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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)508 final
Brussels/8thSeptember 1980
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL DECISION
onacceptance bytheCommunityofadraftresolutionof
theEuropeanConferenceofTransportMinisters onthe
introduction ofanECMTlicenceforinternational removals
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)\\
COM(80)508final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheEuropeanConference ofMinistersofTransport (ECMT)hasdrawn
upadraftresolution aimedattheintroduction ofanECMTlicence
forinternational removals.TheECMThasputbackformaladoption
ofthisdraftsothatitcanbeacceptedwithdueregardforthe
procedures andobligations setoutintheEECTreaty.
2.Theaimoftheresolution istointroduceinallECMTcountries a
multilateral licenceforinternational removalsallowingitsholder
tocarryoutfreelyinternational removaloperations betweenall
theMemberStatesoftheECMT,includingtheMemberStatesofthe
EEC.
UnderECMTresolutions currentlyapplicable (1),suchoperations may
bemadesubjecttotheissueofnon-quotalicencesineachindivi­
dualcasebythecountriesthroughwhichtheconsignment passes.
3.AsfarasthenineMemberStatesoftheEEC(whicharealsomembers
oftheECMT)areconcerned,thismatterisregulatedbytheFirst
CouncilDirectiveof23July1962aslastamendedbytheDirective
of20December1979.
PursuanttotheseDirectives,removalsperformedbycarriersinthe
MemberStatesarenotsubjecttoanydjuotasystem,butmaystillbe
subjecttoalicensing scheme(itbeingunderstoodthatavehicle
registered inoneMemberStatemaybeusedforaremovalbetween
otherMemberStates).
Astandardlicencewasintroduced byCouncilDirective 65/269/EEC
of13May1965asamendedbyDirective 73/169/EECof25June1973.
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(1)Seeresolutions N°16,27,32and35.

TheresolutiondraftedbytheECPITwillthusimpingeonexisting
CommunityLegislation because
(i)itappliestocarriagebetweenMemberStatesoftheEECin
vehiclesregisteredinoneoftheMemberStates,thusoverlap-
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pingwithCommunity measuresinthissector;
(ii>itintroduces theprincipleofamultilateral licencevalid
foralltrafficbetweenthecountriesbelongingtotheECMT,
whileundertheCommunity systemthecarriermustapplyfora
licenceforeachpairofcountries heintendstoserve,inso
farasalicenceisstillrequired;
Ciii)litalsorelatestoremovalsbetweenMemberStatesoftheEEC
invehiclesregisteredinanumberofnon-Community countries,
thusgrantingrightstocarriersfromthesecountries on
routesbetweenCommunitycountries;
(iv)itgoesbeyondcurrentlyapplicable Communitylegislation in
thatitregulatesremovalsbetweenaMemberStateoftheEEC
andanon-Community countrybelongingtotheECMTwhichare
notwithinthescopeoftheCommunityDirectives .
Despitetheaboveconsiderations ,theCommunity hasaninterestin
supporting theaimspursuedbytheECMTdraftresolution,which
seekstoensurebetterutilization ofavailabletransportequipment
andtoreduceadministrativeformalities;theseaimsareequally
desirableatCommunitylevel.TheCommission takestheviewthat
suchanimprovement shouldbeintroduced onconditionthatobligations
derivingfromtheTreatyofRomeareobserved.

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6.Itshould bepointed out that removals between Member States ofthe
EEC will continue toberegulated solely under theprovisions ofthe
EECTreaty ,especially Article 75andfollowing ,with aview to
guaranteeing theindependence ofCommunity law,toavoiding the
existence ofregulations from different sources andtoensuring
that theCommunity 'sinstitutional procedures areobserved in
establishing these common rules .
7.Toachieve theabove-mentioned aims theCommission proposes that :
(a)acceptance bebytheCommunity andnotbytheMember States as
such ,forthey arenow longer inaposition toassume individually
oreven collectively international commitments inrespect ofthe
subjects covered byCommunity measures orlikely toaffect the
(b)acceptance oftheECMT resolution becoupled with anamendment
ofCommunity provisions sothat removals between Member States of
the EECenjoy aregime asfavourable asisapplied toremovals
starting andending innon-Community countries .
8.Inthe light ofthese considerations ,theCommission issubmitting to
theCouncil this proposal for aDecision onacceptance bythe
Community ofthedraft resolution oftheEuropean Conference of
Ministers ofTransport (ECMT )on'the introduction ofanECMT licence
for international removals .latter ;

