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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)198 final
Brussels ,13March 1973
/
Proposal fora
REGULATION (SEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
modifying "theregulation (EEC)No2829/72ofthe
Council ontheCommunity quota forthe carriage
ofgoods byroad between Member States
(Submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CGK173 )198final

Exposition ofthoconsiderations
1,On28december1972»theCouncil,adoptedaregulation(EEC)
n°2829/72ontheCommunityquotaforthecarriageofgoods"byroad"between
MemberStates.Thearticle4ipar.3of"theregulationsaysthat,notlater
than31March1973>theCouncildecides,onaproposalfromtheCommission
andinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle75of"theTreaty,
ontheadaptationofthenumberofauthorisations allocatedtothenew
MemberStatesinsofarasanyadaptationisJustified,accountbeingtaken
ofdevelopments intrafficbetweenthesestatesandtheoriginalMember
Statessince1969»
Thisdisposition wasintroduced ,followingtheconsiderations made
bythenewMemberStatesonthevalueoftheeconomicalandstatisticalele­
mentswhichxtfereusedtofixtheirquotasofCommunityauthorisations inthe
saidregulation.Theseelementstookintoaccount:
–the'international trafficbyroadin1970»
-theglobaltraffic(allsortsoftransportbyroadaswellasby
sea-way)madein1969*
TohelptheCommunity-institutions topreparethedecisionforecast
inArticle4»Par.3ofthesaidregulation ,theCouncilasked,duringits
sessionof18and19december1972,toaworking-group ,underthepresidence
ofanofficialoftheCommission ,toexaminetheabove–mentioned basicele­
ments,accountbeingtakenoftheevolutionofthetrafficsince19&9between
thenewmemberstatesandtheoriginalMemberStates.
2..»Thisworking-group meeton22January1973andmadegoodthebasis
oftheinternational trafficbyroad.Butconcerningtheparameterconnected
withtheglobaltraffic,thegroup,byamajority,decidedthatinthiscase
itcouldonlybeareference-mark .Thestatistical elementsofthesetwo
parameterswereacceptedbythemajorityofthegroup.Atlast,somedelegar-
tionsproposedsomecomplementary selectionargumentsreferringto:
./■

-modifications ofthestructures ofexchanges andtraffics ,because of
theenlargment oftheCommunity ,
-thesupplementary distance inthe case ofMember states which have a
peripheric geographic position ,
-!thedelay duetothenecessity ofasea-crossing orduetoother diffi­
culties oftheroute ,which arebrought upbythegeographic configu­
ration , '
-theincitement due ,for the carriers of -thenew .Member States ,tothe
possibilities togetmultilateral relations ,
-thedegree ofutilisation oftheexisting bilateral authorizations .
Theeconomic value ofthese arguments wascontested ,andmoreover
itwasnotpossible toquantify them .
Finally ,the'majority ofthegroup hasrecommanded amethod of
calculation based ontheexploitation ofthetwoabove-mentioned para­
meters andthestatistical ,actualized elements relating ,tothem .
3. TheCommission considers that the said parameters ,which were al­
ready used toestablish thebasic quotas ofthenewMember States (period ,
from 1.1-.1973 to31»3«1-973 )♦must also beused within thewanted adaptation .
Their exploitations with uptodate numbers maybring these quotas to
thefollowing levels :Denmark :80,Ireland :24,United Kingdom 129 .
Ontheother hand ,theCommission thinks that theenlargment of
theCommunity will have more .perceptible repercussions onthecarriers
ofthenewMember States .Such arepercussion however cannot bequanti­
fied with enough ,precision andonly adecision atapolitical level will
allow tofix abasis whicli ,according totheCommission ,will show an
increase of30%ofthequotas already fixed .Therefore ,thebasic quotas
would beDenmark ;104 ,Ireland :311United Kingdom 168 .
In1973 ,thelinear increase of15%.must bebrought tothe -
quotas fixed inthis way ,for all theMember States ,according tothe
regulation (EEC )n°2829/72.In1974 ,itisproposed that theincrease
fixed inthesame regulation becomes 20#,asfa?aethenewMember
of
States areconcerned mainly because /thepossible quick increase ©ftheir
exchanges due totheenlargment oftheCommunity .

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PROPOSITION
ofaRegulation(EEC)Nr...../73oftheCounoil
modifying ,theregulation (EEC)Nr.2829/72oftheCwuncil
entheCommunityquotaf*rthecarriageofgoods "byroad
"betweenMemberStates
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,■
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconsmicCommunity,
andinparticulararticle75> "
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,■<•
havingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
havingregardtothe©pinions>ftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
./•

considering that article 4,par .3oftheregulation (EEC )Nr.2829/72 (1)
oftheCouncil ontheCommunity quota forthecarriage ofgoods byroad
between Member States ,says that ,before 31March 1973 ,theCouncil de­
cides ,under theproposal from theCommission andaccording tothepro­
cedure forecast inarticle 75oftheTreaty ,ifanadaptation ofthe
number oftheauitorieations given tothenewMember States isjustified ,
taking into account the evolution ofthe traffic between these Member
States andtheoriginal Member States since 1969 »
considering that ,onthebasis pftheresults ofthe examination ofthe
elements with regard totheevolution ,since 19^9 ,ofthetraffic ofthe
newMember States ,anincrease ofthebasic quotas oftheCommunity autho­
rizations which aregiven tothem according tothesaid regulation ,is
justified ;moreover taking into account the fact that thesupposed'
effects oftheincrease oftheexchanges ,because oftheenlargment of
the Community ,will have more perceptible effects onthecarriers ofthe
new Member States ,itisnecessary toforecast asupplementary increase
ofthesaid basic quotas and asfar asthese states areconcerned to
adjust therates ,onthebasis ofwhich thequotas of197^were
calculated . '
• , •* ^ «
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Articles 3and boftheregulation (EEC)Nr.2829/72ofthe
Council ,ontheCommunity quota forthecarriage ofgoods byroad
between Member States (1),arereplaced bythefollowing dispositions :
(1)Official Paper Nr.L298of31.12.1972 ,p.16

Por1973,
For1974,"Artide3
thequotashallconsistof10??cauthorisations ,
thequotashallconsistof1,970authorisations ."
"Article4
For1973,"thenumberofCommunityauthorisations allocated ,to
eaohMemberStateshallbeasfollows:
Belgium !:191
Denmark ;:120
Germany ::321
France ::313
Ireland ::36
Italy ::230
Lu;:emburg ::45
Netherlands !:279
UnitedKingdom ;:193
For1974,"thenumberofCommunityauthorisations allocatedtoeach
MemberStateshallbeasfollows:
Belgium !:221
Denmarlc ::Hl
Germany !:356
France- ;:341
Ireland ::k2
Italy ::266
Luxemburg :58
Netherlands ::318
UnitedKingdom ::227*"
Article2
Thisregulationshallenterintoforceon.......1973*
Thisregulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyappli­
cableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident