CELEX: 51984PC0147(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 543/69 ON THE HARMONIZATION OF CERTAIN SOCIAL LEGISLATION RELATING TO ROAD TRANSPORT AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1463/70 ON THE INTRODUCTION OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT IN ROAD TRANSPORT

12.4.84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            N o C 100/3
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                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on the
                harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Regulation
                    (EEC) No 1463/70 on the introduction of recording equipment in road transport
                                                       COM(84) 147 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 March 1984)
                                                         (84/C 100/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas it is desirable to supplement and clarify
COMMUNITIES,                                                        certain definitions and to bring up to date and repeal
                                                                    some provisions;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas in the interests of obtaining greater
Article 75 thereof,                                                 flexibility for transport undertakings and, at the same
                                                                    time, furthering social progress, it seems appropriate
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 to increase the daily driving period whilst reducing
                                                                   weekly driving;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                   Whereas it is essential for road safety to limit the
                                                                   number of hours that a driver may work without a
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                   break on any day when he is also driving;
Social Committee,
Whereas the aims of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas it will promote social pr6gress and is
543/69 on the harmonization of certain social                      beneficial for road safety to increase the duration of
legislation relating to road transport (') are the                 breaks in driving periods and the daily and weekly
harmonization of competition within and between                    rest periods, whilst incorporating the possibility of
inland transport modes, and the improvement of road                reductions in the rest, provided that the driver may
safety, living and working conditions;                             take the hours owed in a relatively limited time
                                                                   afterwards;
Whereas the aim of Council Regulation (EEC) N o
1463/70 on the introduction of recording equipment                 Whereas, for the purposes of this Regulation, it does
in road transport (2) is to improve the enforcement of             not appear necessary to maintain the present ban on
the provisions on the working and rest activities of               certain payments made according to distances
vehicle drivers;                                                   travelled or the amount of goods carried;
Whereas the aforementioned           aims must be safe-            Whereas exemptions from the provisions of the Regu-
guarded and promoted;                                              lations are justified for some categories of transport
                                                                   of relatively minor economic or social importance in
Whereas there is a need for greater flexibility in the             the transport sector since the aims of the Regulations
provisions of the Regulations which can be obtained                will not be affected;
without detriment to their objectives;
                                                                   Whereas the particular circumstances of the passenger
Whereas it is simpler for undertakings and drivers to
                                                                   transport sector justify increasing the size of vehicles
organize their work 6n the basis of a fixed week;
                                                                   that can be exempted by Member States for national
                                                                   journeys;
(l) OJ No L 77, 29. 3. 1969 (codified version — OJ No
                                                                   Whereas the Commission should have the power to
    C 73, 17. 3. 1979, p. 1).
                                                                   grant exemptions from the Regulations in exceptional
O OJ No L 164, 20. 7. 1970 (amendments — OJ No
    L 181, 4. 7. 1973, p. 1; OJ No L 334, 24. 12. 1977, p. 5).     circumstances;
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Whereas it is desirable to emphasize the importance                     '6. "rest" means any uninterrupted period of
and necessity to comply with and see that the Regu-                         at least nine hours, other than a break, in
lations are enforced by stating the duties of employers                     which a crew member may freely dispose
and employees in this respect and by re-affirming the                       of his time;
obligation of Member States to provide each other
with information on infringements;                                (e) the following text shall be inserted instead of
                                                                        the present paragraph 7:
Whereas in the interest of effective control, the                       '7. "break" means any uninterrupted period
exemption from the obligation to carry a tachograph                         which is shorter than a rest, in which a
on regular international passenger services should be                       crew member may freely dispose of his
stopped;                                                                    time;';
Whereas it is considered sufficient that the                      (f) the following text shall replace former
Commission draws up its report on implementation                        paragraph 6 and shall become paragraph 8:
avery two years, subject to certain time limits;                        '8. "regular     passenger    services"    means
                                                                            national and international services as
Whereas it will assist with enforcing the Regulations                       defined in Regulation N o 117/66/EEC ('),
and preventing abuses, if the record sheets of tacho-                       on the introduction of common rules for
graphs are numbered and used in numerical order, if                         the international carriage of passengers by
a register of sheets is kept by the undertaking, which                      coach and bus;
is open to inspection by the enforcement authorities,
if drivers may obtain copies of their sheets or extracts
                                                                        O OJ No 147, 9. 8. 1966, p. 2699/66.'
from the duty rosters on request, and if there is an
obligation on employers to hold these documents for               (g) the present        paragraph    7   shall  become
two years;                                                              paragraph 9.
