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Proposal  for a Council  Directive  amending 
— the  first  Council  Directive  of 23 July  1962  on the establishment  of common  rules  for 
certain  types  of carriage  of goods  by road  between  Member  States,  and 
— Council  Directive  65/269/EEC 
(Submitted  by the Commission  to the Council  on 18 September  1980) 
THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the 
European  Economic  Community,  and  in particular 
Article  75 (1) thereof, 
Having  regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 
Having  regard  to the opinion  of the European  Par-
liament, 
Having  regard  to the opinion  of the Economic  and 
Social  Committee, 
Whereas  the adoption  of a common  transport  policy 
involves,  inter  alia,  laying  down  common  rules  for the 
international  carriage  of goods  by road  to or from 
the territory  of a Member  State  or passing  across  the 
territory  of one  or more  Member  States; 
Whereas,  in order  to facilitate  trade  between  Member 
States  and  at the  same  time  enable  the  transport 
sector  to function  flexibly  and  adapt  itself  to market 
requirements,  advances  must  be made  towards  a liber-alization  of international  road  transport,  in particular 
by rendering  progressively  more  flexible  restrictive 
measures  regulating  capacity;  whereas  this  step-by-
step advance  implies  that  the  gradual  liberalization 
introduced  into  Community  regulations  on  the 
transport  of goods  by road  between  Member  States 
should  be  amplified  and  should  be  applied  to 
transport  operations  of a special  type  or requiring 
special  handling  or equipment; 
Whereas,  with  regard  to the  carriage  of goods  by 
road,  the  measures  set  out  in the  First  Council 
Directive  of 23 July  1962  (') should  be aligned  with 
those  introduced  by the  European  Conference  of 
Ministers  of Transport  (ECMT)  and  whereas,  in 
order  to facilitate  the gradual  establishment  of the 
common  market,  the  measures  aligned  should  be 
those  which  most  favour  the  free  provision  of 
services; 
Whereas,  in order  to facilitate  the performance  of the 
transport  operations  referred  to in Annex  II to the 
First  Directive  on all links  between  Member  States,  a 
standard  authorization  should  be introduced  for those 
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transport  links  where  an  authorization  is still 
required,  which  will  offer  the same  possibilities  for 
multilateral  transport  operations  as the  Community 
authorization  introduced  by  Council  Regulation 
(EEC)  No 3164/76  (') as last amended  by Regulation 
(EEC)  No 2964/79  ('); 
Whereas  the  Council  Directive  65/269/EEC  of 13 
May  1965  concerning  the  standardization  of certain 
rules  relating  to authorizations  to carry  goods  by 
road  between  Member  States  (3) must  be amended  to 
take account  of the  provisions  of this  Directive  as 
regards  the  introduction  of a multilateral  authori-
zation; 
Whereas  the  provisions  of the  First  Directive  in 
respect  of own-account  transport  must  be adapted  in 
the light  of the  provisions  of Council  Directive 
80/49/EEC  (4)  since  these  have  a more  general 
application  and  no longer  refer  to specific  types  of 
transport, 18. Carriage  of objects  and  works  of art  for 
exhibition  or for commercial  purposes. 
19. Occasional  carriage  of objects  and  material 
exclusively  for publicity  or information  purposes. 
20. Carriage  of material,  properties  and  animals 
to or from  theatrical,  musical  or film  performances 
or sporting  events,  circuses,  exhibitions  or fairs  or 
to or from  the  making  of radio  or television 
broadcasts  or films. 
2. Annex  II to the  First  Directive  of 23 July  1962 
shall  be amended  as follows: 
(a) points  2, 3, 5, 6 and  7 shall  be deleted; 
(b) the  following  points  shall  be inserted: 
2. Carriage  of perishable  goods. 
3. Carriage  of goods  by motor  vehicles  the 
permissible  payload  of which,  including  that 
of trailers,  does  not exceed  six tonnes.' 
ADOPTED  THIS  DIRECTIVE: 
Article  1 
1. The  following  points  are hereby  added  to Annex  I 
to the First  Directive  of 23 July  1962: 
'14. Carriage  of spare  parts  and  supplies  for 
sea-going  vessels  and  aircraft. 
15. Carriage  of live  animals  in special  vehicles; 
special  vehicles  for  the  carriage  of live  animals 
shall  be understood  to mean  vehicles  which  have 
been  constructed  or  permanently  modified 
specially  for  the carriage  of live  animals  and  are 
recognized  as such  by the  relevant  authorities  in 
the Member  State  of registration. 
16. Carriage  of goods  of abnormal  size  or 
weight  where  the  carrier  has  obtained  the  special 
authorizations  required  by national  road  traffic 
laws. 
