'fil COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
MHkï COM(92) 538 final 
Brussels, 7 December 1992 
SSI Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
amending Council Directive 75/130/EEC 
of 17 February 1975 on the establishment of common rules for 
certain types of combined carriage of goods 
between Member States 
"^sâsslili Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL, RE6ULAT1QN (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the granting of aids 
for transport by rail, road and inland waterway 
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11», ^ibî§Étî (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 
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Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive 
amending Council Directive 75/130/EEC 
of 17 February 1975 on the establishment of common rules for 
certain types of combined carriage of goods 
between Member States 
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Explanatory memorandum 
1. On 10 June the Commission presented to the Council a proposal for 
Council Directive amending Directive 75/130/EEC on the establishment of 
common rules for certain types of combined carriage of goods between 
Member States.1 
The proposal is aimed at updating current Community legislation on 
combined transport in the light of recent developments in the combined 
transport market. 
2. In the course of its plenary session of 20 November Parliament approved 
the Commission proposal, subject to a number of amendments. 
3. Ail the amendments seem acceptable to us, since they either clarify the 
wording of the proposed Directive or involve the inclusion of measures 
likely to foster the development of combined transport. The sole 
exception is amendment No 11, postponing until 1 July 1993 the entry 
into force of the new Directive, i.e. the complete liberalization of 
road haulage journeys linked with a sea Journey in the course of 
combined transport. In view of the Commission's aim to completely 
liberalise road cabotage on 1 January 1993, this amendment is 
inappropriate. The date of entry into force of these measures 
specifically concerning sea/road transport should not be later than 
January 1993. 
1 OJ No C 282,-30.1.0.1992.» p.8 
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Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive 
amending Council Directive 75/130/EEC 
of 17 February 1975 on the establishment of common rules for 
certain types of combined carriage of goods 
between Member States 
(Presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the Treaty) 
The Commission proposal for a Council Directive on the establishment of 
common rules for certain types of combined carriage of goods between Member 
States is amended as follows: 
1. The fifth recital is amended, becoming: 
"Whereas a sea transport operation continued by another mode or modes of 
transport should therefore come under the heading of combined 
transport;" 
2. The sixth recital is deleted and replaced by: 
"Whereas the current rules on tax exemptions or refunds applicable to 
road vehicles used in combined transport should be harmonized so as to 
make them more effective and ensure more uniform application of such 
rules throughout the Community;" 
3. The following recital is inserted after the sixth recital and becomes 
the seventh recital: 
"Whereas a Community policy which seeks to relaunch combined transport 
and an intermodal approach must seek to harmonize and make compatible 
the national technical regulations and standards governing combined 
transport;" 
4. The former seventh recital now becomes the eighth; it is not amended; 
5. Article 1(1) is amended as follows: 
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Article 1 
"For the purposes of this Directive: 
combined transport means the transport of goods between Member States 
where the tractor unit, lorry, trailer, semi-trailer with or without 
tractor, swap body or container (of 20 feet or more) uses the road on 
one leg of the Journey and rail and/or inland waterway and/or maritime 
services on the other leg, or uses the railways on one leg and inland 
waterway and/or maritime services on the other," 
6. Article 2 is amended as follows: 
"Article 2 
1. This Directive shall apply to the types of combined transport defined in 
Article 1 where the initial or final road haulage leg of the Journey 
takes place: 
between the point where the goods are loaded and the nearest 
suitable rail loading station for the initial leg, and between the 
point where the goods are unloaded and the nearest suitable rail 
unloading station for the final leg, or 
within a radius not exceeding 150 km as the crow flies from the 
inland waterway port of loading or unloading, or 
within a radius not exceeding 150 km as the crow flies from the sea 
port of loading or unloading. 
2. For the purposes of this Directive, the maritime section of a combined 
transport Journey must cover a minimum distance of 125 km as the crow 
fIies. 
3. Within ten years of the entry into force of this Directive, the Member 
States may, in agreement with the Commission, extend the maximum 
distance proposed in the third indent of paragraph 1 to 200 km if the 
Member State concerned is able to demonstrate that such a measure is 
advisable within its territory in view of its railway and inland 
waterway capacity and there is no danger of distortion of competition." 
7. The new Article 4 is amended as follows: 
"Article 4 
In the case of combined transport for hire or reward, a transport document 
which fulfils at least the requirements laid down in Article 6 of Council 
Regulation No 11* of 27 June 1960 concerning the abolition of 
discr iminat ion 
O.J. No C52, 16.8.1960, p. 1121/60 
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in transport rates and conditions in implementation of Article 79(3) of the 
Treaty establishing the European Economic Community shall also specify the 
rail loading and unloading stations relating to the rail leg and/or the 
inland waterway loading and unloading ports relating to the inland waterway 
leg and/or the maritime loading and unloading ports relating to the maritime 
section of the Journey. These details shall be recorded before the transport 
operation is carried out and shall be confirmed by means of a stamp affixed 
by the rail and/or port authorities in the stations and/or inland waterway 
and/or sea ports concerned when that part of the Journey carried out by rail 
or inland waterway or by sea has been completed." 