Whereas it is useful to specify precisely how periods           2. Article 2 is hereby replaced by the following text:
of non-driving work and weekly rest are to be
indicated on the record sheets;                                     'Article 2
Whereas the provisions governing the number of                      1.     This Regulation applies to carriage by road
record sheets that a driver must keep with him have                within the Community as defined in Article 1(1).
to be amended following the introduction of a fixed
week;                                                              2.      This Regulation does not apply to the
                                                                   following transport, to which the European
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION                                        Agreement concerning the work of crews of
                                                                   vehicles engaged in international road transport
                                                                    (AETR) applies:
                         Article 1
                                                                   — international road transport operations to
     Amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 543/69                            and/or from third countries which are
                                                                         contracting parties to the Agreement, or in
  1. Article 1 is hereby amended as follows:                             transit through such countries, for the whole
                                                                         of the journey where such operations are
    (a) In paragraph 1 the word 'public' shall be
                                                                         effected by vehicles registered in a Member
        inserted before the word 'road' the second
                                                                         State or in one of the said third countries,
        time that the word is used;
                                                                    — transport operations to and/or from a          third
    (b) paragraph 4 shall be deleted and the following                   country effected by vehicles registered      in a
        text inserted;                                                   third country which is not a contracting   party
         '4. "week" means the period between 00,00                       to the Agreement for any journey           made
             hours on Monday and 24,00 hours on                          within the Community.'
             Sunday;';
                                                                3. Article 4 is hereby replaced by the following text:
    (c) paragraph 5 shall be deleted and the following
         text inserted:                                              'Article 4
         '5. "driving" means time which is spent
             behind the wheel of a vehicle;';                       This Regulation shall not apply to carriage by:
    (d) the following text shall replace former                        1. vehicles used for the carriage of goods where
         paragraph 5 and shall be inserted instead of                     the maximum permissible weight does not
         the present paragraph 6:                                         exceed 3,5 tonnes;
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      2. vehicles used for the carriage of passengers,                           training for some road transport drivers,
          with a seating capacity of less than nine                              as it may be amended from time to time
          persons, including the driver, unless such                             by the Council on a proposal from the
          vehicles are carrying goods other than pass-                           Commission.'
          engers' personal effects;
                                                                      (d) Paragraph 4 shall        be  replaced   by   the
      3. vehicles used for the carriage of passengers                      following text:
          and operating on regular services within a
                                                                           '4.     A driver engaged in the carriage of
          50-km radius of the vehicle base;
                                                                           passengers is exempt from the conditions laid
                                                                           down in paragraph 2 (a), (b) and (c) if he has
      4. vehicles with a maximum authorized speed                          carried on that occupation for at least one
          not exceeding 30 km per hour;                                    year prior to 1 October 1970.'
      5. vehicles when used by the armed services,
                                                                     (e) Paragraphs 5 and 6 shall be deleted.
          civil defence, police and fire services;
      6. vehicles when used in temporary emergencies                 (f) Paragraph 7 shall become paragraph 5.
          or in the course of rescue operations;
                                                                  5. Article 6 is deleted and the following text inserted
      7. specialized vehicles for medical purposes;                  under the heading 'Section IV: Driving periods':
      8. vehicles used for circus or funfair equipment;               'Article 6
      9. specialized breakdown vehicles;
                                                                     1.     The driving period between any two daily
                                                                     rest periods shall not exceed nine hours. It may
    10. vehicles used to transport goods for private                 be extended twice in any one week to 10 hours.
         purposes, including the use of hired vehicles
         without a driver.'
                                                                     2.     The driving time in any one week shall not
                                                                     exceed 45 hours.'
4. Article 5 is hereby amended as follows:
    (a) The second indent of paragraph 1 (b) shall be             6. Article 7 is deleted and the following Article
         replaced by the following text:                             inserted:
         '— 18 years provided that the person
               concerned holds a certificate of pro-                  'Article 7
               fessional competence recognized by one
               of the Member States confirming that he               On any day when a crew member is driving, no
               has completed a training course for                   period of continuous work shall exceed 4 ¥2
               drivers in conformity with Directive                  hours, excluding waiting time.'
               76/914/EEC ( l ) on the minimum level of
               training for some road transport drivers,
               as it may be amended from time to time             7. Article 8 is deleted and the following Article
               by the Council on a proposal from the                 inserted:
               Commission.
