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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)216final..
Brussels,26April1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
specifyingcertainaspectsofthe
AgreementwhichtheCommissionis
authorizedtonegotiatepursuant
totheCouncilDecisionsof
15October1975and20February1978
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

BACKGROUND ■
1»Negotiations have "been continuing ontie "basis oftheCouncil
Decision of20February 1978 amending theDecisions of15October
1975 concerning thenegotiation ofanAgreement "between the
European Economic Community andthird countries ontherules
applicable totheinternational carriage ofpassengers Ivjcoach
and "bus^j themostrecent session washeld from 5to7
February 1979 •
2.With theexception ofonsquestion ofsubstance andoneofform ,
which arediscussed "below ,consensus wasreached during the
negotiations onaPreliminary Draft Agreement }thetexb ofwhich
isgiven inanAnnex tothiB document®
QUESTION CFSUBSTANCE
3.Thequestion istheliberalization ofjourneys with unladen entries
totake uppassengers ,referred toinArticle 5?paragraph 2ofthe
Preliminary Draft Agreement «Theproblem can "be "broken down ,as
follows :
(a)Conclusion ofthecontract ofcarriage
(i)Thetext oftheAgreement prcposed^b .^theCommunity
4.Thetext ofArticle 5,paragraph 2(a)ofthedraft Agreement ,as
proposed "bytheCommunity delegation under itsnegotiating directives ,
restricts liberalization solsly tounladen entries forthepurpose
oftaMng uppassengers constituting groups formed under contracts
ofcarriage "before their arrival ontheterritory oftheContracting
Document B/47/1/T8(ïRAUS 4-Rev .1)of2.0January 1978 .

Party where they aretaken up.
AstheCommunity isoneoftheContracting Parties ,theterritories
ofitsMember States areregarded asasingle entity forthepurpose
oftheAgreement .
(ii)Position ofthethird countries
5.Theconsequences ofsuch aprovision forthetransport services
under consideration can "beillustrated "bythefollowing examples :
–aSwedish carrier could enter Denmark unladen totake upa
group ofpassengers formed intheUnited States ,Japan or
Finland ,hut the same carrier could notenter Denmark unladen
totake upagroup ofpassengers formed inGermany ;
–ontheother hand ,aGerman carrier could enter Denmark unladen
(under Community legislation )^"totakeuppassengers arriving
from theUnited States ,Japan orFinland ,orpassengers arriving
from Sweden .
6.Thenon-member countries consider that this provision could cause
economic imbalance inthefunctioning oftheAgreement ,asit .
clearly favours Community carriers more than those ofnon-member
countries .
Inview ofthis ,they wish toamend thetext ofArticle 5»
paragraph 2(a)toprovide fortheliberalization ofunladen
entries forthepurpose oftaking upgroups formed under
contracts ofcarriage made "before their arrival ontheterritory
ofthecountry where they aretaken up.
Regulation No117/66/EECof28July1$66(OJffo147,9August 1966,
p.2688 ).

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Underthisformula,andrevertingtotheaboveexample,Swedishcarriers
would"beabletoenterDenmarkunladentotakeuppassengersgroupedin
Germany,aswellasthosepermittedunderthepresentwording,andparity
wouldtherebybeestablishedforSwedishcarriers.
(iii)TheCommission'sposition
7.TheadvantagesforCommunitycarriersderivefromthefactthatthey
canbenefitfromtheprovisionsofboththeAgreementandCommunitylegislation ,
aswellasfromthegeographical sizeoftheCommunitywhich,initsentirety,
constitutesamarketwithappreciabletouristpotential.
Nevertheless ,thefollowingfactorsshouldbeborneinmindasrelevantto
thefinaldecisionswhichtheCouncilisrequiredtoadoptonthismatter:
–theaimoftheliberalization underconsideration istofacilitatethe
operationoftouristtransportservices,organizedbythecarrierhimself
orbyprovidersofservicesancillarytotransport(e.g.travelagents)
workingcloselywiththecarrier.Inthefinalanalysis,whatis.involved
istrafficwhichthecarrierhas"won"byhisowneffortsandthecommercial
costsofwhichhehimselfbears.Itthereforeseemsonlyfairthatthe
servicesinvolvedincarryingthistrafficshouldbeoperatedbythe
carrierwhohasorganizeditorhascontributedtoitsorganizing;
-theprovisionrequestedbythenon-membercountrieswouldplacecarriers
fromallthePartiestotheAgreementonthesamefooting;itisthereforebased
ontheprincipleofequaltreatmentwhichtheCommunitycouldhardly
disregard:

