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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)630final.
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Brussels,29November1976*
Proposalfora
DecisionoftheCouncilamendingCouncilDecisionN°65/271/EEC
of13May1965ontheharmonization ofcertainprovisionsaffecting
competitionintransportbyrail,roadandinlandwaterway ,
(submitted ,totheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0:i(76)630final.
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1.Article15ofCouncilDecisionN°65/271/EECof13May1965onthe
harmonization ofcertainprovisionsaffectingcompetition intransportby
rail,roadandinlandwaterwayprovidesthateverytwoyearstheCommission
shallpresenttotheCouncilareportontheimplementation ofthatDecision
andshall,whereappropriate,makeproposlastoamendorsupplementitasthe
establishment ofthecommonmarketandthedevelopment ofthecommontransport
policymayrequire;sincethenfivereportshavebeenpresentedtotheCoun­
cil,themostrecentbeingdated20June1975(2).
2.AsregardsSectionI(taxation),thepresentsituationisasfollows:
Article 1
(a)thereisatendency ,tosolvetheproblemoftheabolitionofdoubleta­
xationofmotorvehicles,atleastprovisionally ,bychangingthenational
taxationsystemsforcommercialvehicles.
(b)theduty-freeadmissionoffuelcontainedinthefueltanksofcommercial
motorvehicleswasthesubjectofaproposalforaDirectiveamendingthe
CouncilDirectiveof19July1968whichprovidedthatnomorethan50
litresfuelcouldbeadmittedduty-free,whereartheabsenceofany
Communityprovisionsontheduty-freeadmissionoffuelcontainedinthe
fueltanksofinlandwaterwayvesselsdoesnotgiverisetoanyproblems
asimportsofsuchfuelarenotsubjecttotaxationinanyMemberState
providedthatcertainconditionsareobserved.
Article2
Theadoptionofauniformbasisforthecalculation oftaxonmotorvehicles
wasthesubjectofaproposalforafirstDirectivein1969concerningchanges
t'othenationaltaxationsystemsinrespectofcommercialvehicles.Asthere
arenotaxesoninlandwaterwayvesselsintheMemberStates,theCommission
considersthatthereisnoimmediateneedtopresentproposalsonauniform
basisforcalculating suchtaxesandthatitshouldratherdevoteitsefforts
toimplementing othermoreurgentlyrequiredprovisions.
Article3
Theprovisionsrelatingtothealigmentofspecifictaxationsystemsinres­
pectofthecarriageofgoodsforhireorrewardandonownaccountbecame
bindingwhenthecommonsystemofturnovertaxwasintroduced.
Article4
ValueaddedtaxonthecarriageofgoodsischargedinnearlyalltheMember
States,beitonthetransportoperationorthefinalproduct.
(1)0J88,24May1965,p.1500/65
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3.SectionII(provisionsconcerningcertainkindsofStateinterven­tion)oftheDecisionof13May1965hasbeenimplementedinfull.
Articles5and6concerningtheabolitionofobligationsinherent
intheconceptofapublicservicewerethesubjectofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1191/69of26June1969(1)onactionbyMemberStatesconcerningtheoblig­
ationsinherentintheconceptofapublicserviceintransportbyrail,road
andinlandwaterway.
Articledonthenormalization oftheaccountsofrailwayundertakings
wasthesubjectofCouncilRegulatbn(EEC)No1192/69of29June1969(2)on
commonrulesforthenormalization oftheaccountsofrailwayundertakings .
Article8whichrelatestothetermonizationoftherulesgoverning
thefinancialrelationsbetweenrailwayundertakingsandMemberStates,ledto
theadoptionofCouncilDecisionn°75/327/EECof20May1975(3)onthe
improvementofthesituationofrailwayundertakings andtheharmomzation
iofrulesgoverningfinancialrelationsbetweensuchundertakings andStates.
Finally,Article9,whichconcernsthegrantofaidsinrespectof
transportbyrail,roadandinlandwaterway,wasthesubjectofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1107/70of4June1970(4)onthegrantingofaidsfortransportbyrail,roadandinlandwaterway,asamendedbyCouncilRegul­
ation(EEC)No1473/75of20May1975(5).
Furthermore,Article14oftheCouncilDecisionof20May1975
providesthateverytwoyearstheCommissionshallpresenttotheCouncila
reportontheimplementation bytheMemberStatesofthisDecisionandof
Regulations (EEC)Nos1191/69,1192/69and1107/70.Thisnewreportwillincludeinformationwhichcouldbegiveninthereportreferredtointhe
Decisionof13May1965.
4.AsregardsSectionIII(socialprovisions,Articles'10to13),
Article17ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No543/69of25March1969(6)on
theharmonization ofcertainsociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport
providesthateachyeartheCommissionshallpresenttotheCouncilareport
ontheimplementation ofthisRegulation.Similarprovisionsareincluded
intheproposalforaCouncilRegulationontheharmonization ofcertain
socialprovisionsrelatingtogoodstransportbyinlandwaterway(7)
currentlypendingbeforetheCouncil.
Similarprovisionswillbedrawnupinduecoursefortherailsector.
5.Inviewoftheforegoing,thereportprovidedforinArticle15of
theDecisionof.13May1965overlapsothermorecomprehensive reportstoa
largeextentandisthereforenolongerofmuchvalue.TheCouncilhasnot
evenexaminedthemostrecentreports.
1)0JL156-28.6.1969
(2)0JL156-28.6.1969
(3)0JL152-12.6.1975
(4)0JL130-15.6.1970
(5)0JL152-12.6.1975
(6)OJL77•■29.3.1969
(7)0JC259-12.11.1975,p.

