OPINION OF THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's position concerning the proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT AND OF THECOUNCIL amending Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic
Date: 2015-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, inland transport, international road transport, large vehicle, technical standard, weight and size













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OPINION OF THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's position concerning the proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT AND OF THECOUNCIL amending Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic /* COM/2015/0169 final - 2013/0105 (COD) */









2013/0105 (COD)
OPINION OF THE COMMISSION
pursuant to Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
on the European Parliament's amendments
to the Council's position
concerning the proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF
THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT
AND OF THECOUNCIL
amending Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for
certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized
dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized
weights in international traffic

(Text with EEA relevance)
1.           Introduction
Article 294(7)(c) of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union provides that the Commission is to deliver an
opinion on the amendments proposed by the European Parliament at second
reading. The Commission sets out its opinion below on the amendments proposed
by the Parliament.
2.           Background
 Date of transmission of the proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council (COM(2013)195 final – 2013/0105 COD): || 16 April 2013 
 Date of the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee: || 11 July 2013 
 Date of the position of the European Parliament, first reading:  || 15 April 2014 
 Date of transmission of the amended proposal: || [[1]] 
 Date of adoption of the Council's position at first reading:**: || 16 October 2014 
Date of adoption
of European Parliament's amendments
 at second reading
[P8_TC2-COD(2013)0105]                                                10 March
2015
3.           Objective of the
Commission proposal
Directive 96/53/EC
establishes maximum dimensions of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses in
international traffic and their maximum weights in international traffic
(Member States are allowed to go beyond these dimensions or weights in national
traffic under certain conditions).
The main objective of the
proposal [COM(2013) 195 final] is to make HGVs and buses greener and safer by
authorising weights and dimensions which exceed current limits in certain cases
and under determined conditions, where improvements are currently not feasible
with the limitations set out by the Directive in its current version. 
4.           Opinion of the Commission
on the amendments by the European Parliament in second reading
The European Parliament adopted in second
reading a consolidated text which contains a number of amendments to the text
of the Council's position at first reading. The text is the result of
negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
The Commission accepts all the amendments adopted by the European Parliament.
5.           Conclusion
Pursuant to Article 293(2)
of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission amends
its proposal as set out above.
[1]               The Commission did not prepare an amended proposal
but expressed its views on the Parliament’s amendments in the ‘Commission Communication
on the action taken on opinions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the
July 2014 part-session’ (document SP(2014)471) sent to the European Parliament
on 9 July 2014.
** The Commission expressed its views on the amendments of
the Council in its Communication concerning the position of the Council on the
adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles
circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national
and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international
traffic [document COM (2015) 7 final] dated 12 January 2015.