–therequestofthenon-membercountriesdoesnotaffecttheprinciple
underlyingparticipation intheAgreement,namelythattrafficbetweenthe
MemberStatesisreservedforCommunitycarriersandremainssubjectto
Communitylegislation (RegulationNo117/66),foranygroupstakenupby
carriersofnon-membercountrieswouldthenbecarriedoutsidetheCommunity
(thusexcludingthepossibilityofthesepassengersbeingcarriedbetweentwo
pointswithintheterritoriesoftheMemberStates)\
–thetotalvolumeoftrafficwhichwouldbecoveredbytheprovisionproposed
bythenon-membercountriesissmallcomparedwiththetotalamountoftraffic
liberalized byvirtueoftheAgreement.
8.TheCommissionthereforeconsidersthattherequestofthenon-membercountri
shouldbegivensympatheticconsideration andhencethatthetextofArticle5,
paragraph2(a)shouldbeamendedinaccordancewiththerequestofthese
countries.
(b)Determination ofthetransportoperationswhichmaybecarriedoutafter
aliberalized unladenentry
(i)ThetextoftheAgreementproposedbytheCommunity
9.Carriersmakinganunladenentrytotakeupagroupofpassengers mayin
theorycarryoutthefollowingactivities ;
(a)enterunladenandcarryoutaclosed–doortourbeginningatthepoint
wherethepassengersaretakenup,i.e.atourinwhichnopassengersaretaken
uporsetdownalongtheroute;example:aSwedishcarriermayenterDenmark
unladentotakeup,inCopenhagen,agroupoftravellersformedinthe
UnitedStates.ThegroupmakesaroundtourstartinginCopenhagen,passing
throughGermanyandFrance,andreturningtoCopenhagen.Herethegroup
disembarksfromthevehicle,whichreturnsunladentoSweden;

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(b)errterunladenandcarrythepassengerstotheterritoryofanother
Contracting Party;
example:theSwedishcarrierentersDenmarkunladen,takesupagroupof
passengersinCopenhagenandcarriesthemtoNorway.Therethegroupdisembarks
andthevehiclereturnsunladentoSweden;
(c)enterunladenandcarrythetravellerstotheterritoryoftheState
inwhichthevehicleisregistered ;
example:theSwedishcarrierentersDenmarkunladen,takesupagroupof
passengersinCopenhagenandcarriesthemtoSweden.
ThisversionofthetextofthedraftAgreement(Article5)implicitly
allowsofallthreepossibilities ,withoutinfringingthearrangements
forCommunitycarriersunderRegulationNo117/66.
(ii)Positionofthethirdcountries
Thenon-membercountriesexpressedunanimousagreementonthearrangement set
outin(c)above.
Ontheotherhand,therearestilldifferences overthearrangements setout
in(a)and(b).
(iii)TheCommission'sposition
10.TheCommissionconsidersthattheliberalizing ofunladenentriesfor
thepurposeofcarryinggroupsofpassengerstothecountryinwhichthe
vehicleconcernedis'registered(Point9(c))concernsmostoasesactually
occurringinthemarket,andthatthepossiblesituationscoveredby
Points9(a.)and(b)areofonlymarginalimportance,sincetheservices
referredtointheseparagraphsoomprisealargeamountofunladentravel
bythevehicle,whichincreasestransportcostsandrates.

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TheCommissionthereforeconsidersthattheCommunitycouldalsosupport
theminimalist formulawhichprovidessolelyfortheliberalizing ofunladen
entriesforthepurposeoftakingupagroupofpassengersandcarryingthem
totheterritoryoftheContractingPartyinwhichthevehicleisregistered.
Thisformulawouldalsomitigatetheeffectofliberalizing unladenentries
inthesituations examinedinPoints4"to7above<,
(c)thecarriageofmigrantworkers
(i)ThetextoftheAgreementproposedbytheCommission
Article5,paragraph2(b)ofthedraftAgreementproposedbytheCommission
providesfortheliberalizing ofunladenentriesintotheterritoryofa
Contracting Partytotakeuppassengerspreviouslytakentherebythesame
carrier.
Example:ASwedishcarrierentersDenmarkunladentotakeupagroupof
passengerswhichhehadsetdownthereattheendofanearlierjourney.
(ii)Positionofthethirdcountries
Somenon-membercountries(particularlyPortugal,Spain,TurkeyandYugoslavia)
tabledareservationwithregardtothisprovision,onthe"groundsthatit
createsadisequilibrium betweenCommunityandnon-Community carriers.
ThesecountriesfeelthatCommunitycarrierscouldtakeadvantageofthis
provisiontocarrygroupsofforeignworkersresidentinCommunitycountries
totheircountriesoforiginwhentheyreturnthereonholiday;attheend
oftheholidays,thesamecarrierswouldreturntothesecountriestotake
uptheworkersandcarrythembacktotheircountriesofresidence.

