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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILRECULATION
amendingCouncilRegulation (ETC)No517/72
of28February1972ontheintroduction of
commonrulesforregularandspecialregularservicesby
coachandbusbetweenMemberStates
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
CCK(75)510final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On28February 1972 ,theCouncil adopted Regulation (EEC)No.517/72
ontheintroduction ofcommon rules forregular andspecial regular
1)services bycoach andbusbetween Member States .'
Article 20ofthis regulation states that ,inthecase ofaregular
oraspecial regular service operated intheterritory ofonly twoMember
States over aroute ofless than 100kmlying within azone extending to
adepth oneach side ofthefrontier notexceeding 50kmasthecrow
flies ,theIlember States mayagree towaive certain requirements ofthe
Regulation which arelisted inthat Article .
2. Following theaccession ofthenewMember States totheEuropean
Communities ,thequestion hasarisen astowhether ornotsea-journeys
between two Member States should betaken into consideration when
calculating thedistances inquestion .TheTreaty ofAccession does not
include anyprovision whatsoever 011this subject .Itwould therefore
seeia necessary ,inorder toavoid anydispute ,tointroduce an
amendment tosettle the case inpoint .
3. This proposal isintended tofill thegap .Thesolution putforward
bytheCommission isanalogous totheoneadopted bytheCouncil in
respect ofthefrontier carriage ofgoods byroad initsDirective of
19December 1972 amending thefirst Directive of23July 1962 onthe
establishment ofcertain common rules forinternational transport
(2)
(carriage ofgoods byroad forhire orreward )^ .Astheproblem in
question isthevery onewhich arose inconnection with thecarriage of
goods byroad ,theCommission feels that thesame solution should be
adopted .
(1)OJNo.L57,20March 1972 ,p.19
(2)OJNo.L291 ,28December 1972 ,p.1^5

Proposal foraCouncil Regulation
amending Council Regulation (EEC)Eo.517/72of .28February 1972 onthe-,
introduction ofcommon rules forregular andspecial regular services "by-
coach and bus between Member States .
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,-
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 75thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from the .Commission ; ;:>
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ; :
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ;
Whereas itisnecessary toamend Council Regulation (EEC)No.517/72^)of
28February 1972 ontheintroduction ofcommon rules forregular and
special regular Bervices bycoach andbusbetween Member States
inorder that theRegulation should take account oftheregular and
special regular services between certain coastal regions ofthe
Community which areseparated byaseaway andinorder toenable Member
States toapply tothese services theprovisions ofArticle 20under which
they maywaive certain requirements setoutintheRegulation .
(1) 0JNo.L67.20March 1972 ,p.19

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HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION s'
Sole Article "
Thefollowing paragraph 3isadded toArticle 20ofthe
Council Regulation (EEC)No.517/72of28February 1972 :
"3. Inthecase ofregular orspecial regular services between Member
States whose territories areseparated solely byanarea ofsea ,no
account shall betaken ,with regard tothedistances referred toin
paragraph 1,ofthedistance travelled onboard ameans ofseatransport
specially constructed andequipped forthecarriage ofcommercial vehicles
andoperated asaregular service ."
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President