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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79 )357 final
Brussels .9thJuly 1979
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION ,
AMENDING REGULATION (EEC)No3164 /76ON
THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FORTHE .CARRIAGE OF'
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GOODS BYROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (79)357 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheCommunity quota system wassetuplayCouncil Regulation (EEC)No
1018/68of19July1968 1.
2Council Regulation (EEC)No3164/76of16December 1976 ceased toseta
time limit onthis system .This Regulation also provides that any increase
inthe Community quota andtheallocation totheMember States oftheextra
authorizations resulting therefrom shall "bedecided "bythe Council ,acting
onaproposal from the Commission ,by30November ofeach year .
2. Inview of:
a)theneed tomake progress inrespect ofCommunity integration of
transport ,particularly road traffic between Member States ,which would
make iteasier toeliminate inequalities oftreatment among carriers and
which would ,atthe same time ,encourage trade ,
b)thefact that theCommunity quota system isoneoftheinstruments of
such integration ,butthat itsefficiency depends onitsimpact onthe
transports inquestion ,
c)theextremely intensive utilization oftheCommunity authorizations
(in1977 theaverage utilization ofanauthorization -1649700t/km-
increased again ),
d)thefact that a6%increase intra4e between Member States maybe
expected inI98O andthat inthat year theswitch-over toroad transport -
which hasbeen observed foryears –islikely toamount to6$(afact which
should lead toanincrease ofatleast 10$intheCommunity quota inview of
the2.5$ annual increase intheaverage utilization ofauthorizations over
thelast five years ),
e)thefact that itisnecessary toprovide foranincrease inthequota
(which maybesetat10%)soastoreplace bilateral quotas gradually ,
f)thefact that theMember States arestill able tocorrect anymistaken
estimates asregards theincrease intheCommunity quota when bilateral
quotas areadapted ,
itisnecessary tomake a20%increase intheCommunity quota for1980 .
•OJLNo175of23July 1968 ,page 13.
?OJLNo357of29December 197"»page 1

3.Asregardstheallocationoftheextraauthorizations ,xtappears
appropriatetofollowtheusualformula:50$ofthequotainoreasewould
beallocatedonthe"basisofthedegreeofutilizationoftheCommunity
authorizations in1977,whiletheotherhalfwouldbeallocatedona
linearbasis.

PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation (ESC )No3164/7^"
onthe Community quota for the carriage
ofgoods byroad between Member States
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 75thereof ,
1Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
2Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ^,
Whereas thesetting upofacommon transport policy involves ,inter alia ,the
establishment ofcommon rules applicable tothecarriage ofgoods byroad
between Member States ;whereas such rules must beformulated insuch awayas
tocontribute totheimplementation ofacommon transport market ,
Whereas thesystem ofCommunity authorizations forthecarriage ofgoods by
road between Member States contributes towards theestablishment ofaCommunity -
wide transport market towhich alltheMember States' road haulage operators
can have equal access without discrimination astonationality .
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Whereas "there isincreasingly intensive utilization ofexisting Community
authorizations ;whereas trade between Member States isdeveloping constantly ;
whereas part ofthis traffic isregularly being switched totheroads ;whereas
itisnecessary gradually toreplace bilateral authorizations byCommunity
authorizations ;whereas itisaccordingly necessary toincrease thevolume of
theCommunity quota ,asprovided forbyCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3164/76
1ontheCommunity quota forthecarriage ofgoods byroad between Member States ,
aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No3062/78^,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ,
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No3164/76 isamended asfollows :
Article 3(1)and (2)shall read asfollows :
1.TheCommunity quota shall consist of3750authorizations for1980 *
\
2.Thenumber ofCommunity authorizations allocated toeach Member State
shall beasfollows :
Belgium : 4T3
Denmark : 286
Federal Republic ofGermany : 687
France : 625
Ireland : 76
Italy : 540
Luxembourg : 107
Netherlands : 597
United Kingdom : 419
10JL.No357of29December 1976 ,page 1.
20JLNo366of28December 1978 »page 5*

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1980.
ThisRegulationshall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident