Council Regulation (EEC) No 1384/79 of 25 June 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway
Date: 1979-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: accounting, common transport policy, inland waterway transport, rail transport, road transport, transport infrastructure













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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1384/79 of 25 June 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway  


Official Journal L 167 , 05/07/1979 P. 0001 - 0006 Finnish special edition: Chapter 7 Volume 2 P. 0111  Greek special edition: Chapter 07 Volume 2 P. 0099  Swedish special edition: Chapter 7 Volume 2 P. 0111  Spanish special edition: Chapter 07 Volume 2 P. 0188  Portuguese special edition Chapter 07 Volume 2 P. 0188  





COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1384/79  of 25 June 1979  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway  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 (1),  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),  Whereas, in order to institute under the common transport policy a system of charging for the use of infrastructure, it is necessary to know what expenditure is incurred in respect of infrastructure;  Whereas a permanent accounting system offers the most suitable means for knowing what expenditure is incurred in respect of infrastructure;  Whereas to this end the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 (3), introduced a permanent accounting system for such expenditure;  Whereas account should be taken of experience gained and of the development of the common transport policy ; whereas the forms of accounts, the list of types of infrastructure and the schedule of returns concerning the use of infrastructure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 should be adjusted accordingly,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:    Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows:    1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:  "Article 3  Infrastructure expenditure accounts shall be kept for each of the railway networks listed in Annex II (A. 1) and for the total of all the other networks listed in Annex II (A. 2), as well as for all roads and inland waterways open to public traffic, with the following exceptions:      (a) roads closed to motor traffic, that is, to vehicles with a cylinder capacity equal to or exceeding 50 cm3;           (b) roads used exclusively by agricultural or forestry vehicles or which serve only to provide access for agricultural or forestry operations;           (c) inland waterways on which traffic is limited to vessels of less than 250 tonnes deadweight;           (d) waterways of a maritime character, as listed in Regulation (EEC) No 281/71 (1).    (1)OJ No L 33, 10.2.1971, p. 11."       2. Article 5 (2) (a) shall be replaced by the following:  "2. Separate accounts shall be presented:  (a) in respect of railways:      (i) for each of the networks listed in Annex II (A. 1);           (ii) for the total of all the other networks listed in Annex II (A. 2). However, the returns relating to these networks shall be sent only once every five years, starting with those for the year 1980."  (1)OJ No C 296, 11.12.1978, p. 57. (2)OJ No C 128, 21.5.1979, p. 35. (3)OJ No L 130, 15.6.1970, p. 4.          3. The second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 6 shall be replaced by the following:  "- capital repayments and, separately, interest on loans contracted earlier."       4. Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:  "Article 7  Member States shall send to the Commission, at the same time as they send the accounts referred to in Article 5 and in respect of the same period, returns relating to the use of infrastructures in accordance with Tables A, B (1.1) and C of Annex III.  The returns covered by Tables B (1.2) and B (2) of that Annex shall be sent only once every five years. In the case of Table B (1.2) returns shall be sent for the first time for the year 1980 and, in the case of Table B (2), returns shall be suspended until work on the system of charging for the use of infrastructure make them necessary."       5. Annexes I, II and III are amended in accordance with the Annex.     Article 2 Member States shall, in good time and after consulting the Commission, adopt such laws, regulations or administrative provisions as may be necessary for the implementation of this Regulation.  Where a Member State so requests, or where the Commission considers it appropriate, the Commission shall consult with the Member States concerned upon the proposed terms of the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph.     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1979.  For the Council  The President  J. LE THEULE   ANNEX    1. In B (2) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70, subdivisions 20 and 21 shall be deleted.       2. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows:  "ANNEX II  SCHEDULE OF THE RAIL NETWORKS, CATEGORIES OF ROAD AND INLAND WATERWAYS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 AND 5 (2)    A.1. RAIL - Main networks  Kingdom of Belgium   - Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (SNCB)/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS)  Kingdom of Denmark   - Danske Statsbaner (DSB)  Federal Republic of Germany   - Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB)  French Republic   - Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF)  Ireland   - Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE)  Italien Republic   - Azienda autonoma delle ferrovie dello Stato (FS)  Grand Duchy of Luxembourg   - Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL)  Kingdom of the Netherlands   - N.V. Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland      - British Railways Board (BRB)           - Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd (NIR)         A.2. RAIL - Networks open to public traffic and connected to the main network (excluding urban networks)  Federal Republic of Germany  Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH  Alsternordbahn GmbH  Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Altona-Kaltenkirchen-Neumünster  Augsburger Lokalbahn GmbH  Bayerische Landeshafenverwaltung  Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG  Birkenfelder Eisenbahn GmbH  Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn GmbH  DB, Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt, Ne-Geschäftsführung  Deutsche Eisenbahn-GmbH  Dortmunder Eisenbahn  Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloer Eisenbahn AG  Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal - Extertalbahn GmbH  Filderbahn der Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG   Hafen- und Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Kiel  Häfen der Stadt Köln  Hafen- und Bahnbetriebe der Stadt Krefeld  Hersfelder Kreisbahn  Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG  Verkehrsbetriebe Grafschaft Hoya GmbH  Hümmlinger Kreisbahn  Ilmebahn-Gesellschaft AG  Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG  Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (Köln-Frechen-Benzelrather Eisenbahn)  Eisenbahn Köln-Mülheim-Leverkusen der Farbenfabriken Bayer AG  Krefelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG  Kreiswerke Gelnhausen GmbH - Verkehrsbetriebe  Meppen-Haselünner Eisenbahn  Merzig-Büschfelder Eisenbahn GmbH  Mindener Kreisbahnen  Bahnen der Stadt Monheim GmbH  Neukölln-Mittenwalder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft  Neusser Eisenbahn  Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe Akticngesellschaft NIAG  Nordfriesische Verkehrsbetriebe AG  Kreisbahn Osterode am Harz - Kreiensen  Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG  Osthavelländische Eisenbahn  Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH  Regentalbahn AG  Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft  Verkehrsbetriebe des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg  Siegener Kreisbahn GmbH  Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahnen AG  Tegernsee-Bahn AG  Trossinger Eisenbahn  Uetersener Eisenbahn-AG  Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn GmbH  Vorwohle-Emmerthaler Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH  Bahngesellschaft Waldhof - Nebenbahn Waldhof/Sandhofen  Wanne-Bochum-Herner Eisenbahn  Werne-Bockum-Höveler Eisenbahn  Westfälische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH  Westerwaldbahn  Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG  Württembergische Eisenbahn-GmbH  Württembergische Nebenbahnen GmbH  Industriebahn der Stadt Zülpich  Hafenbahn Aschaffenburg  Brohltal-Eisenbahn GmbH  Kleinbahnverwaltung Gemeinde Edewecht  Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn  Oberrheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft AG  Wittlager Kreisbahn GmbH  Italien Republic  Torino - Ceres  Ferrovie Nord Milano  Trento - Malè  Società Veneta Autoferrovie  Società Veneta per imprese e costruzioni pubbliche  Ferrovia Suzzara - Ferrara  Gestione Governativa Ferrovie Padane  Azienda Trasporti Consorziali di Modena  Azienda Trasporti Consorziali - Bologna  Acotral  Ferrovie Adriatico Appennino  Gestione Governativa Ferrovia Cancello - Benevento  Ferrotranviaria (SpA)  Ferrovie del Sud-Est  Ferrovie del Gargano  Gestione Governativa Ferrovia Circumetnea  Azienda Consorziale Trasporti - Reggio Emilia  La Ferroviaria italiana  Società Mediterranea strade ferrate umbro-aretine  Società nazionale di ferrovie e tranvie."         3. Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows:    3.1. Table B (1) in Annex III is replaced by Tables B (1.1) and B (1.2) below:  "TABLE B - ROAD    1.1. Vehicle / kilometres run annually on roads outside built-up areas  Member State:  Category of road: >PIC FILE= "T0015934">        1.2. Vehicle / kilometres run annually on roads outside built-up areas  Member State:  Category of road: >PIC FILE= "T0015935">           3.2. Items (e) and (f) of Table C in Annex III shall be replaced by the following: >PIC FILE= "T0015936">