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(Example:AGermancarriertakesagroupofYugoslavnationalsworking
inGermaiytoYugoslavia ;twoweekslater,thesamecarriermakesanother
journey,enteringYugoslaviaunladen,totakeupthesamegroupof
passengersandcarrythemhacktoGermany).
Toredressthebalance,thenon-membercountriesareaskingthattheir
carriersheallowedtoentertheterritoryoftheMemberStatesofthe
Communityunladentotakeupworkersofthenationality ofthecountry
inwhichthevehicleisregistered andcarrythem"thither.Attheendof
theholidaysthesamecarrierswouldbringbacktheworkerstothe
countryinwhichtheyareresidentasimmigrantworkers.
(iii)TheCo^iss_ion^sp£s_ition
TheCommissionconsidersthattherequestofthenon-membercountrieswould
havetheresultofestablishing aprincipleofdiscrimination basedonthe
nationality bothofthecarrierandofthepersonscarried.
Also,aprovisionofthistypewould,ineffect,placethecarriersof
non-membercountriesinapositionmorefavourablethanthatgrantedto
Communitycarriers.
Evenifsuchaprovisionweretobeacceptedjitwouldbeverydifficultto
applyinpracticeandtherewouldalsobeinsurmountable difficulties as
regardscontrols.
Forallthesereasons,theCommissionconsidersthattheCommunityshould
notaccedetothisrequestbycertainnon-membercountries.

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Ifthese countries maintain their reservations with regard toArticle 5»
paragraph 2(b),apossible solution might "betoagree with thecountries
concerned not toliberalize unladen entries forthepurpose oftaking up
groups ofpassengers previously carried "bythesame operator tothe
territory oftheContracting Party concerned .
(d)Compromise
The Commission considers that acompromise with the non-member countries
might "bereached byamending thepresent text ofArticle 5"topermit the
liberalization ofunladen entries ofvehicles into theterritory ofa
Contracting Party under thefollowing conditions :
(i)passengers tobetaken upmust begrouped under acontract of
carriage made before their arrival inthecountry where they are
.taken up;
(ii)following anunladen entry ,thecarrier must carry thegroup of
passengers constituted asunder (i)above totheterritory of
theContracting Party inwhich thevehicle isregistered ;
(iii)unladen entries forthepurpose oftaking uppassengers setdown
attheendofaprevious journey will beliberalized only in
respect oftraffic between Contracting Parties accepting this
form ofliberalization ;
(iv)unladen entries forthepurpose oftaking upmigrant workers
resident intheplace they aretaken upwill notbeliberalized
andtherefore remain subject totheauthorization system *
TheContracting Parties could undertake togive sympathetic consideration
toanyapplications forauthorizations submitted tothem inthis
connection ,apoint which could beembodied inadeclaration annexed to
theAgreement .

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III.PROBLEMOFFORM
Intheinterestsofavoidinganadditionalworkloadsaidanavalanche
ofpaperwork,allthenon-membercountriesexpressedthemselvesin
favourofdrawinguptheAgreementinonlyonelanguage,namely
Frenchjthistextalone"beingauthentic.
TheCommissionreserveditspositiononthispoint.Butitdoes
considerthatthesolutionadvocatedshould "beacceptedbythe
Communitybecause:
–theuseofasinglelanguagewouldconsiderably reducethe
administrative work;
–translations ofthetextoftheAgreementinalltheofficialCommunity
languageswillappear,inanycase,asanAnnextotheCommunity
regulationembodyingtheCouncil'sapprovalofthisAgreementon
behalfoftheCommunity;
–iftheCommunityweretoinsistonhavingtheAgreementdrawnupin
alltheCommunitylanguagesoreveninseveralofthelanguages,this
wouldautomatically promptarequestfromalltheContractingParties
thattheAgreementbedrawnupin.alltheirlanguages •
Inviewoftheforegoing,theCommissionpresentstotheCouncilthe
annexedproposalforadecision.

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION "
specifyingcertainaspectsofthe
AgreementwhichtheCommissionis
authorizedtonegotiatepursuant
totheCouncilDecisionsof
15October1975and20February1978
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasbytheDecisionsof15October1975and"tkeDecisionof
20February1973theCouncilauthorizedtheCommissiontonegotiatean
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthirdcountrieson
therulesapplicabletotheinternational carriageofpassengersbycoach
andbus;whereastheCouncilissuednegotiatingdirectivesforthat
purpose;
Whereassomeoftheproblemsarisingduringthenegotiations requirethat
theCommunitystateitspositionthereon;whereas,moreparticularly,it
wouldbedesirabletosupplementthedirectivesissuedbytheCouncilon
15October1975and20February1978bydefiningthejourneyswithunladen
entrieswhicharetobeliberalized andprovidingformorelimited
liberalization fortrafficlinkswiththosethirdcountrieswhichso
desire;whereasitshouldbedecidedinwhatlanguagetheauthentic
textoftheAgreementistobedrawnup,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Solearticle
TheprovisionssetoutintheAnnexheretoshallbeaddedtothetwoCouncil
Decisionsof15October1975andtheCouncilDecisionof20February1978.
DoneatBrussels,•••••••••••• FortheCouncil
ThePresident