J. The new Article 5 Is amended as follows: 
"Article 5 
1. When a frontier is crossed on the road journey before the rail journey 
and/or before the inland waterway Journey and/or before the sea journey, 
Member States may require the operator to furnish an appropriate 
document proving that a reservation has been made for the transport by 
rail of the tractor unit, lorry, trailer, semi-trailer, swap body or 
container (of 20 feet or more) and for the transport by inland waterway 
and/or by sea of the tractor unit, lorry, trailer, semi-trailer, swap 
body or container (of 20 feet or more). 
2. Member States may authorize the inspection authorities to require the 
rail and/or inland waterway and/or sea transport document to be produced 
on completion of the rail, inland waterway or sea leg of the combined 
transport Journey." 
g. The new Article 9(1) is amended, becoming: 
-Article 9 
1. By 1 July 1993 the Commission shall submit proposals for rules common to 
all the Member States to ensure that the taxes listed in paragraph 3 
applicable to road vehicles (lorries, tractors, trailers or semi­
trailers), when used for combined transport, are reduced or refunded 
either by a standard amount or in proportion to the journeys undertaken 
by rail, inland waterway or sea. 
The Member states shall refund all indirect or equivalent taxes applied 
to the vehicle if it has, within a twelve-month period, undertaken more 
than 120 Journeys of which part of the total route was effected by rail, 
inland waterway or sea in inter-Community combined transport. Member 
States may require the operator to prove by means of the document 
referred to in Article 4 that he has used combined transport. 
Where the above number of Journeys has not been undertaken, the 
following reductions shall apply: 
between 91 and 120 Journeys: 75% of the reduction in the indirect taxes 
levied; 
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between 61 and 90 Journeys: 50% of the reduction in the indirect taxes 
levied; 
between 31 and 60 Journeys: 25% of the reduction in the indirect taxes 
levied. 
Where the distance covered by rail, inland waterway or sea exceeds 
400 km, the journey shall count double. If the distance exceeds 800 km, 
the Journey shall count triple." 
10. The new Article 10 is amended as follows: 
"Article 10 
Where a trailer or semi-trailer belonging to an undertaking engaged in own-
account combined transport is hauled on a final section by a tractor 
belonging to an undertaking engaged in transport for hire or reward, the 
transport operation so effected shall be exempt from presentation of the 
document provided for in Article 4, but another document shall be provided 
giving evidence of the Journey covered or to be covered by rail and/or by 
inland waterway and/or by sea". 
Aft. A new Article is Inserted: 
"Article 14 
The Commission shall present to the Council and Parliament as soon as 
possible and not later than 1 July 1993 a report, accompanied by proposals, 
on the harmonization of regulations, technical specifications and standards 
governing combined transport, and in particular the compatibility and 
standardization of load units and vehicles used in combined transport." 
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Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the granting of aids 
for transport by rail, road and inland waterway 
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Explanatory memorandum 
1. On 10 June the Commission presented to the Council a proposal for a 
Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the 
granting of aids for transport by rail, road or inland waterway.1 
2. In the course of its plenary session of 20 November Parliament approved 
the Commission proposal, subject to a number of amendments. 
3. All the amendments seem acceptable to us, since they clarify the wording 
of the proposed Directive. The sole exception is the amendment 
extending the Regulation's period of application until 31 December 2000. 
1 OJ No C 282, 30.10.1992, p.10. 
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Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70 on the granting of aids 
for transport by rail, road or inland waterway. 
(Presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the Treaty) 
The Commission proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1107/70 is amended as follows: 
1. The new third recital is worded as follows: 
"Whereas investment in transshipment terminals, which form the 
interfaces of the various modes of transport, is crucial to the 
development of combined transport;" 
2. The third recital is amended and becomes the new recital 7a: 
"Whereas the possibility of granting such aid for the operating costs of 
combined transport services crossing the territory of non-member 
countries is warranted in the case of all transit countries and, in 
particular, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and the other States of the 
former Yugoslavia;" 
3. The seventh recital is amended, becoming: 
"Whereas the present aid arrangements should be maintained until 
31 December 1995 and the Council should decide, under the conditions 
laid down in the Treaty, on the arrangements to be applied subsequently 
or, if necessary, on the conditions for terminating such aid;" 
4. A new recital 8a is added: 
"Whereas sea transport is a key component of a Community policy 
favouring intermodal transport and the Commission should present, as 
soon as possible, proposals on the granting of such aids for transport 
by sea, and particularly for port terminals," 
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Article 3(1 He) is amended as follows: 
"(e) until 31 December 1995, where the aids are granted as a temporary 
measure and designed to facilitate the development of combined 
transport, such aids have to relate to: 
investment in infrastructure, and notably in transshipment 
terminals, or 
investment in fixed and moveable facilities necessary for 
transshipment, or 
investment in transport facilities specifically designed for 
combined transport and used exclusively in combined transport, or 
- other costs incurred in running combined transport services in 
transit across Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and the States of 
the former Yugoslavia. 
The Commission shall present a progress report on those measures to the 
Council every two years giving details of where the aids went to, their 
amount and their impact on combined transport. Member States shall 
supply the Commission with the information needed to compile the report. 
By 31 December 1995, and on a proposal from the Commission, the Council 
shall decide on the arrangements to be applied subsequently and, if 
necessary, on the conditions for terminating them." 
Article 3(1) is amended by the insertion of a new letter (f): 
(f) by 30 June 1993 the Commission shall submit to the Council and to 
the European Parliament a report with proposals on the granting 
of aids for transport by sea and particularly for port 
terminals." 

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