Thereafter theCouncil ,acting onaproposal from theCommission ,
would adopt themeasures necessary totranspose thearrangements
covered bythedraft resolution into Community lawingood time .
TheCommission stresses that because oftheinterdependence with
Community lawreferred toabove ,,adoption ofthis Decision bythe
Council should coincide with adoption oftheamendment totheFirst
Directive of1962 onthis matter ,,

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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
onacceptance bytheCommunityofadraftresolutionoftheEuropean
Conference ofMinistersofTransport ontheintroduction ofanECMT
licenceforinternational removals
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle75thereof-
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HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission.
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HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament.
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HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
WhereastheEuropeanConferenceofMinistersofTransport (ECMT)hasdrawn
upadraftresolution ontheintroduction ofanECMTlicenceforinterna­
tionalremovals;whereasapplication ofthisresolutionislikelytofacili­
tatetheperformance ofinternational removals,to,permitbetterutilization
oftransportequipment andtoreduceadministrative formalities ;
Whereasthesubjectmatterofthisresolutioniswithinthecompetenceof
theCommunity,sinceitiscoveredbyCommunitylegislation (FirstCouncil
Directiveof23July1962(1)aslastamendedbyDirective 80/49/EEC(2)#
andDirective 65/269/EEC(3)asamendedbyDirective 73/169/EEC(4);
(1)OJNo70,6.8.1962,p.2005/62.
(2)OJNoL18,24.1.1980,p.23.
(3)OJNo88,24.5.1965,p.1469/65.
(4)OJNoL181,4.7.1973,p.20.

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Whereas inthese circumstances itisfortheCommunity toaccept thedraft reso­
lution onbehalf ofitsMember States ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
Thedraft resolution oftheEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport
(ECMT )onthe introduction ofanECMT licence for international removals is
hereby accepted onbehalf oftheCommunity with effect from 1January 1982 .
The text ofthe draft resolution isannexed tothis Decision .
Article 2
The President ofthe Council shall notify theEuropean Conference of
Ministers ofTransport oftheacceptance bytheCommunity ofthedraft
resolution referred toinArticle 1.
Article 3
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
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Done at For the Council
The President

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COUNCIL OFMINISTERS
DRAFT RESOLUTION ONTHE INTRODUCTION OFAN
"ECMT -INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS "LICENCE
(Cover Note ) ,
Inreponse toarequest made bytheFederation ofInter­national Furniture Removers (FIDI ),theCommittee ofDeputies
has prepared adraft Resolution establishing aspecial ECM?
licence ,forinternational removals by .road .This draftResolution is .attached ,together with ,therules foritsuseand
.amodel licence .
Anumber ofadministrative difficulties are indeed
encountered bysuch traffic when crossing European frontiers ,
mainly owing tothediversity oflicences used bythe countries
which require them and the relevant formalities .
Theproposal setoutintheattached .draft Resolution
with aview toIntroducing astandard model removals licence
,will help toeliminate these difficulties * "
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Resolution No. establishing an"^CMT–»
TiiU'-riìational l'fbi.vj )vaia l'icone o •'>.
The Council ofMinisters oxTransport
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Meeting atBonn ;on21st and 22nd May ,1980
Having regard toResolutions Noa ,16,27,32and 35in .
their co-ordinmtcd version of1stJune ,1978 /UM(80)27 ooncern -
ingtheregulations governing international' trai^sporl :byroad ,and the liberalisation ofcertain types ofsuch transport ;
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Recalling Its intention offinding Solutions for the
pr6blems ofinternational road transport ;
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Recalling that the said Resolutions contain thefollowing
provisions concerning removals carried outbycontractors -whohave special staff andequipment forthis purpose : .V
'•(1)under item bfj,bilateral transport operations are ■"'
liberalised andnot subject toquota ,but may be .
, ■ subject tolicence thegrant ofwhich cannot be
. refused ; . ,
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(2)under Item c,trahsit isexempt from anylicensing ;•
requirementXl );
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(3)under item d,multilateral transport Isallowed
between twocountries other than thecountry In x«which thevehicle Isregistered(2 );
Observing that some Member countries require that inter­
national removals byroad besubject tolicence ;
»,.Considering that the introduction ofastandard multi­
lateral licence ,issued bythehaulier*s country oforigin ,
could facilitate international removals byroad pntheroutes
concerned ; . v •, •
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Considering that this Resolution does not modify the
liberal system inexistence ontraffic routes between certain ,
Member countries where international removals arpnotsubject ■tolicence ; . .
DECIDES , <f • . .'
. Y , • *-toestablish an "ECMT -International Removals "
licence authorising all international removals ,by
road inall ECMT Member countries carried outby -
contractors who have special staff and equipment
for this puvpnse ; "
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(1)This provision isaccepted by14Member countries andnotaccepted by5('Germany ,Spain .France ,Turkey ,Yugoslavia ). .
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(2)This provision isaccepted by ,13Member countries andnot •
accepted by6(Germany ,Spain ,Finland' ,France ,Turkey ,Yugoslavia ), . .

-toadopt tothl3 end the rules governing the issue ,
n.liniiiiatrr.tion and use of "ECMT -International .»
Removals "licences ;these rules are attached tothe •
present Resolution ,asAnnex Iandform anIntegralpart ofthis Resolution .
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-theECMT»rc"bor countries toF-.SKO thenecessary arrange
-cointroduce ,asfrom 1stJanuary ,1981 ,the
"ECMT -International Removals "licence for allinter­
national removals byroad between ECMT Member countries
'forwhich alicence isrequired .
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INSTRUCTS
-theCommittee ofDeputies tokeep under review the
.Implementation ofthis Resolution byMember countries .

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Rules' on -theestablishment ,ofan"ECMT -International ,
Removals "licence for international removals ."byroad# .!!'
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1. Those rules set out the principles according towhich
furniture removal firms whose vehicles are registered inMember
countries are allowed tocarry out removals byroad .onamulti­
lateral basis between anytwocountries orin.transit through
these countries . •
2. They donot alter theprovisions governing implementation
ofResolution No. .16,approved bytheCouncil of >Ministers on
26th November ,1965 ,asamended byResolutions faos .27,32and
35,concerning ,theregulations governing 'international trans -,
port byroad andtheliberalisation ofcertain types ofsuch
transport . * ' *
Rule'2 .
1. "ECMT -International Removals "licences shall not be
subject toquota .They shall bevalid asfrom 1stJanuary -
1981.
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2. These licences shall.be printed byeach Member country
inaccordance with themodel shown inAnnex II,
3. They shall benumbered byeach Member country indepen -* ,
dently ,this number consisting ofthe -nationality code used .J
bytheECMT todesignate each Member country followed byanumber inArabic numerals *. • v •
Rule 3
1. "ECMT -International Removals "licences shall beissiied
bytheresponsible authority ineach Member doi?ntry toremovalfirms whose vehicles aireregistered inthat country (country
oforigin ).
2. Theother Member countries agree that tfyeissue ofa
licence bythecountry oforigin shall beconsidered asautho -
rising international removals ontheir territory . ,
Rule A f ,,
1. "i:CMT -International Removals "licence ^shall entitle
their holders tocarry outanyprofessional international re­movals forwhich thopoints ofloading andunloading areonthe ,
territory ofdifferent Member countries ras*well asunladen ,i
runs through Moober countries . . ■ ..•^ ..•: . •>. '• ..."■- • > ,v.\ ;•\.« '. •'

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2. An"ECMT -International Removals "licence shall not
•uthorice aremoval within oneMember country forunloading at
..nother point inthe same country .• . .
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ιZ, "ECMT -International Removals "licences shall bemade -i
•)utinthename oftheremoval firm ,which maynottransfer ^
them toathird party .'Alicence maybeused for only one
vehicle atatime .Itshall bekept inthevehicle andpro­
duced totheresponsible officials onrequest .Theword k
vehicle isused here tomean a "single vehicle oratractor -
trailer combination specially used for ,'Removal purposes ..
A. Theperiod ofvalidity of"ECMT -International Removals "
licences shall bedetermined bythe .Member county issuing them .
.Such licences shall permit anunlimited number ofremovals 'during their period ofvalidity .
5. "ECMT –International Removals "licences maybeissued
enly tocontractors authorised ,inaccordance with thelegis­lation ofthecountry oforigin ,tooperate asprofessional •
international removers - •
Rule 5
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1. Member countries shall lend each other assistance in
.Implementing andmonitoring compliance with theinstructions
jetoutinthese Rules . ' ■;
2. Should theresponsible authorities 'inaMember country
become aware that theholder ofan."ECMT -International
j'.emov -In"licence issued byanother Member country hasfailed
-ocomply with theprovisions ofthose Rules ,thoMember .country
onwhose national territory theoffence hasbeen committed mrSy
inform "theauthorities oftheMember country which issued the
"ECMT -International Removals "licence .Theresponsible
authorities shall communicate toeach other anyinformation
they may possess about the action taken ,todeal with the offence
Rule 6 ' «
These Rules shall Innowayaffect theprovisions of .Member countries' domestic legislation#
•Annex IIshall beanintegral part ofthese Rules .

