Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 in order to foresee for the distribution of authorizations among Member States received through the agreement between the European Community and Romania establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport
Date: 2001-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU Member State, Hungary, Romania, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, combined transport, road transport, transit, transport authorisation, transport statistics

C 270 E/102

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.9.2001

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Regulation
(EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 in order to
foresee for the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the
Agreement between the European Community and Romania establishing certain conditions for
the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of Combined Transport

(2001/C 270 E/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 334 final (cid:151) 2001/0138(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 20 June 2001)

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 from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,
Whereas:
(1) By Council Decision . . .

the European Community has
concluded an Agreement with Romania
establishing
certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and
the promotion of Combined Transport.

the Economic and Social

(2) This Agreement foresees that the Community will receive
road transit authorisations from Romania, as is the case
under the almost identical agreements that have already
been concluded with Bulgaria and Hungary.

(3) It

is necessary for

reasons of coherency that

the rules
governing the distribution, management and allocation of
these authorisations are identical to those that have been
authorisations
established for
received through the agreements with Bulgaria and Hungary.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (1) should be amended accordingly.
(5) It is necessary for this Regulation to enter into force as a

the distribution of

the

matter of urgency,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and
of the Council is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Article 1

the Community by virtue of Article 6.2 of the Agreements
between the European Community and the Republic of
Bulgaria, between the European Community and the
Republic
European
and
Community and Romania establishing certain conditions
for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of
(cid:147)the
(hereinafter
Combined Transport
Agreements(cid:148)).(cid:146)

referred to as

of Hungary

between

the

2. The Annex shall be replaced by the following:

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Authorisations for use in:

Bulgaria

Hungary

Romania

103

110

134

103

110

133

104

111

137

11 468

10 974

12 457

100

102

100

102

100

150

119

100

102

107

103

100

102

100

102

100

147

118

100

102

106

103

100

102

100

102

100

154

120

100

102

107

104

Total

13 000

12 500

14 000

Article 2

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

This Regulation lays down the rules for the distribution
between the Member States of authorisations available to

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

(1) Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 4 April 2001 concerning the distribution of auth-
orisations 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 (OJ L 108,
18.4.2001, p. 1).