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COM(75)188final
Brussels,30April1975
I
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
ontheopeningofnegotiations foranAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandnon-membercountries
onarrangements for
certaintypesofinternational combinedroad/railcarriageofgoods
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(75)183final

EXPLANATORY MEMDRAinXJM
1,ThoCouncilDirectiveof17February1975established common
rulesforcertaintypesofcombined,road/railcarriageofgoodsbetween
MemberStatesandprovidedforfreeingthesetypesofcarriagefromall
quotasystemsandsystemsofauthorization .
2«Theabove-mentioned Directive,whichisbasedonArticle75of
theTreaty,hadtheeffectofbringingcombinedroad/railcarriageunder
thecommontransportpolicyB
Itmustbepointedoutthatontheonehanddifferences between
Communityarrangements and,ontheother,thoseapplyingtocarriage
betweenIlemberStatesandnon-member countriescauseeconomicandin
somecasespracticaldifficulties .
Them?„inconcernisthattheinternational combinedroad/rail
carriageofgoodsintheCommunityshouldnotbecoveredbydifferent
arrangements dependingonwhethertherouteconcernedlieswhollywithin
theCommunityortheoperationiscarriedouttoorfromtheterritory
ofanon-membercountry.
Itmustbestressedthatdifferencesinthedegreetowhich
thetypesofcarriageconcernedarefreefromrestrictions hamperthe
development ofaneconomically advantageous methodofoperationand
preventtheoptimumuseofterminalinstallations forwhichtheinvestment
costsarecomparatively high#However,toextendtheprocessof
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liberalization advocated intheDirective of17February 1975 would be
anincentive forgreater usetobemade ofthis method ,andwould
make itpossible touse themost suitable andnearest loading and
unloading stations irrespective offrontiers ,resolve transit questions
likely toarise inthis field ,help toprotect theenvironment and
also toenhance road safety byreducing traffic .
Inaddition ,theintroduction ofuniform ,oratleast
similar ,control documents would simplify thecarrying outoftransport
operations and obviate anumber ofadministrative restrictions .
3. Furthermore itis .tobenoted that Member States maynot ,
either individually orcollectively ,enter into obligations with
non-member countries where these obligations would belikely to
affect theCommunity provisions inquestion . '
4* Accordingly ,negotiations should beopened with non-member
countries towhich itisparticularly worthwhile toextend the
Community provisions ,either because oftheir geographical location
orbecause ofthe volume oftheir .traffic with Member States ofthe
Community .Onthebasis ofthese -criteria ,negotiations would be
started with Austria ,Greece ,Norway ,Portugal ,Spain ,Sweden ,
Switzerland ,Turkey andYugoslavia . ' .

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Proposal foraCouncil Decision
ontheopening ofnegotiations foranAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andnon-member countries
onarrangements forcertain types ofinternational
combined road/rail carriage ofgoods
TH3COUNCIL OPTHE ]EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
Having regard totheCommission .proposal ;
Whereas theCouncil Directive of17February 1975 established common
rules forcertain types ofcombined road/rail carriage ofgoods between
Member States ;
Whereas combined carric,ge within theCommunity should notbesubject to
different arrangements depending onwhether theroute concerned lies
wholly within theCommunity orbetween Member States andnon-member
countries ;
Whereas itisdesirable ,because oftheeconomic advantages ofcombined
road/rail carriage anditscontribution toroad safety ,toprovide an
incentive forgreater use tobemade ofthis method fortheinternational
carriage ofgoods between Member States andnon-member countries ;
whereas liberalizing measures ,including theright oftransit ,will
further thi3 development ;
Wherea3 these objectives should beattained bytheconclusion' ofan
agreement between theCommunity andAustria ,Greece ,Norway ,Portugal ,
Spain ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Turkey andYugoslavia ;
Whereas itwould besuitable toauthorize theCommission toopen
appropriate negotiations ;
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DECIDES
Article 1'
■ ' '*•t* « . %
TheCommission isauthorized toopen negotiations with Austria ,
Greece ,Norway ,Portugal ,Spain ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Turkey and
Yugoslavia with aview toconcluding anAgreement between theSECand
these countries inorder toestablish uniform rules for the combined
road/rail carriage ofgoods from ortotheterritory ofoneofthese
countries or,incases where theterritory ofoneofthese non-member
countries iscrossed intransit ,between twoMember States ,
Article 2
TheCommission shall conduct thenegotiations inaccordance
•with theguidelines given intheAnnex tothis Decision ,
These guidelines maybeamended oradded tobytheCouncil ,
acting by ,aqualified majority ,onaproposal from theCommission ,
Done atBrus sels, Por the Council
The Président

ANMEX
1,Generalobjective
TransportlinksbetweenMemberStatesontheonehandandthe
non-membercountriesmentionedinArticle1ofthisDecisiononthe
othershouldbethesubjectofmeasuresbasedontheprovisionsofthe
CouncilDirectiveof17February1975ontheestablishment ofcommon
rulesforcertaintypesofcombinedroad/railcarriageofgoodsbetween
MemberStates,
2,Concertedaction
Provisionshouldbemadeforconcertedactionbythecontracting
parties'representatives attherequestofoneofthepartieswhenever
aspecialneedsorequires.Theserepresentatives couldalsoreview
thegeneraloperationoftheAgreementandwhereappropriate make
proposalstoamenditoraddtoit,
3,PeriodofvalidityoftheAgreement;extendingthisperiod
'.TheAgreementwouldrunforaperiodoftenyears.Unlessthe
Agreementisterminatedbyoneofthecontractingpartiesthisperiod
wouldsubsequently beextendedautomatically .
4,Terminiting theAgreernent
Hithercontractingpartyshouldbeabletoterminatethe
Agreementafterconsultingtheotherpartyinadvanceandgivingdue
notice.
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