AMIEX
Inthenegotiations "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
Austria,Spain,Finland,Greece,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,
Switzerland ,TurkeyandYugoslaviaconcerninganAgreementonthe
rulesapplicabletotheinternational carriageofpassengers by­
roadbymeansofoccasionalcoachandbusservices,theCommission
willpropose:
(a)Wit_h_r_e^ardto^occasiona^£ervices__
1»thatoutwardunladenjourneystotakeuppassengers "beliberalized
onconditionthatthepassengersconstitutegroupsformedunder
contractsofcarriagemadebeforetheirarrivalinthecountry
inwhichtheyaxetakenup;
2.thatattheendofanunladenoutwardjourneyasdescribedin
1above,thecarriermustcarrythegroupofpassengerstothe
territoryoftheContractingPartyinwhichthevehicleis
registered ;
3.thatunladenoutwardjourneystotakeuppassengerssetdownat
theendofapreviousjourneybeliberalized onlyfortraffic
linksbetweenContractingPartieswhichacceptthisformof
liberalization ^
4.thatoutwardunladenjourneystotakeupmigrantworkersresident
intheplacewheretheyaretakenupshouldnotbeLiberalized andshould
remainsubjecttoauthorization .
(b)With_r££ard _io^the^authentj^c^tjext £f„themA^£ement_
5.thattheAgreementbedrawnupinFrenchonly,andthatthistext
alonebeauthentio.

AGREEMENT
PITTTTETFTCTATT01TAL CARRIAGE OFPASSEMT^RG BYROAD
BY"TIEAITSOPOCCASIONAL COACH BUSSERVICES(ASOR)
Cc-rr.crtr:;ThefootnotesstemfromthediscussionatthePlenaryMeeting
inBrusselson5>67February1979*

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heCounciloftheEurppeanCommunities,
eFederalPresidentoftheRepublicofAustria,
sMajestytheKingofSpain,
lePresidentoftheRepublicofFinland,
lePresidentoftheHellenicRepublic,
leGovernmentoftheKingdomofNorway,
hePresidentofthePortugueseRepublic,
heSwissFederalCouncil,
heGovernmentofSweden,
hePresidentoftheRepublicofTurkey,
'hePresidentoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia,
JESIiltlTGtopromotethedevelopmentofinternational transportand
especiallytofacilitatetheorganisation andoperationthereof;
.•JIOKJEASsomeinternational carriageofpassengersbyroadbymeansof
occasionalcoachandbusservicesareatpresentliberalised asfaras
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityisconcerned,bytheCouncilRegulation
fro.117/O6/E20of28thJuly,1966concerningtheintroductionofcommon
rulesfortheinternationalcarriageofpassengersbycoachandbus^
andbyRegulation(EEC)No.1016/68oftheCommissionof9thJuly,I968
prescribingthemodelcontroldocumentsreferredtoinArticles6and9
ofCouncilRegulationNo,117/66/EEC^^-
UKEREAS,inaddition,theEuropeanConferenceofMinistersofTransport
hasadoptedResolutionHo.20ofl6thDecember,I969concerningthe
introduction ofgeneralrulesforinternational coachanabustransport
whichalsoconcernstheliberalisation ofsomeinternational carriageof
passengersbyroadbymeansofoccasionalcoachandbusservices;
!iHE3HEASitisdesirabletoprovideforharmonizedliberalisation measures
foroccasionalinternational servicesforpassengersbyroadandtosimpli­
fyinspectionproceduresbyintroducingasingledocument .
(1)0JoftheECNo.147of9thAugust,1966,p.2638
(2)OJoftheECNo,L173of22ndJuly,I968,p.8.
(3)VolumeofECMTKesolutions,I969«p.67,
volumeofECMTResolutions.1971»p.133.
/
*«/•«

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WHEREASitisdesirabletoassignsomeadministrative tasksconcernedwith
theAgreementtotheSecretariatoftheEuropeanConferenceofMinisters
ofTransport;
HAVEDECIDEDTOESTABLISH UNIFORMRULES
FORTHEINTERNATIONALCARRIAGE OFPASSENGERS BY"ROAD
BYMEANSOFOCCASIONAL COACHANDBUSSERVICES^)
andtothisendhavedesignatedastheirPlenipotentiaries :
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities :
TheFederalPresidentoftheRepublicofAustria:
HisMajestytheKingofSpain:
ThePresidentoftheRepublicofFinland:
ThePresidentoftheHellenicRepublic:
TheGovernmentoftheKingdomofNon-fay:
ThePresidentofthePortugueseRepublic:
TheSwissFederalCouncil:
TheGovernment ofSweden:
ThePresidentoftheRepublicofTurkey:
ThePresidentoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYogoslavia :
WHO,havingexchangedtheirFullPowers,foundingoodanddueform,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
(l)GeneralreservationoftheYugoslavDelegationconcerningthecontentofthePreliminaryDraftAgreementasithasnotyetbeenapprovedby
theFederalExecutiveCouncil.

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SECTIONI
SCOPEAIÏÏ)DEFINTTI0TT3
Article1^
1.ThisAgreementshallapplytotheinternational carriageofpassen­
gersbyroadbymeansofoccasionalserviceseffecteds
–betweentheterritoriesoftwoContractingPartiesor
–startingandfinishingintheterritoryofthesameContracting
Party,andshouldtheneedariseduringsuchacarriage,but
intransitthroughtheterritoryofanotherContractingParty
(2)orthroughtheterritoryofanon-contracting Statevf
and
–usingvehiclesregisteredinaContractingPartywhichbyvirtue
oftheirconstruction andtheirequipment,aresuitablefor
carryingmorethanninepersons,includingthedriver,andare
intendedforthatpurpose.
2.ForthepurposesofthisAgreement,theterm"territoryofa
ContractingParty"covers,asfarastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityis
concerned,theseterritories wheretheTreatyestablishingthatCommunity
isappliedundertheconditionslaiddowninthatTreaty.
Article2
1.ForthepurposesofthisAgreementoccasionalservicesshallmean
servicesfallingneitherwithinthedefinitionofaregularservicein
Article3norwithinthedefinitionofashuttleserviceinArticle4»
Theyincludes
{&)closed-doortours,thatistosayserviceswheretythesame
vehicleisusedtocarrythesamegroupofpassengersthroughout
thejourneyandtobringthembacktotheplaceofdeparture 5
(b)serviceswhichmaketheoutwardjourneyladenandthereturn
journeyunladen;
(0)allotherservices*
To-®.*YugoslavDelegationconsidersthattheAfferentshouldalsocovertransporttoandfronanon-contractingState.
(2)ThePortugese SSw
oftheprovisionsofth.Asree.entuponthoseof
theCommunityregulation.(*)
(0)
(1)
(2)

2.Saveforexemptionsauthorised trythecompetentauthoritiesinthe
ContractingPartyconcerned,inthecourseofoccasionali?er-ricesno
passengermaybetakenuporsetdownduringthejourney.Such
servicesmayheoperatedwithsomedegreeoffrequencywithoutthereby
ceasingtobeoccasionalservices „
Article 5
1.ForthepurposesofthisAgreementregularservicesshallmean
serviceswhichprovideforthecarriageofpassengersaccordingtoa
specifiedfrequencyandalongspecifiedroutes,"herebypassengers may
betakenupandsetdownatpredetermined stoppingpoints.Regular
servicescanbesubjecttotheobligationtorespectpreviouslyestab­
lishedtimetables andtariffs.
2.Forthepurposesofthir;Agreement,services,bywhomsoever
organised,whichprovideforthecarriageofspecifiedcategoriesof
passengerstotheexclusionofotherpassengers,insofarassuch
servicesareoperatedundertheconditionsspecifiedinparagraph 1,
shallbedeemedtoberegularservices.Suchservices,inparticular
thoseprovidingforthecarriageofworkerstoandfromtheirplaceof
workorofschoolchildren toandfromschool,arecalled"special
regularservices".
Thefactthataservicemaybevariedaccordingtotheneedsof
thoseconcernedshallnotaffectitsclassification asaregularservice.
Article£
1.ForthepurposesofthisAgreementshuttleservicesshallmean
serviceswhereby,bymeansofrepeatedoutwardandreturnjourneys,pre­
viouslyformedgroupsofpassengersarecarriedfromasingleplaceof
departuretoasingledestination.Eachgroup,consistingofthe
passengerswhomadetheoutwardjourney,shallbecarriedbacktothe
placeofdepartureonalaterjourney„
Placeofdepartureanddestinationshallmeanrespectivelythe
placewherethejourneybeginsandtheplacewasretrie^ovvrn.syends*
togetherwith,inoachcase,thesurroundinglocality.
2.Inthecourseofshuttleservices,nopassengermaybetakenupor
setdownduringthejourney.