                                                                      Article 8
         (') OJ No L 357, 29. 12. 1976.'
                                                                     1.     On any day when a crew member is driving,
    (b) The last sentence of paragraph 1 (b) shall be                there shall be a break of either:
         deleted.
                                                                     (a) at least one hour after a period of continuous
                                                                          work, or
    (c) Paragraph 2 (c) shall be replaced by the
                                                                     (b) several periods of a minimum of 20 minutes
         following text:
                                                                          or, in the case of regular passenger services a
         '(c) he must hold a certificate of professional                  minimum of 15 minutes, amounting to at
                competence recognized by one of the                       least one hour for every 4 V2 hours of work.'
                Member States confirming that he has
                completed a training course for drivers
                of vehicles in conformity with Directive          8. The following text is hereby inserted under the
                76/914/EEC on the minimum level of                   heading 'Section V: Rest periods':
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     'Article 9                                                     Article 13
     1.     Crew members shall have a minimum daily
     rest period of 12 consecutive hours in any period             Provided that there is no detriment to road
     of 24 hours. The daily rest period may be                     safety, the driver may depart from the provisions
     reduced to nine hours not more than three times               of this Regulation in case of danger, in circum-
     in any one week. Any reduction in the daily rest              stances outside his control, to render aid, or as a
     period shall be compensated by an equivalent                  result of a breakdown, and to the extent
     amount of additional rest period, at the latest by            necessary to ensure the safety of persons, of the
     the end of the following week.                                vehicle or its load, to enable him to reach a
                                                                   suitable stopping place or the end of his journey.
     2.     Where a vehicle is manned by two drivers               The driver shall indicate on the sheet or his
     and has a bunk, they shall have a daily rest                  recording equipment the nature of, and reason
     period of not less than nine consecutive hours in             for, his departure from those provisions.'
     any 30-hour period.
     3.     The daily rest period shall be taken outside
     the vehicle, except where a vehicle has a bunk,           15. Article 14 is deleted and the following text
                                                                   inserted:
     when the rest period may be taken on that bunk
     provided that the vehicle is stationary.'
                                                                    Article 14
 9. Article 11 is deleted and Article 11a becomes
     Article 10.
                                                                    1.     Member States may grant exemptions from
10. In the new Article 10, the last indent is deleted.             any provisions of this Regulation for transport
                                                                   falling within any of the following categories and
11. The following Article becomes Article 11:                      carried out on their own territory or between
                                                                   adjacent Member States in conformity with
      'Article 11                                                  bilateral agreements:
                                                                    (a) vehicles used for the carriage of passengers,
      1.    Every crew member shall have a weekly rest                   with a seating capacity of not more than 17
     period of 48 consecutive hours, which may                           persons, including the driver;
      include daily rest periods.                                   (b) vehicles used by, or under the control of,
                                                                         public authorities in connection with:
      2.    The weekly rest period may be reduced to a                   — drainage, flood prevention, sewerage and
      minimum of 36 consecutive hours if this has to be                      water services, providing energy, refuse
      taken at home or to 24 consecutive hours when                          collection and disposal, transporting toxic
      this has to be taken away from home, provided                          waste,
      that the remaining hours of rest are taken en                      — regular highway maintenance and control,
      bloc, at the latest by the end of the following                    — telecommunications, broadcasting, the
      week.'
                                                                             detection    of    radio and      television,
                                                                             transmission or reception,
 12. Articles 12 and 12a are deleted.                                    — the carriage of mail,
                                                                         — other public services which are not in
 13. Article 13 becomes Article 12 under the heading                         competition     with    professional     road
      'Section VI: Exceptions' and is amended as                             hauliers;
      follows:                                                       (c) vehicles belonging to, or hired by, agri-
                                                                         cultural, horticultural or forestry under-
       (a) In paragraph 1, the figures '6 to 11' shall                   takings, when travelling within a 50-km
           replace the figures '7 to 12' and the phrase                  radius of and to or from such undertakings;
           'and may refrain from applying Article 6 (2)'                 and vehicles transporting fish within a 50-km
           shall be deleted.                                             radius of the port,
                                                                     (d) vehicles used for milk collection from farms
       (b) In paragraph 2, the words 'five years' shall                   and the return to farms of milk containers or
           replace the words 'other year'.                               of milk products for animal feed;
                                                                     (e) vehicles used for carrying animal carcasses or
 14. Article 13a becomes Article 13 and is replaced by                   waste when these are not intended for human
       the following text:                                                consumption;
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    (f) vehicles used at markets, as mobile shops, for              (a) Paragraph 1 shall         be replaced   by   the
         door-to-door selling, for mobile banking,                       following text:
         exchange or saving transactions, worship, the                   '1.    All operators of regular national
         lending of books, records or cassettes,                         passenger services shall draw up a service
         cultural events or mobile exhibitions, and                      timetable and a duty roster.'
