CELEX: 31973R3120
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3120/73 of the Commission of 16 November 1973 extending the period during which the international carriage of goods may be effected by road in trade between Member States

17. 11 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                      No L 316/27
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 3120/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 16 November 1973
              extending the period during which the international carriage of goods may be
                                  effected by road in trade between Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   departing from or destined for one of the new
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Member States have had to adapt themselves to
                                                                  Community transit procedures it is advisable to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            extend this period by two years ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accor­
542/69 (!) of 18 March 1969 on Community transit                  dance with the Opinion of the Committee on
and in particular Article 58 ( 1 ) (d) thereof ;                  Community Transit,
Whereas Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69
lays down a transitional period of four years as from 1           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
January 1970, during which the carriage of goods may
be effected under the procedure for international
                                                                                         Sole Article
carriage of goods by road (TIR Convention) even if
that carriage of goods began and is to end within the
Community ;                                                      The period of four years laid down in Article 7 (2) of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 of the Council of 18
Whereas having regard to the relatively short transi­             March 1969 on Community transit shall be extended
tional period that road hauliers carrying out journeys            by two years.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 November 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969, p . 1 .