations totheMemberStates
forallocation toroadhauliers."
2. AnAnn»xla,thetextof..hichiagiveninAnnex1tothis
Regulation,isadded.

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3.Article4(1)isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"1.TransportoperationseffectedunderCommunityauthorizations
validforonecalendaryearorshort-term Communityauthorizations
shallheenteredonarecordsheet,amodelofwhich,together
withthegeneralprovisions onuseandthesupplyofinformation,
iscontainedinAnnexII".
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1980.
Article2
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ThisRegulationshall "be"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.

ANNEX Ia
(a)
• I
(Thick paper -format 15x21cm)
(First page ofshort-term Community authorization )
(Text tobeworded intheofficial language orlanguages of
the Member State issuing theauthorization ;translations in
theother official languages oftheCommunity tobegiven
onpages (e)and (f)
COMMISSION
orTHE
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITT.ES
COMMUNITY AUTHORIZATION (1)No /1 (tokO)
for the carriage ofgoods byroad forhire orreward between the
Member States oftheEuropean Economic Community
This authorization entitles(Impresseti stamp State issuing Competent
ofthe Commission theauthorisation authority
oftheEuropean international or
Communities ) .distinguishing sign agency
tocarry goods byroad forhire orreward ,bymeans ofasingle
▼ehicle oracoupled combination ofvehicles ,from any Member State .
oftheEuropean Economic Community byanyroute toanyother Member
State thereof ,and tomove such vehicle orcombination unladen over
any part ofthe territory oftheaforesaid Community *
This authorization isvalid foraperiod of10days from
toW
I£IIssued at date
11 (3)
|wUr
(1)International distinguishing signes ofMember States |
Belgium (B),Denmark (DK),Germany (D)vFranc e(F),Ireland (IRL),
Italy (I)tLuxembourg (L),Netherlands (NL),United Kingdom (GB)«
(2)Name/orregisteredbusinessname,andfulladdressofcarrier.
(3)Signature andstamp ofthecompetent authority oragency issuing the
authorization .

<b>
(Second page ofshort-term Community authorization )
(Text tobeworded inthe official language orlanguages ofthe
Member State issuing theauthorization !translations intheother
official languages oftheCommunity tobegiven onpages (c)and (d)
GENERAL PROVISIONS
This authorization permits the international carriage ofgoods byroad
forhire orreward from any Member State oftheEuropean Economic
Community byany route toanyother Member State ,but does notauthorize
the carrying out ofany transport operation forhire orreward entirely
within the territory ofone Member State .
Itisnot valid for transport operations between aMember State and a
non-member State ,nor isitvalid onthe territory ofanon-member
State fortransport intransit through that non-member State .
Itispersonal totheholder andnon-transferable .
Itmay bewithdrawn bythe competent authority oftheMember State which
issued it,inter alia ,ifintheir opinion they areunder-utilized .
Itmaybeused foronly onevehicle atatime (1).
Itmust becarried inthe vehicle and must beaccompanied byabook of
record sheets for all international transport operations effected under it.
Theauthorization and thebook ofrecord sheets forinternational transport
operations must beproduced together whenever required byanauthorized
inspecting officer .
Theholder isrequired tocomply intheterritory foreach Member State
with thelaws ,regulations andadministrative provisions ofthat State ,
and inparticular with those concerning transport androad traffic .
This authorization must bereturned tothecompetent issuing authority
oragency with 2days following its date ofexpiry .