3.Thefirstreturnjourneyandthelastoutwardjourneyinaseries
ofjourneysshallbemadeunladen.
4.However,theclassification ofatransportoperationasashuttle
serviceshallnotbeaffectedbythefactthat,withtheagreementof
thecompetentauthoritiesinthecontractingpartyorpartiesconcerned
_passengers,notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph1,
makethereturnjourneywithanothergroup,
–passengers,notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph2,
aretalcenuporsetdownalongtheway,
-duringthefirstoutwardjourneyandthelastreturn
journey,notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph3,
nopassengersarecarried.

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SECTIONII
LIBERALISATION MBASUHES
Article 5
TheoccasionalservicesraferredtoinArticle2,paragraph1,(a)
and(b)shallbeexemptedfromauthorisation ontheterritoryofany
ContractingPartyotherthanthatinwhichthevehicleisregistered.
2.TheoccasionalservicesreferredtoinArticle2,paragraph 1[c)
shallbeexemptedfromauthorisation ontheterritoryofanyContracting
Partyotherthanthatinwhichthevehicleisregisteredunderthefollow­
ingconditions :
–iftheoutwardjourneyismadeunladenandallthepassengersaretaken
upinthesameplaceandif
–thepassengers
(a)constitutegroupsformedundercontractsofcarriagemade
(beforecrossingafrontierprevioustotheirarrivalat
theboardingpoint"^(beforetheirarrivalontheterritory
of)(2)ContractingParty)^^(theState)^^wherethey
boardandarecarriedontheterritoryof(theContracting
Party)^"^(theState)^^inwhichthevehicleisregistered
(orontheterritoryofanotherContractingParty)^or
(6)(b)werepreviouslybrought,bythesamecarrierinthecircumstances
providedforunderArticle2paragraph1(b),intotheterritory
oftheContractingPartywheretheyaretakenupagainandare
carriedintotheterritoryof(theContractingParty)^^(the
State)^^inwhichthevehicleisregistered(orintotheterritory
ofanotherContractingParty)or
(1)ProposedbytheAustrian,SwissandPortugueseDelegations.
(2)ProposedbytheCommunity.Oreelc.Finnish.SwedishandNorwegian
Delegations .
(3)ProposedbytheCommunityandGreekDelegations .
(4)ProposedbytheAustrian.Swiss,Portugese.Finnish,Swedish
NorwegianandSpanishDelegations .
(5)ReservationexpressedbytheFinnish,SwedishandNorwegian
Delegations ?theCommunityandAustrianDelegations couldagree
todeletethistext.
(6)Reservationastothewholeofpoint(b)expressedbythe
Portuguese .Spanish.TurkishandYugoslavDelegations .

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(c)have "been invited totravel totheterritory ofanother
Contracting Party ,the cost oftransport being "borne "bythe
person issuing theinvitation .Such passengers must constitute
ahomogeneous group ,which hasnotbeen formed solely with a
view toundertaking that particular journey andwhich returns
totheterritory oftheContracting Party where thevehicle
isregistered .
(7)(d.)form agroup ofworkers temporarily living abroad whoare
carried back totheir native land byacoach registered inthat
land^
(9)(d)form agroup ofworkers temporarily living abroad andwhoare
grouped under acontract ofcarriage made before thevehicle
enters theterritory oftheState where they aretaken up
^"before crossing afrontier previous tothearrival ofthe
vehicle tothepoint where thepassengers aretaken ujy^"^
their place ofdestination being situated intheterritory of
the covuitry where thevehicle isregistered .
3. Where ,inthecase ofoccasional services falling within Article 2,
paragraph 1(c),theconditions laid down inparagraph 2ofthis Article
arenotsatisfied ,such services may bemade subject toauthorisation on
theterritory oftheContracting Party concerned .
(7) Proposal oftheYugoslav Delegation .
(8) Reservation oftheCommunity andAustrian Delegations ;these
Delegations areinfavour ofthefollowing declaration :
"TheContracting Parties declare that asfarastheissue
ofauthorisations for -unladen entries forthe purpose of
carrying migrant workers returning totheir native land
forholidays isconcerned they will endeavour (tofind an
appropriate solution)^"^(to issue asrapidly aspossible and
without administrative complications thenecessary authorisations
provided forunder Article 5iparagraph 3?(2)inthecases where
noregular services exist capable ofundertaking the carriage
concerned ."
(1)Proposed bytheCommunity Delegation ,,
(2)Proposed bytheSwiss Delegation ,,
(9) Proposed bythePortuguese Delegation *
(10) Proposed bytheSwiss Delegation *