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(wording tobeinthetwoofficial languages oftheECMT )
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE . 'COUNTRY ISSUING '. NAME OFTHE
OFMINISTERS OF ' 'THE LICENCE ' RESPONSIBLE
TRANSPORT ' '(nationality " . :AUTHORITY OR
code ) . ORGANISATION ■
ECMT INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS .LICENCE
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No.
authorising theholder 9acontractor with special removal staff
and equipment ,tocarry outprofessional removals byroad be­
tween .loading andunloading points indifferenjc Member countriesoftheEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport(1 ),using
asingle vehicle ofatractor-trailer assembly designed for ;removals ,andtorun ,such vehicle or .tractor-trailer assembly
unladen inMember countries . •. '.
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Restrictions :- • l* «"
A. •This licence isnotvalid fortransit through ^/*)*
B. This licence isnotvalid fortransport between two v
countries notincluding thecountry ofregistration ofthevehicle (multilateral transport )in(4)Y ««.«<> «»«»»
DonO at•«»•••!•«<«.««•• oneeoQeoe€ti«ao$ee s••••(5)
£1)Federal Republic ofGermany (B),'Austria (A),Belgium (B)„ ;Donmork (T)X).Spain (E).Finland (SF).France (F),Greece (GR)
Ireland (lUL;#Italy (l),Luxembourg (L)fNorway (N)?the
IJoth^rlnn-lr ,(III.)„iPortu^al (p),theUnited Kingdom (GD),Sweden (5),Switzerland (CH),Turkey (T)pandYugoslavia (YU)«,
(2)Nnme ortraOe name andfull address ofthe .contractor *
13)In'Arabic numerals , • ;*•
(4)Byapplication ofResolution No.*16Pasamended byResolu –
tionr ,Non »27,32and 35. x
(5)Signature andstamp oftheresponsible authority ororgani­
sation Issuing thelicence inthecountry registration
oftho vehicle .

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(page 2ofthe nECMT -International Removals' !licence )' .
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GENERAL PROVISIONS -
Thepresent licence covers professional removals byroad
between loading andunloading points intwo different Member '
•countries oftheEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport'
aslisted onpage 1ofthis licence . 1 .\'t
Itdoes not apply toremovals between aMember country
and athird country . j ■
.Thelicence ispersonal andmaynotbetransferred# .Itmayonly beused oneach occasion forasingle vehicle or . ! .
tractor-trailer combination designed forremovals . S
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Itmust bekept onboard thevehicle andproduced to ; ;
theresponsible officials onrequest . ;
Theholder ofthelicence must comply with thelegal and
administrative regulations inforce ineach Member country ,;\
especially those relating toremovals androad traffic#
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Thepresent licence piust bereturned within twoweeks .
ofexpiry totheresponsible authority ororganisation which .
issued It. •. . v. \ , :•,■ : •'*■''
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(Pages*' 3etseq éofthe "ECMT - 'j-
International Removals "licence).' '-i
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(Information relating tothefirst page pfthe "ECMT t-\ •
International Removals "licence tobegiven inMember :.
countries' official languages when other than French ;andEnglish ) ' :
This "ECMT International Removals licence 11authorises
itsholder tocarry outprofessional removals byroad between
loading and unloading points indifferent Member countries of
theEuropean Conference ofMinisters ofTransport using asingle
vehicle oratractor-trailer combination designed for removals .
The list ofcountries inwhich the ECMT licence isvalid will
befound infootnote (1)onpage 1.Theholder ofthelicence
must bearemoval contractor with special removal staff and
equipment , ^ .
Page 1ofthelicence must give thefollowing information
-thelicence number ,consisting ofthenationality ; .
v code ofthecountry ofregistration ofthevehicle
-followed byanumber inArabic numeral ^; !
• ~at(2),thename or'trade .nam©' andfull address of
the contractor j
-.at(3)ttheperiod ofvalidity inArabic numerals ;
-insection A,thecode letters ofcountries inwhich
the licence isnot valid for transit purposes,?'
-insection Bpthe code letters ofcountries inwhich .,
-^ ^thelicence isnotvalid fortransport between two
countries other then thecountry ofregistration of .-.
.;thevehicle (multilateral transport );
at(5),thesignature andstamp ofthe .Responsible
..authority ororganisation issuing thelicence Anthe
country ofregistration ofthevehicle .