No C 350/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 80 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 on the 
Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 December 1980) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 (»), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No .. .., the Council 
established a system of Community authorizations for 
the carriage of goods by road between Member States; 
Whereas the application of the abovementioned 
Regulation has revealed difficulties in the use of such 
authorizations in the case of certain coupled 
combinations of vehicles; 
Whereas the system of issuing authorizations in respect 
of tractors has administrative, economic and legal 
advantages and should, in the light of experience, be 
extended to cover the use of coupled combinations of 
vehicles; 
Whereas Community-level uniform rules for the issuing 
of such authorizations are needed; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 should therefore 
be amended, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following is added to Article 2 (3): 
'In the case of a coupled combination of vehicles, the 
Community authorization shall be issued in respect 
of the tractor; it may also be used to cover haulage of 
a trailer or semi-trailer which is not registered in the 
name of the holder of the Community authorization 
or which is registered in a different Member State. 
Such authorization shall cover the coupled 
combination of vehicles.' 
2. The following is added to the fifth paragraph of 
Annex I (b): 
'In the case of a coupled combination of vehicles, the 
Community authorization shall be issued in respect 
of the tractor; it may also be used to cover haulage of 
a trailer or semi-trailer which is not registered in the 
name of the holder of the Community authorization 
or which is registered in a different Member State. 
Such authorization shall cover the coupled 
combination of vehicles.' 
0) OJ No L 357, 29. 12. 1976, p. 1. 3. The following is added to the fifth paragraph of 
Annex I a (b): 
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'In the case of a coupled combination of vehicles, the 
Community authorization shall be issued in respect 
of the tractor; it may also be used to cover haulage of 
a trailer or semi-trailer which is not registered in the 
name of the holder of the Community authorization 
or which is registered in a different Member State. 
Such authorization shall cover the coupled 
combination of vehicles.' 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas by its Directive of 65/269/EEC (*) as amended 
by the Directive 73/169/EEC (2), the Council established 
a system of authorizations for the carriage of goods by 
road between Member States; 
Whereas the application of Directive 65/269/EEC has 
revealed difficulties in the use of these authorizations in 
the case of certain coupled combinations of vehicles; 
Whereas the system of issuing authorizations in respect 
of tractors has administrative economic and legal 
advantages and should, in the light of the experience 
acquired, be extended to cover the use of coupled 
combinations of vehicles; 
Whereas Community-level uniform rules for the issuing 
of such authorizations are needed; Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1982. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Whereas Directive 65/269/EEC should therefore be 
amended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 
of Directive 65/269/EEC: 
'If the transport operation is carried out by a coupled 
combination of vehicles, the authorizations required 
shall be issued by the competent authorities of the 
Member State in which the tractor is registered. Such 
authorizations shall cover the coupled combination of 
vehicles.' 
Article 2 
The Member States shall inform the Commission before 
1 January 1982 of the measures taken to implement this 
Directive. 
Article 3 Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 65/269/EEC on the standardization 
of certain rules relating to authorizations for the carriage of goods by road between 
Member States 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on IS December 1980) 
C1) OJ No 88, 24. 5. 1965, p. 1469. 
(2) OJ No L 181, 4. 7. 1973, p. 20. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.