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SECTIONIII .
COflTROL DOCUMENT
Article6
Carriersoperatingoccasionalserviceswithinthemeaningofthis
Agreementshall,wheneverrequiredtodosobyanyauthorisedinspecting
officer,produceacontroldocumentissued "bythecompetentauthorities
intheContractingPartywherethevehicleisregisteredorbyaduly
authorisedagency.Thiscontroldocumentshallreplacetheexisting
controldocuments.
Article 7
1.ThecontroldocumentreferredtoinArticle6shallconsistof
detachablepassengerwaybillsinduplicatebooksof25•Thecontrol
documentshallconformtothemodelshowninAnnexIIofthisAgreement.
ThisAnnexshallformanintegralpartoftheAgreement .
2.Eachbookanditscomponentpassengerwaybillsshallbearanumber.
Thepassengerwaybillsshallbearsupplementary numbers,runningfrom1to
25.
3.Thewordingonthecoverofthebookandthatonthepassenger
waybillsshallbeprintedinth6officiallanguageorlanguagesofthe
LlemberStateoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityorofanyotherContracting
Partyinwhichthevehicleusedisregistered .
Article8
1.ThebookreferredtoinArticle7shallbemadeoutinthenameof
thecarrier;itshallnotbetransferable .
2.Thetopcopyofthepassengerwaybillshallbekeptonthevehicle
throughoutthejourneytowhichitrefers.
3.Thecarriershallberesponsibleforseeingthatpassengerwaybills
aredulyandcorrectlycompleted.
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Article9
1.Thepassengerwaybillshallbecompletedinduplicate "bythecarrier
foreachjourney "beforethestartofthelatter.
2.Forthepurposeofprovidingthenamesofpassengers,thecarrier
mayusealistalreadycompletedonaseparatesheet,whichshallbe
firmlystuckintheplaceprovidedforitunderitemNo.6inthepassenger
waybill.Thecarrier'sstampor,whereappropriate,thecarrierfssigna­
tureorthatofthedriverofthevehicleshallbeplacedacrossboththe
listandthepassengerwaybill.
3.Fortheservicesinvolvinganoutwardjourneyunladenreferredtoin
Article5,paragraph2ofthisAgreement,thelistofpassengers maybe
completedasprovidedinparagraph 2atthetimewhenthepassengersare
takenup.
Article10
ThecompetentauthoritiesintwoormoreContractingPartiesmay
at7reebilaterally ormultilaterally thatthelistofpassengersunder
itemNo.6ofthepassengerwaybillneednotbedrawnup.Inthatcase,
thenumberofpassengers mustbeshown.
Article11
1.Abookwithstiffgreencoversandcontainingacopyofthetext
ofthemodelcontroldocumentshowninAnnexIItothisAgreementineach
officiallanguageofalltheContractingPartiesmustbecarriedinthe
vehicle.
2.Thefollowingmustbeprintedonthecoverofthebookincapital
lettersandintheofficiallanguageorlanguagesoftheStateinwhichthe
vehicleusedisregistered :
"TortofthemodelpassengerwaybillinDanish,German,English,
Spanish,Finnish,French,Greek,Italian,Dutch,Norwegian,
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3. This book must beproduced whenever required byauthorized inspec­
ting officers .
Article 12
ITotv /ithctanding theprovisions ofArticle 6,control documents used
"before theentry into force ofthis Agreement maybeused during twoyears
after theentry into force oftheAgreement referred toinArticle 17,
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SECT IPIT IV
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS .
Article 13
1. Thecompetent authorities intheContracting Parties shall adopt
themeasures required toimplement this Agreement .
Such measures shall cover ,inparticular :
–theorganisation ,theprocedure andthemeans ofcontrol ,
andpenalties forany "breach ;
–theperiod ofvalidity ofthehook ;
–theprocessing andfiling ofthetopcopy andduplicate of
passenger waybills ;
–thedesignation ofthe competent authorities referred toin
Articles 2,6,10and14,aswell astheorganisations
referred toinArticle 6;
–thestamping ,ifrequired ,ofthepassenger waybill "byinspecting
officers .
2. Themeasures taken under paragraph 1shall hecommunicated tothe
Secretariat oftheEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport (ECMT )
which shall inform the other Contracting Parties .
Article 14
Thecompetent authoritiesin theContracting Parties will ensure that
thecarriers respect theprovisions ofthis Agreement .They will inform
each other inregard totheir respective national legislation ofthe
offences committed ontheirterritory byacarrier from^the territory of
another State and ,ifrelevant ,ofthepenalty imposed
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-Article 1
TheprovisionsofArticles5and6shallnot"beappliedtotheextent
thatAgreementsorotherarrangements inforceorto"beconcludedbetween
twoormoreContractingPartiesprovideformoreliberaltreatment.The
terms"Agreementsorotherarrangements inforcebetweentwoormore
ContractingParties"asfarastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityisconcerned
