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COM(76)43 final
Brussels ,11February 1976
Proposal for a
^ COUNCIL DECISION
supplementing theCouncil Decision of15
October 1975 ontheopening ofnegotiations
foranAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community and third countries ontherules
applicable totheinternational carriage of
passengers bycoach and bus
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (76)43final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheCouncilDecisionof15October1975authorizedtheCommission
tonegotiateanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Austria,Greece,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland ,Turkeyand
Yugoslaviawithaviewtoestablishing uniformrulesapplicableto
occasionalservicesfortheinternational carriageofpassengersbycoach
andbusfromortoany.oneofthesethirdcountriesorbetweentwoHoftber
Statesvieaanyoneofthesethirdcountries,
2.Thechoiceofthesethirdcountrieswasdictatedbytheir
interestinextendingandapplyingtheCommunityprovisions,theirgeograph­
icallocationand/orvolumeoftrafficwiththeMemberStatesofthe
Community.Thenegotiations willrelateprimarilytooccasionalservices.
3.Inviewofthegrowthofoccasionalroadpassengerservicesbetween
theMemberStatesandFinlanditseemsappropriatetoincludeFinlandinthe
negotiations sothatrationalsolutionscanbefoundtoproblemsconnected
withsetting-up,operatingandmonitoringtheseservices.Moreover,it
shouldbenotedthatFinlandhasjustbeenadmittedtothediscussions
takingplaceintheEuropeanConferenceofMinistersofTransport(ECMT)
ofwhichalltheotherthirdcountrieswithwhichnegotiations willbe
heldpursuanttotheCouncilDecisionof15October1975arealreadymembers.

PROPOSAL
FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
* ^ 4•* '
Of
supplementing theCouncil Decision of15October 1975
ontheopening ofnegotiations foranAgreement
"between theEuropean Economic Community
andthird countries ontherules applicable tothe
international carriage ofpassengers bycoach andbus
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCouncil Decision of15October 1975 ^"authorized theCommission
toopen negotiations with certain third countries with aview toconcluding
anAgreement between theEuropean Economio Community andthose countries
ontherules applicable totheinternational carriage ofpassengers bycoach
andbus ;
Whereas ,inview oftheincreasing volume oftraffic carried onoccasional
services between theMember States andFinland ,j.toe. • .*. :■ •vj/
thescope ofthenegotiations should be 1in&li'nea tfc~inclu&3 vthat country ,
(l)Doc.R/2828/75(TRANS 102)of17November 1975

HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS!
SoleArticle
InArticle1oftheCouncilDecisionof15October1975onthe
openingofnegotiations foranAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
Communityandthirdcountriesontherulesappicabletotheinternational
carriageofpassengers "bycoachandbus,Finlandshallbeaddedtothe
countrieswithwhichtheCommissionisauthorizedtoopenthesaid
negotiations .
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ThePresident