Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 concerning the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary
Date: 2001-04-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Hungary, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, combined transport, equal treatment, road transport, transport authorisation

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 685/2001 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 4 April 2001

concerning the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the
Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion
of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and
between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 71 thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee (2),

the Economic and Social

(6)

(7)

In order to ensure the optimal use of authorisations, all
unallocated authorisations should be returned to the
Commission for redistribution.

The allocation of authorisations should be based on
criteria that take full account of existing land transport
flows between Greece and the other Member States,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council

Decisions

2001/265/EC (4)

and
By
2001/266/EC (5) of 19 March 2001,
the European
Community has
concluded Agreements with the
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Hungary
establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods
by road and the promotion of combined transport.

for

This Regulation lays down the rules
the distribution
between the Member States of authorisations available to the
Community by virtue of Article 6(2) of
the Agreements
between the European Community and the Republic of
Bulgaria and between the European Community and the
Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the
carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined
transport (hereinafter referred to as (cid:145)the Agreements(cid:146)).

These Agreements provide that
the Community will
receive road transit authorisations from Bulgaria and
Hungary respectively.

Article 2

is necessary

It
distribution and management of
which are made available to the Community.

to establish rules

the
governing
the authorisations

practical

For
those
and management
authorisations should be made available to the Member
States by the Commission.

reasons,

To that end, an allocation method should be established.
the
Thereafter,
authorisations allocated to them among undertakings in
accordance with objective criteria.

the Member States should share out

The Commission

1.
accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.

shall

allocate

authorisations

in

especially the

in accordance with the Annex.

The authorisations shall be allocated between Member
2.
light of
States
experience,
the
Commission will, where appropriate and at the earliest three
years after the entry into force of this Regulation, make a
proposal to the Council to decide on a modification of the
allocation of the authorisations between Member States.

in traffic

changes

In the

flows,

(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 33.
(2) OJ C 168, 16.6.2000, p. 13.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament on 25 October 2000 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of 19

published in the Official
March 2001.

(4) See page 4 of this Official Journal.
(5) See page 27 of this Official Journal.

The authorisations for each year shall be allocated before

3.
15 October of the preceding year.

4.
The number of authorisations to be allocated for the first
year of implementation of either of the Agreements shall be
adjusted pro rata if the Agreement has entered into force after
1 January of that year.

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Article 3

States

Member
undertakings
objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

distribute
established in their

shall

authorisations
territory

amongst
according to

authorisations which, on the basis of available data and
estimates, are unlikely to be used before the end of that year.
The Commission shall allocate these returned authorisations
taking account of the distribution key in the Annex and the
request of Member States for additional authorisations.

Article 4

Article 5

Before 15 September of each year, the competent authorities
of the Member States shall return to the Commission those

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001.

For the European Parliament

The President

N. FONTAINE

For the Council

The President

B. ROSENGREN

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ANNEX

Member State

Authorisations for use in:

Bulgaria

Hungary

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

103

110

134

103

110

133

11 468

10 974

100

102

100

102

100

150

119

100

102

107

103

100

102

100

102

100

147

118

100

102

106

103

Total

13 000

12 500