CELEX: 51984PC0007
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMBINED ROAD/RAIL CARRIAGE OF GOODS

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           Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European
           Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the international combined road/rail
                                                   carriage of goods
                                                   COM(84) 7 final
                       (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 January 1984)
                                                     (84/C 49/03)
           THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
           Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
           particular Article 75 thereof,
           Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
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          Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
          Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
          Whereas the Council, by Directive 75/130/EEC (*), as last amended by Directive
          82/603/EEC (2), established common rules for certain types of combined road/rail carriage of
          goods between Member States; whereas that Directive freed intra-Community trade by means
          of combined transport from all quota and authorization arrangements;
          Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and Spain on the
          combined road/rail carriage of goods will extend the advantages of the removal of quantitative
          restrictions and in particular all quota and authorization arrangements for trade with
          Spain;
          Whereas the Agreement was negotiated by the Commission in accordance with the negotiating
          directives adopted by the Council on 26 March 1981;
          Whereas the Agreement in question should therefore be approved on behalf of the European
          Economic Community,
          HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                        Sole Article
          The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the
          international combined road/rail carriage of goods is hereby approved on behalf of the
          Community (3).
          The text of the Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to this Decision.
          (') OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31.
          (2) OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 6.
          (3) The date of the Agreement's entry into force shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
              Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
                                                      AGREEMENT
          between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Spain on the international
                                          combined road /rail carriage of goods
          THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
          of the one part, and
          THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN,
          of the other part,
          DESIRING to promote the development of international road/rail transport and in particular to facilitate
          the organization and operation thereof;
          WHEREAS the use of the road/rail method for the international carriage of goods by road is economically
          advantageous over long distances; whereas it reduces road traffic and thus enhances road safety; whereas at
          the same time it contributes to the protection of the environment and energy saving;
          WHEREAS certain types of combined road/rail carriage of goods have been liberalized, as far as the
          European Economic Community is concerned, by Council Directive 75 /130/EEC of 17 February 1975 on
          the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined road/rail carriage of goods between
          Member States ( ! ), as last amended by Directive 82/603/EEC (2);
          WHEREAS those rules aim at increasing the attraction of combined road/rail carriage by freeing it from
          quantitative restrictions and exempting it from certain administrative provisions;
          I1) OJ No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31.
          (2) OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 6.