2001/265/EC: Council Decision of 19 March 2001 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2001-03-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, combined transport, road transport

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 March 2001

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic
of Bulgaria establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of
combined transport

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/265/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the
Community,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
and in particular Articles 71 and 93 in
conjunction with the second subparagraph of Article 300(3)
thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The conclusion of the Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Bulgaria establishing
certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and
the promotion of
(hereinafter
referred to as (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146)) provides an appropriate
means for the further development of transport relations
between the Contracting Parties.

combined transport

The conclusion of
the Agreement contributes to the
smooth functioning of the internal market because it
will promote transit
traffic through the Republic of
Bulgaria for internal transport between Greece and the
other Member States and thus enable intra-Community
trade to be conducted at the least possible cost to the
public at
large and to reduce to a minimum the
administrative and technical obstacles which affect it.

(3)

The conclusion of the Agreement promotes combined
transport, with a view to protecting the environment.

(1) OJ 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 52.
(2) Opinion delivered on 25.10.2000 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Bulgaria establishing certain conditions for the
carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined
transport is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of
provided for in Article 19 of the Agreement.

the Council

shall give the notification

Article 3

The Commission, assisted by representatives of the members of
the
the Council,
Community/Bulgaria Transport Committee (hereinafter referred
to as (cid:145)the Committee(cid:146)) set up by Article 13 of the Agreement.

the Community

represent

shall

in

The position to be taken by the Community within the
Committee shall be adopted by the Council acting by a
qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. The
Council shall act by simple majority when the decision which
the Committee proposes to take relates to the Committee’s
rules of procedure.

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Decisions taken by the Committee shall be published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2001.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG