NoC287/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.11.92
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)onthetransferofcontrolsinthe
fieldofroadandinlandwaterwaytransporttotheCommunity'sexternalfrontiers
(92/C287/05)
On22April1992,theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommitteeunder
Article75oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunityontheabovementioned
proposal.
TheSectionforTransportandCommunications ,whichwasresponsibleforpreparingtheF
Committee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon17June1992.TheRapporteur
wasMrWhitworth .
Atits298thPlenarySession(meetingof1July1992),theEconomicandSocialCommittee
adoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
3.Generalcomments
3.1.Thepresentproposalmerelyextendstonon-EC
transporttheprincipleswhichtheCommitteeendorsed
initsearlierOpinions.AccordinglytheCommitteesimi­
larlysupportstheadditionalRegulationnowproposed.1.Introduction
1.1.MemberStatesarealreadyrequiredbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No4060/89,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3356/91,tocarryoutinternallyinanon­
discriminatory mannerratherthanasfrontiercontrols
arangeofcontrolsrelatingtotheenforcementofCom­
munityDirectivesandInternationalConventionscon­
cerningtechnicalandotherrequirementsforroad
vehiclesandinlandwaterwayvessels.
1.2.TheseRegulationsformpartoftheCom­
mission'sprogrammefortheestablishment ofthe
internalmarketinthefieldoftransportwithparticular
referencetothefreemovementofgoodsacrossfrontiers
andtheremovalofallartificialbarriersthereto.
1.3.InitsOpinionsof1June1989(x)andof3July
1991(2),theEconomicandSocialCommitteefully
endorsedtheCommission'sproposalsforthesetwo
Regulations .3.2.Inpracticetheresponsibilityforcarryingout
thecontrolsonfirstentrytoECterritorywillfall
onthoseMemberStateswithalandfrontieronthe
perimeteroftheCommunity,andalsoonthoseat
whoseportsroadvehiclesarrivebyshipfromanon­
ECcountryoforigin.
3.3.Itisnotedthat,subjecttotheproposedRegu­
lationbeingadoptedunderaforthcomingprotocolto
theEEATreatyandthusformingpartoftheAcquis
Communautatre ,theresponsibilityforthecontrolson
firstentrywillinthefuturerestwiththoseMember
StatesontheperimeteroftheEEAandthatnochecks
willthenbemadeatinternalfrontiersbetweenEFTA
andECMemberStates.
3.4.Theinternationalagreementswhichgiveriseto
thecontrolsinquestionmayincludebilateralagree­
mentsbetweenasingleMemberStateandasingle
non-Community country.Statesontheperimetermay
experiencedifficultiesincarryingoutcontrolsrequired
bybilateralagreementstowhichtheyarenotparties.
TheCommissionshouldtakeallnecessarystepsto
minimizesuchproblems.2.ThepresentProposal
2.1.Thepresentproposalseekstoextendthisprin­
cipletoroadvehiclesandinland-waterway vesselsfrom
outsidetheCommunity .
2.2.Itlaysdownthatforsuchvehiclesandvessels,
controlsrequiredbyinternationalagreementsshould
becarriedoutattheexternalfrontiersoftheCom­
munitybytheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatewhose
territorythevehicleorvesselfirstenters.
2.3.Thereaftercontrolsmayalsobeconductedby
anyMemberStateaspartofnormalchecksonECor
non-ECtransportwithinitsterritory,butnochecksare
tobemadeatinternalfrontiers.4.Specificcomments
4.1.Article1confinesthescopeoftheRegulationto
roadandinlandwaterwaytransportoperations.Itis
notedthatitwillnotapplytocoastalshippingvessels
enteringCommunitywaterwaysfromtheopensea.(!)OJNoL194,31.7.1989,p.24.
(2)OJNoL269,14.10.1991,p.34.

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ThesearesubjecttothePortStateControlprovisions
ofIMOandILOagreements,wheretheseobtain,and
alsototheprovisionsoftheEuropeanMemorandum
ofUnderstanding onPortStateControl.fromoutsidetheCommunityandasinternalfrontiers
inrespectofallothervehicles.
4.3.Article6providesthattheRegulationshallenter
intoforceon1January1993.TheCommitteebelieves
thattheCommissionshouldsatisfyitselfthattheMem­
berStatesconcernedhavesufficientresourcesinplace
atthattimetocarryouteffectivelytherequiredexternal
frontiercontrols.4.2.WhileArticle2includesPortsinitsdefinition
ofan'externalfrontier'itisimportantthattheyare
onlyconsideredassuchinrespectofvehiclesarriving
DoneatBrussels,1July1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
MichaelGEUENICH
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amendingforthesecondtime
Regulation(EEC)No4028/86onCommunitymeasurestoimproveandadaptstructuresin
thefisheriesandaquaculturesector
(92/C287/06)
On13May1992theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle198oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforAgricultureandFisheries,whichwasresponsibleforpreparingtheCom­
mittee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon11June1992.TheRapporteurwas
MrSilva.
Atits298thPlenarySession(meetingof1July1992),theEconomicandSocialCommittee
unanimouslyadoptedthefollowingOpinion.
1.Introduction 1.3.CeutaandMelillaarealsotobeincludedin
AnnexIII,sincetheytooqualifyforthehigherrateof
aid,whichtheyalreadyreceivefortherestructuring,
renewalandmodernizationoftheirfishingfleets. 1.1.Theproposalisdesignedtoincreasetherates
ofECaidintheaquaculturesectorinthefivenew
LanderofGermanyfollowingunification.
1.2.TheLanderaretobeincludedinAnnexIIIof
Regulation (EEC)No4028/86asamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No3944/90,sincetheymeettheeligibility
criteriaforreceivingahigherrateofECaidforaquacul­
ture.2.Generalcomments
2.1.TheCommitteeapprovestheCommissionpro­
posal.
DoneatBrussels,1July1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
MichaelGEUENICH