17. Unladen  journey  by a commercial  vehicle  in 
order  to replace  a vehicle  which  has been  removed 
from  service  in another  country  and  continuation 
of the  transport  operation  by  the  replacement 
vehicle  under  the  authorization  issued  for  the 
vehicle  no longer  in service. 
(') OJ No L 357,  29. 12. 1976,  p. 1. 
O OJ  No L 336,  29. 12. 1979,  p. 12. 
(') OJ  No 88, 24. 5. 1965,  p. 1469/65. 
(') OJN0LI8,  24. 1. 1980,  p. 23. Article  2 
The following  subparagraphs  shall  be  added.  to 
Article  1 (3) of the First  Directive  of 23 July  1962: 
'Where  such  transport  operations  are  subject  to 
authorization,  they  shall  be performed  under  a 
multilateral  authorization,  the model  for which  is 
contained  in Annex  III to this  Directive. 
The multilateral  authorization  shall  be issued  by 
the Member  State  in which  the vehicle  assigned  to 
the said  transport  operations  is registered.  It can 
be a "journey  authorization"  or a "period  auth-
orization"  and  shall  entitle  its holder  to perform 
the transport  operations  listed  in Annex  II on all 
transport  links  between  the  Member  States,  with 
the exception  of all internal  traffic  within  the 
territory  of a Member  State,  and  to move  the 
vehicle  in an unloaded  condition  to and  from  any 
point  within  the territories  of the  Member  States 
of the Community.' 
Article  3 
1. The  second  indent  of Article  1(1)  of the  First 
Directive  of 23 July  1962  is hereby  deleted. 
2. Article  1 (4) of the First  Directive  of 23 July  1962 
is hereby  replaced  by the following: 
'4. The  three  Annexes  shall  be an integral  part 
of this  Directive.' 
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Article  4 
The following  text  should  be added  to Article  2 of 
Directive  65/269/EEC: 
'However,  the authorizations  referred  to in Annex 
II to the First  Council  Directive  of 23 July  1962 
on the establishment  of common  rules  for certain 
types  of carriage  of goods  by road  between 
Member  States  ('), as last  amended  by Directive ./EEC  (2) must  correspond  to the  model 
contained  in Annex  III to the latter  Directive.' 
Article  5 
Member  States  shall  take  the measures  necessary  to 
comply  with  this  Directive  not later  than  1 January 
1982.  They  shall  inform  the  Commission  thereof 
before  1 July  1981. 
Article  6 
This  Directive  is addressed  to the Member  States. 
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Annex 
ANNEX  III 
MODEL  AUTHORIZATION 
(White  form  with  diagonal  band  of colour  — front) 
To be worded  in the seven  official  languages  of the Community 
Issuing  State 
(International  distinguishing  sign)  (Competent  agency) 
Period  authorization 
EEC  multilateral  authorization  No 
for certain  types  of international  carriage  of goods  by road. 
This authorization  is issued  to 
(Name  or business  name  and  full  address  of carrier) 
for the carriage  of (') 
(type  of carriage) 
on routes  between  the Member  States  of the European  Economic  Community  by means  of a single 
vehicle  or a coupled  combination  of vehicles,  and to effect  unladen  journeys  with  these  vehicles 
throughout  the Community. 
This authorization  is valid  from 
to 
Restriction,  if any: 
Issued  at Date 
(Signature  and stamp 
of agency  issuing  authorization) 
(') Mention  at least  one,  and  if appropriate,  several  of the types  of international  carriage  of goods  for hire  or 
reward  listed  in Annex  II to the First  Council  Directive  of 23 July  1962,  as last  amended  by the Directive  of 
20 December  1979.  This  list is given  on the back. 
^ac^ofform^ 
^his authorisation  must  be carriedonthevehicleand  be produced  at therequest  of any  auth^ 
ori^ed  inspecting  officer 
^t authorises  only  the international  carriage  of goods  ^t is not valid  for national  trans^ort^ 
It is not transferable 
^he carrier  is required  to comply,  on the territory  of each  member  ^tate,  with  the laws,  reguD 
lations  and  administrative  provisions  of the  ^tate,  and  in particular  with  those  concerning 
transport  and  traffic^ 
^his authorisation  must  be returned  to the issuing  agency  withinl^  days  of the date  of e^iry^ 
^ ^rans^orto^eration^^hichcanbethesub^ectofan^^C  multilateral  authorisation 
1^ Carriage  froma^ember^tate  into  the frontier  ^one  of an adjacent  member  ^tate,and^c^ 
^ Carriage  of perishable  goods^ 
Carriage  of goods  by motor  vehicles,  the permissible  payload  of which,  including  that  of 
trailers,  does  not exceed  si^ tonnes^