         specially fitted for such uses;
                                                                    (b) Paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the
    (g) vehicles undergoing road tests for the                           following text:
         purpose of technical development, repair or
                                                                         '2.    The duty roster shall show, in respect
         maintenance, and journeys by new or rebuilt
                                                                         of each crew member, the name, place where
         vehicles which have not entered service;                        based and the schedule which shall have been
    (h) vehicles driven exclusively by electricity;                      laid down in advance for the various periods
    (i) vehicles used for the transport of goods                         of driving, other work and attendance at
         within a 50-km radius of the vehicle base                       work.'
         where this transport is subsidiary to the main             (c) Paragraph 5 shall         be replaced   by   the
         activity of the driver.                                         following text:
                                                                         '5.    Each crew member assigned to a
                                                                         regular national passenger service shall carry
    Member States shall send the Commission details                      an extract from the duty roster and a copy of
    of the exemptions granted under this paragraph.                      the service timetable.'
                                                                    (d) The following paragraphe shall be inserted:
    2.     Member States may, after authorization by                     '6.    The extracts from the duty roster shall
    the Commission, grant exemptions from any                            be kept by the undertaking for two years
    provisions of the Regulation for:                                    after the expiry of the period which they
                                                                         cover. The undertaking shall give to the
    (a) transport in exceptional circumstancs, if the                    employee concerned copies of the extracts if
         exemption does not jeopardize the objectives                    so requested.
         of the Regulation;
                                                                         7.    In cases where crew members use
    (b) transport confined to islands not exceeding                      recording equipment conforming to the
         2 200 square kilometres in area and which are                   provisions of Annexes I and II to Regulation
         not linked to any other part of a Member                        (EEC) No 1463/70, the provisions of this
         State by a ford, bridge or tunnel suitable for                  Article shall not apply.'
         the passage of motor vehicles.'
                                                                19. The present Article 16 is deleted.
                                                                20. Article 17 is deleted and the following         text
16. Article 14a is deleted.                                         inserted:
                                                                     'Article 17
                                                                    1.     The Commission shall produce a biennial
17. The following text is hereby inserted as Article 15             report on the implementation of this Regulation
    under the heading: 'Section VII: Control pro-                   by Member States, which shall be presented to
    cedures and penalties':                                         the Council and the European Parliament within
                                                                    one year of the expiry of the two-year period
                                                                    covered by the report.
     'Article 15
                                                                    2.     In order to enable the Commission to draw
                                                                    up the report referred to in paragraph 1, Member
     1.    Crew      members     shall   use    recording           States shall communicate to the Commission the
    equipment in accordance with Article 3 of Regu-                 necessary information every two years, using a
    lation (EEC) No 1463/70 on the introduction of                  standard form. This information should reach the
    recording equipment in road transport.                          Commission by, at the latest, 31 July following
                                                                    the expiry of the two-year period covered by the
                                                                    report in question.
    2.     The transport undertaking shall organize                 3.     Before completing the standard form, each
    the work of crew members in such a way that                     Member State shall consult their social partners.
    they are able to comply with the provisions of the              4.     The Commission shall draw up the standard
    present Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No                   form after consulting the Member States.'
     1463/70'.
                                                                21. Paragraph 3 of Article 18 is hereby amended as
                                                                    follows:
18. Article 15 becomes Article 16 and is hereby                     '3.      Within the framework of this mutual
     amended as follows:                                            assistance the competent authorities of the
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     Member States shall send each other, on a                       2.    The employer shall make periodical checks
     regular basis, all the information necessary                    of the completed record sheets in order to ensure
     concerning:                                                     that the provisions of this Regulation and of
     — the breaches of the provisions of this Regu-                  Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 have been
         lation committed by non-residents and any                   complied with. If the employer finds that there
         penalties that they impose upon them for such               have been infringements of either Regulation, he
         breaches,                                                   shall take appropriate steps to prevent their
                                                                     repetition.
