Council Recommendation of 3 March 2008 adapting Recommendation 98/376/EC on a parking card for people with disabilities, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic
Date: 2008-03-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: accession to the European Union, facilities for people with disabilities, harmonisation of standards, parking area

7.3.2008

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RECOMMENDATIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION

of 3 March 2008

adapting Recommendation 98/376/EC on a parking card for people with disabilities, by reason of
the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic
of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Malta, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic

(2008/205/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Act of Accession of 2003, and in
particular Article 57 thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of 2005, and in
particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Article 57 of the Act of Accession of 2003
and Article 56 of the Act of Accession of 2005 such
adaptations are to be adopted by the Council in all cases
where the Council adopted the original act.

Council Recommendation 98/376/EC of 4 June 1998 on
a parking card for people with disabilities (1) should
therefore be amended accordingly,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

Recommendation 98/376/EC is amended as set out
Annex.

in the

Whereas:

Done at Brussels, 3 March 2008.

(1)

For certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 January
2007 and require adaptation by reason of accession,
the necessary adaptations were not provided for in the
Acts of Accession.

For the Council
The President

J. PODOBNIK

(1) OJ L 167, 12.6.1998, p. 25.

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Recommendation 98/376/EC is amended as follows:

ANNEX

1. under the seventh indent of point D of the Annex, the list of distinguishing codes is replaced by the following:

‘B:

BG:

CZ:

DK:

D:

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

EST:

Estonia

IRL:

Ireland

EL:

Greece

E:

F:

I:

CY:

LV:

LT:

L:

H:

M:

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

NL:

Netherlands

A:

PL:

P:

Austria

Poland

Portugal

RO:

Romania

SLO:

Slovenia

SK:

Slovakia

FIN:

Finland

S:

UK:

Sweden
United Kingdom’;

2. under point E of the Annex, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘If a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following: Bulgarian, Czech,
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish or Swedish, it shall draw up a bilingual version
of the card using one of the aforementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex.’.

Irish,