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COMMISSION CFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)297Final
Brussels.6March1974
COMMISSION OPINION
of6March1974
addressedtothegovernmentoftheKingdomofDenmarkontwodraft
lawsrelatingtointernational goodstransportbymotorvehicle
andtointernational passengertransportbybusandcoach
00K(74)297Final

conzssioìToprsioii
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addressedtothegovernmentoftheKingdomofDenmark
ontwodraftlawsrelatingtointernational goods
transportbymotorvehicleandtointernational
passengertransportbybusandcoach
Inaccordance withArticle1oftheCouncilDecisionof21March
1962(l)institutingaprocedureforpriorexaminationandconsultation
inrespectofcertainlaws,regulations andadministrative provisions
proposedbymemberstatesinthefieldoftransport,asamendedbythe
CouncilDecisionof22November1973(2)»theDanishgovernmentsentthe
Commission,undercoverofaletterof31January1974fromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ,thetextof
twodraftlawsrelatingtointernational goodstransportbymotorvehicle
andtointernational passengertransportbybusandcoach.
TheDanishgovernmentaskedfortheapplication oftheurgent
procedureprovidedforinArticle2,para.4oftheDecisionandinformed
theothermemberstatesofthedraftlaws.
TheletterfromtheOfficeofthePermanentRepresentative reached
theCommissionon4February1974*The15dayperiodwithinwhichthe
Commissionmustgiveitsopinion,accordingtotheCouncilDecisionof
21March19^2,asamendedbytheCouncilDecisionof22November1973,
hasbeenextendedto6March1974inaccordancewithArticle2,paragraph
4ofthatDecision.
TheCommissionhasnotthoughtitnecessarytocallaninformation
meetingwithrepresentatives oftheDanishgovernmentortoconsultwith
theothermemberstatesinaccordancewithArticle2,paragraph3ofthe
CouncilDecision.
(1)O.J.no.23of3Aprii1962,p.720/62
(2)O.J.no.L347of17December1973,p.48

UnderArticle2,paragraph1oftheCouncilDecisionof21March1962,
asamended "bytheCouncilDecisionof22November1973»"theCommission
formulatesthefollowingOpinion:
I
1.TheCommissionnotesthattheproposedmeasureswouldsubject
international goodsandpassengertransporttoauthorization ,subjectto
anycontraryrequirements flowinginparticularfromCommunitymeasures.
TheCommissiontakestheviewthatthewordingofthisexceptionmakesit
possibletotakeaccountnotonlyofcommonrulesfreeingfromthesystem
ofauthorizations setupbythelawthetransportoperationscoveredby
suchCommunitymeasures,butalsoofCommunitymeasuresestablishing a
Communityauthorization system.
Twootherexceptionsenvisagedbythetwodraftlawsconcerncontrary
arrangements arisingfromagreements madebetweenDenmarkandoneormore
foreignstates,aswellasarrangements drawnupbytheMinisterofPublic
Works.TheCommissionnotesthatrespectfor>Communitylawrequiresthat
theseexceptionsshouldbeappliedinaccordancewiththatlaw.
2.TheCommissionnotesalsothatthedraftlawsincludeprovisions ,
allowingtheauthoritiestotakethenecessarystepstoapplyrulesadopted
bytheEuropeanCommunitiesinrelationtotheinternational transportof
goodsandpassengersbyroad,andthatthedraftlawrelatingtogoods
transportenvisagesalsothepossibilitythatprovisionsconcerningthe
application oftariffsshouldincludeenforcement arrangements withwhich
transportfirmswouldberequiredtocomply.
IntheCommission'sviewtheseprovisionsallowtheDanishgovernment
tosetupalltheenforcement arrangements requiredbyCommunityregulations
alreadyinforce,particularly thearrangementsforenforcementattransport
firms'headquarters andonvehiclesontheroad.

3.TheCommissionhasnocommentsontheotherprovisionsofthetwo
draftlaws.
II
4.Inconclusion,theCommissionraisesnoobjectiontothelegislative
provisionsproposedbytheDanishgovernment.
5.TheCommissionisinformingtheothermemberstatesofthisOpinion.
Dono.-vtBrussels,6March1974
FortheCommission
Th.;President
Francois–XavierORTOLI.