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Itwouldthereforeseemadvisabletoabolishtheregularpresentation
ofthereportinquestionandforthispurposetodeleteArticle15ofCouncil
DecisionNo65/271/EECof13May1965.

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PROPOSAL FORA
DecisionoftheCouncilof..amendingDecision65/271/EEContheharmon­izationofcertainprovisionsaffectingcompetitionintransportbyrail,
roadandinlandwaterway
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles75and99thereof,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
havingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
havingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
whereasArticle15ofCouncilDecision65/271/EECof13May1965onthe
harmonization ofcertainprovisionsaffectingcompetitionintransportby
rail,roadandinlandwaterway(1)providesthateverytwoyeanstheCommis­sionshallpresenttotheCouncilareportontheimplementation ofthat
Decisionandshall,whereappropriate,makeproposalstoamendorsupplementitastheestablishment ofthecommonmarketandthedevelopmentofthe
commontransportpolicymayrequire;whereasincompliancewiththisprovi
sionfivereportshavebeenpresentedtotheCouncil,themostrecentbeing
dated20June1975(2);
whereas,inrespectofSectionI(taxation),theobjectiveslaiddowninArticles3and4havebeenachievedalmostintheirentirety,andwhereas
proposalsarebeingexaminedbytheCouncilwithregardtoArticles1and2,
whereasSectionII(provisionsconcerningcertainkindsofStateintervention )
hasbeenimplementedinfull;whereasArticle14ofCouncilDecision
75/327/EECof20May1975ontheimprovementofthesituationofrailway
undertakings andtheharmonization ofrulesgoverningfinancialrelations
betweensuchundertakings andStates(3)providesthateverytwoyearsthe
CommissionshallsubmittotheCouncilareportontheimplementation by
MemberStatesofthatDecisionandofCouncilRegulations (EEC)Nos1191/69
of26June1969onactionbyMemberStatesconcerningtheobligationsinher­
entintheconceptofapublicserviceintransportbyrail,roadandinland
waterway(4),1192/69of26June1969oncommonrulesforthenormalization
oftheaccountsofrailwayundertakings (5)and1107/70of4June1970on
thegrantingofaidsfortransportbyrail,roadandinlandwaterway(6);
whereasasfarasthisSectionisconcernedthatreportcoversalltheitems
whichcouldbeincludedinthereportprovidedforintheDecisionof13May
1965;
whereas,inrespectofSectionIII(socialprovisions).Article17ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No543/69of25March1969ontheharmonization ofcertain
sociallegislationrelatingtoroadtransport(7)providesthateverytwo
yearstheCommossionshallpresenttotheCouncilareportontheimplement­ationofthatRegulation;whereassimilarprovisionswillbelaiddownin
otherRegulationsrelatingtotheinlandwaterwayandrailsectors;
(1)0J88-24.5.1965,p.1500/65
C2)Doc.COM(75)301final
(3)0JL152-12.6.1975,p.3
(4)0JL156-28.6.1969(5)OJL156-28.6.1969
(6)0JL130-15.6.1970
(7)0JL77-29.3.1969,p.49

Whereasinthesecircumstances itisclearthatthereportprovidedfor"In
ArticleL.5oftheDecisionof15Hay1965toalargeextentduplicatesother
morecomprehensive reports;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1
Article -15ofCouncilDecisionNo65/271/EECof13May1965ontheharmonizatioi:
ofcertainprovisionsaffectingcompetitionintransportbyrail,roadand
inlandwaterwayisherebyrepealed.'
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCounciI;
thepresident