CELEX: 51980PC0823(02)
Language: en
Date: 1980-12-09
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 65/269/EEC on the standardization of certain rules relating to authorizations for the carriage of goods by road between Member States

31. 12. 80                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 350/19
    'In the case of a coupled combination of vehicles, the                                Article 2
    Community authorization shall be issued in respect
    of the tractor; it may also be used to cover haulage of
    a trailer or semi-trailer which is not registered in the      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1982.
    name of the holder of the Community authorization
    or which is registered in a different Member State.
    Such authorization shall cover the coupled                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    combination of vehicles.'                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 65/269/EEC on the standardization
               of certain rules relating to authorizations for the carriage of goods by road between
                                                        Member States
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on IS December 1980)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Directive 65/269/EEC should therefore be
                                                                 amended,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community and in particular Article 75
thereof,                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the opinion            of the     European
Parliament,                                                      The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1
                                                                 of Directive 65/269/EEC:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                        'If the transport operation is carried out by a coupled
                                                                 combination of vehicles, the authorizations required
                                                                 shall be issued by the competent authorities of the
Whereas by its Directive of 65/269/EEC (*) as amended
                                                                  Member State in which the tractor is registered. Such
by the Directive 73/169/EEC (2), the Council established
                                                                 authorizations shall cover the coupled combination of
a system of authorizations for the carriage of goods by
                                                                 vehicles.'
road between Member States;
Whereas the application of Directive 65/269/EEC has
revealed difficulties in the use of these authorizations in
the case of certain coupled combinations of vehicles;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the system of issuing authorizations in respect
of tractors has administrative economic and legal                The Member States shall inform the Commission before
advantages and should, in the light of the experience              1 January 1982 of the measures taken to implement this
acquired, be extended to cover the use of coupled                 Directive.
combinations of vehicles;
Whereas Community-level uniform rules for the issuing
of such authorizations are needed;                                                         Article 3
C1) OJ No 88, 24. 5. 1965, p. 1469.
(2) OJ No L 181, 4. 7. 1973, p. 20.                               This Directive is addressed to the Member States.