2002/917/EC: Council Decision of 3 October 2002 on the conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus
Date: 2002-10-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), bus, carriage of passengers, international transport

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 3 October 2002

on the conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers
by coach and bus

(2002/917/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

The Interbus Agreement should be approved,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Articles 71(1) and 93, in conjunction
with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article
300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

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

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Council mandate of 7 December
1995,
the Commission has negotiated a European
Agreement on the international occasional carriage of
passengers by coach and bus with Bosnia and Herzego-
the Czech Republic, Estonia,
vina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland, Romania,
the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Turkey.

On 22 June 2001, in accordance with the Council deci-
sion of 18 June 2001, the Interbus Agreement on the
international occasional carriage of passengers by coach
and bus was signed on behalf of the Community.

On 30 June 2001, the Agreement had been signed by
the European Community and the following 13 coun-
tries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
the
Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia,
Poland, Romania,
the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and
Turkey.

The conclusion of the Interbus Agreement will help to
develop transport links between the Contracting Parties;
four
for
Contracting Parties,
including the Community, must
have approved or ratified it.

into force,

signature,

to enter

after

it

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international
occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community,
the act of approval provided for in Article 27 of the Agreement
in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

The Commission, assisted by representatives of the members of
the Council, shall
the Community in the Joint
Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’) set up
by Article 23 of the Agreement.

represent

The position to be taken by the Community within the
Committee shall be adopted by the Council acting by a quali-
fied 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
Procedures.

(1) OJ C 51 E, 26.6.2002, p. 193.
(2) Assent given on 2 July 2002 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

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

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

Article 4

Done at Luxembourg, 3 October 2002.

For the Council

The President

F. HANSEN