covertheAgreementsandotherarrangements whichhavebeenconcludedby
theMemberStatesofthisCommunity.
Article16
1.IftheoperationofthisAgreementorthemeasurestakenunder
Article13shouldmakeitnecessaryanyoftheContractingPartiescan
requesttha,tameetingoftheContractingPartiesbeconvenedforthe
purpoceofjointlyexaminingtheproblemsencountered andanysolutions
proposed.
2.Thechairmanship ofthemeetingsreferredtounderparagraph 1aboveshall
beheldalternately bytheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandanother
ContractingPartynominatedforthispurpose.
3.Requestsforconveningameeting,asmentionedinparagraph1,should
beaddressedtotheECMTSecretariat .
/.TheECMTSecretariatshallimmediately informtheotherContracting
Partiesofrequestsasmentionedinparagraph 1;unlesssuchrequestfor
conveningameetingiswithdrawnwithinfourweekstheECMTSecretariat ,
whenthisperiodisovershallfixthedateandplaceofthemeetingin
a^rreementwiththechairmaninofficesincethelastplenarymeetingand
shallconvenethismeetingat.theearliest .nossibledate..
Article17
1.ThisAgreementshallbeapprovedorratifiedbytheContracting
Partiesinaccordancewiththeirownprocedures.Theinstrumentsof
approvalorratificationshall"bedepositedbytheContractingParties
withtheSecretariatoftheECMT.
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2. This Agreement shall enter into force ,when five Contracting Parties
including theEuropean Economic Community have approved orratified it,on
the first dayofthethird month following thedate onwhich the fifth
instrument ofapproval orratification isdeposited .
3. This Agreement shall enter into force ,foreach Contracting Party
which approves orratifies itafter thedate ofentry into force provided
forunder paragraph 2,onthefirst dayofthethird month following the
date onwhich theContracting Partj -concerned hasdeposited itsinstrument
ofapproval orratification with theECMT Secretariat .
4. Theprovisions ofSections IIandIIIofthis Agreement shall "beapplicable
seven months after the entry into force oftheAgreement as
specified respectively inparagraphs 2and 3ofthis Article .
Article 18
1. After this Agreement has been inforce forthree years ,under the
conditions setoutinArticle 17?paragraph 2,anyContracting Party can ,
bymeans ofanotification addressed totheECMT Secretariat ,request the
convening ofaconference forthepurpose ofrevising theAgreement .The
Secretariat shall immediately inform the other Contracting Parties ofthe
request andfixthedate andplace ofthe Conference attheearliest
possible date .The Chairmanship ofthese conferences shall becovered bythe
provisions ofArticle 16,paragraph 2.
2. Asfarastheapproval ortheratification oftherevision ofthe
Agreement between alltheContracting Parties isconcerned ,aswell as
theentry into force oftherevision ,theprovisions ofArticle 17shall
apply .
Article 19
1. This Agreement isconcluded foraperiod offive years from itsentry
into force .
2. Each Contracting Party may ,foritspart ,withdraw from this
Agreement with 12months notice asfrom 1stJanuary bysimultaneous notifi­
cation totheother Contracting Parties through the ECMT Secretariat .
However ,theAgreement cannot beterminated during thefirst five years
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3-UnlessfiveContractingPartiesincludingtheEuropeanjiconomio
Communityhavewithdrawnthed->rrationofthisAgreementshall,onthe
expiryofthefive–yearperiodreferredtoinparagraph 1,beautomatically
extendedforsuccessiveperiodsoffiveyears.
Article20
ThisAgreement,drawnupinasingleoriginalin(French)(Danish,
German.English,French,ItalianandDutch)^)(thistext"beingauthentic)^
(?)(eachofthesetexts "beingequallyauthentic),shall"bedepositedinthe
archivesoftheECMTSecretariat whichshalltransmitacertifiedcopyto
eachoftheContractingParties.
Inwitnesswhereof,theundersignedPlenipotentiaries havesigned
thisAgreement.
(D
(2)ProposaloftheSwedish.Norwegian.Finnish.Swiss.Austrian.
Portuguese ,TurkishandGreekDelegations .
ProposaloftheCommunity'sDelegation.

AnnexI
flnmrnnnDeclaration ConcerningArticle1oftheAgreement
TheContractingPartiesagreethattheliberalisation measures
provided -underArticle5»paragraph2oftheAgreementshall
onlybeenforceablebetweentheContractingPartieswhoapply
theprovisionsoftheEuropeanAgreementconcerningthework
ofcrewsofvehiclesengagedinInternational RoadTransport
(Asm)from1stJuly1970?orequivalentconditionstothose
providedundertheAETR,totheoccasionalservicesgoverned
t>ythisAgreement.
TheContractingPartywhichintends,forthereasonssetout
above,toadoptmeasuresforthenon–application orthesus­
pensionoftheliberalisation provisionsunderArticle5
paragraph2oftheAgreement,declaresitselfreadytoconsult
therelevantContractingPartybeforethepossibleadoptionof
thesemeasures.