WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3076/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator
Date: 1997-10-02
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, access to a profession, approximation of laws, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, carrier, international transport, recognition of diplomas, restriction on competition, road transport

C 134/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 4. 98

(98/C 134/92)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3075/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Council

(2 October 1997)

Subject: Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator

This question concerns the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 96/26/EC on admission to the
occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplomas,
certificates  and  other  evidence  of  formal  qualifications  intended  to  facilitate  for  these  operators  the  right  to
freedom  of  establishment  in  national  and  international  transport  operations  (COM(97)  25  final  ›  97/0029
SYN) (1).

The  proposal  is  designed  to  continue  the  process  of  harmonizing  the  requirements  for  admission  to  the
occupation of road haulage operator and strengthen the road transport market.

Attention should be drawn to the growing involvement of haulage operators in bilateral commerce concerning
goods and passengers between the Member States and the CEECs. In a spirit of harmonization, an objective
which  continues  to  be  pursued  in  the  EU,  and  in  order  to  avoid  practices  which  may  lead  to  distortions  of
competition and promote equal conditions for all, can the Council examine, as a matter of urgency, the possibility
of  extending  the  influence  of  the  Directive  to  road  haulage  operators  in  the  CEECs  involved  in  bilateral
commerce with the Member States?

(1)  OJ C 95, 24.3.1997, p. 66.

Answer

(15 January 1998)

During discussions held with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe within the structured dialogue set up to
prepare those countries for accession to the Community, the Council emphasized the need for them to prepare
themselves  actively  for  taking  on  the  (cid:145)acquis  communautaire(cid:146)  in  all  its  aspects  (technical,  social,  safety  and
others).

With particular regard to Directive 96/26/EC to which the Honourable Member refers, eight associated countries
of Central and Eastern Europe have notified the Commission of their intention to bring their legislation into line
with that Directive on 1 January 1998 (1).

(1)  See reply given by the Commission on 17 November 1997 to Mr AMADEO(cid:146)s Written Question No E-3076/97.

(98/C 134/93)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3076/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(2 October 1997)

Subject: Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator

This  question  concerns  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  amending  Directive  96/26/EC  on  admission  to
the  occupation  of  road  haulage  operator  and  road  passenger  transport  operator  and  mutual  recognition  of
diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the
right  to  freedom  of  establishment  in  national  and  international  transport  operations  (COM(97)  25  final  ›
97/0029 SYN) (1).

The  proposal  is  designed  to  continue  the  process  of  harmonizing  the  requirements  for  admission  to  the
occupation of road haulage operator and strengthen the road transport market.

Attention should be drawn to the growing involvement of haulage operators in bilateral commerce concerning
goods and passengers between the Member States and the CEECs. In a spirit of harmonization, an objective
which  continues  to  be  pursued  in  the  EU,  and  in  order  to  avoid  practices  which  may  lead  to  distortions  of
competition  and  promote  equal  conditions  for  all,  can  the  Commission  examine,  as  a  matter  of  urgency,  the
possibility  of  extending  the  influence  of  the  Directive  to  road  haulage  operators  in  the  CEECs  involved  in
bilateral commerce with the Member States?

(1)  OJ C 95, 24.3.1997, p. 66.