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Brussels,7December1972
Proposaifora
COUNCILREGULATION
supplementing CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1192/69of
26June1959oncommonrulesforthenormalization of
theaccountsofrailwayundertakings
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(72)1517final

Proposai foraCouncil Régulation
supplementing Council Regulation (EEC)No1192/69of26June 1969 oncommon
rules for thenormalization oftheaccounts ofrailway undertakings
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
having regard to .theTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and .inparticular Articles 75 94thereof 5
having regard totheproposal from theCommissions
•f . *•
having regard tothe .Opinion oftheSuropeaji Parliament }
having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ?
whereas ,pursuant toArticle -.7ofCouhcil Decision No65/271^^of
13May1965 ontheharmonization ofcertain provisions affecting competition
intransport "byrail ,road andinland waterway ,theCouncil adopted on
26June1969Regulation (EEC)No1192/69^^oncommon rules forthenormali­
zation oftheaccounts ofrailway undertakings ;
whereas themain objective oftheaction undertaken tonormalize the
accounts ofrailway undertakings istoeliminate certain disparities which
arise byreason oftheimposition offinancial burdens on,orthegrant of
benefits to,those undertakings bypublic authorities andwhich areconse­
quently liable tocause substantial distortion intheconditions ofcompetition
asbetween thevarious transport modes andunder takings ?
í1'OJNo88,24May1965
^OJNoL156,2q.June1969 ,p.8

whereas such disparities still exist inrespect ofcertain railway
undertakings towhich Regulation (SEC)No1192/69doesnotat "present' apply -}
whereas theprinciple ofequal treatment requires theinclusion ofthose
undertakings also within thescope ofthat Regulation ,provided that their
technical andadministrative structures arecomparable tothose ofthe
undertakings covered bythelatter andthat thecurrent scope oftheir
operations issuch astobeofinterest tothecommon transport policy ,
whereas arailway undertaking notbeing anational undertaking
satisfies these conditions ifitsnetwork isconnected tothat ofanational
undertaking anditprovides services complementing those ofthelatter ,orif
oncertain routes itcompetes with transport undertakings covered bythe
Regulation }
whereas theapplication ofRegulation (SEC)Ho1192/69toother
undertakings requires theadjustment inrespect ofthose undertakings of
thetime limits' provided forinthat Regulation }
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s

ThetextofArticle3ofRegulation(l?EC)Wo1192/69isreplaced ,by
thefollowmg; ..■;
/
"ThisRégulationshallapply:
"1.tothefollowingundertakings ï >
"–SociétéïïationaledesChemnsdaferBeiges{S.N»C,B.)/
"'Naxioaaletë&ataohappij üe?BelgischeSpoorwegan(N.K.B.S*)j
"•,–BaftskeStatsbaner(D.S.E.).- '
'•-DeutscheBundesbahri .(D„B.),'
"-SociétéNationaledesCheminsdeferFrançais(S.N.C.F.)r
'•-CôrasIornpairliireann(C.I.S.).
"-AziendaautonomadelleFerroviedelloStato(F.S.).
"-SociétéNationaledesCheminsdeferLuxembourgeois (C.FcL.)T–
"-N.V.NederlandseSpoorwegen(N.S.).
"-BritishRailwaysBoard(B.R.B.), ,..w-'j
"-NorthernIrelandRailwaysCompanyLtd.(N.I.R.)j ,...
"2.toanyotherrailwayundertaking whicheither:
"-hasanetworkconnectedtothatofanyundertakingreferredtoin
"paragraph1andcarriesouttransportoperationsforhireorreward
"onanexchangetrafficbaEiswithsuchundertaking ;forthe^e
"purposes|aconnectednetworkmeansanetworklinkedbyacommon
"trackorstationtothatofanyundertakingreferredtoinparagraph1
"andexchangetrafficmeansanytransportoperationsconductedover
"thetwonetworksundercoverofasingletransportdocumentrecognized
"bybothundertakings concerned;or
M
If-isineffective,directcompetition oncertainrouteswithanytrans­
portundertakingreferredtoinparagraph 1."

Article2
AnArticle14(a)isto"beadded,toreadasfollows:
" Article14(a)
"Asregardstheapplication ofthisRegulationtothetransportunder­
"takingsreferredtoinArticle3(2),thefollowingtimetableshallapply:
"(a)thefinancialcompensationreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbe
"effectedfrom1January19755
"(b)tlieclassesoffinancialburdenorbenefitspecifiedinArticle4(2)
"and(3)shallbeterminatedby1January1976atthelatest."
> i.
Article3•
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1973*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,FortheCouncil
ThePrésident