    — any penalties imposed by a Member State on
         its residents for such breaches committed in                3.    The undertaking shall retain the record
         other Member States.'                                       sheets in an orderly manner for a period of at
                                                                     least two years after their use, the undertaking
22. Article 19 is hereby amended as follows:                         shall give the employee concerned copies of the
                                                                     sheets if so requested, the sheets shall be
     (a) in paragraph 3, the figure '(1)' shall be                   produced or handed over at the request of any
          inserted after 'Article 2';                                authorized inspecting officer.'
     (b) paragraph 4 shall be deleted.
                                                                  4. Article 17 is hereby amended as follows:
                          Article 2                                  (a) Paragraph 2 shall       be   replaced   by   the
                                                                         following text:
    Amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 1463/70                            '2.     Crew members shall use record sheets
 1. Article 3 is hereby replaced by the following text:                  in numerical order for every day on which
                                                                         they are driving, starting from the beginning
     'Article 3                                                          of their period of work. When the crew
                                                                         members are away from the vehicle and
     1.    Recording equipment shall be installed and                    therefore unable to operate the equipment
    utilized in vehicles used for the carriage of pass-                  fitted to the vehicle themselves, the various
    engers or goods by public road and registered                        periods of time indicated under (a) to (c)
    in a Member State, with the exception of the                         below shall, whether manually, by automatic
    vehicles referred to in Article 4 of Regulation                      recording or otherwiss, be entered on the
    (EEC) N o 543/69 and all other vehicles used                         sheet in a legible manner and without the
    exclusively for the carriage of passengers on                        sheet being dirtied.
    regular services for national journeys.
                                                                         Where the preceding subparagraph applies,
    2.     Member States may exempt from the                             crew members shall ensure that the entry
    application of this Regulation vehicles mentioned                    marking the beginning of a period of time is
    in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) N o 543/69.                    made on the sheet against the beginning of
    Member States shall inform the Commission of                         the period to which the entry relates. Crew
    any exemption granted under this paragraph.                          members shall see that the equipment is kept
                                                                         running continuously from the time when
    3.     Member States may, after authorization by                     they take over the vehicle until they are
    the Commission, exempt from the application of                       relieved from their responsibility for it. In
    this Regulation vehicles mentioned in Article 14                     particular:
    (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 543/69.'
                                                                         — they shall ensure that the time recorded
                                                                              on the sheet agrees with the official time
 2. Article 5 is deleted.
                                                                              in the country of registration of the
                                                                              vehicle;
 3. Article 16 is deleted and the following text
    inserted:                                                            — they shall operate the switch mechanisms
                                                                              enabling the following periods of time to
     Article 16                                                               be recorded separately and distinctly:
                                                                              (a) driving time under the symbol of a
    1.     The employer shall issue sufficient record                             wheel &^ ;
    sheets to crew members, in numerical sequence,
    bearing in mind the fact that these sheets are                            (b) other periods of work under either
    personal in character, the length of the period of                            the symbol X ' or j / | ;
    work and the possible need to replace sheets                              (c) breaks and daily rest periods under
    which are damaged, or have been taken by an                                   the symbol £fc^ .
    authorized inspecting officer. The employer shall                             They shall make the necessary
    issue to crew members only sheets of an approved                              changes to the record sheets in the
    model suitable for use in the equipment installed                             case of a crew of several members so
    in the vehicle.                                                               that the information referred to in
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                   Chapter II (1), (2) and (3) of Annex I           8. Annex I, Chapter II is hereby amended as
                   is recorded on the record sheet of the              follows:
                  crew member who is actually driving.'                The words in (4) 'or of attendance at work' shall
     (b) After paragraph 3 the following text shall be                 be deleted.
          inserted:
                                                                       Annex I, Chapter III is hereby amended as
          '(f) on finishing work the time of beginning                 follows:
               the weekly rest period and, on a new
               sheet when recommencing work, the time                  (a) In paragraph (a), point 4.1, the words
               that the weekly rest period ended.'                          'including a possible separation of category
                                                                            (b) into two periods of time' shall be deleted.
     (c) Paragraphs 5 and 6 shall be deleted and are
          replaced by the following paragraph:                         (b) In paragraph (c), point 4.2, the words 'Regu-
                                                                            lation (EEC) No 543/69' shall be deleted and
          '5.    Crew members must be able to produce                       is replaced by the words 'Article 17'.
          on request by any authorised inspecting
          officer a record sheet of that day and, where           10. Annex I, Chapter IV is hereby amended as
          applicable, of the preceding day of that week                follows:
          giving full details of the period referred to                (a) In paragraph (c), after the first indent, the
          under 2 (a) to (c).'                                              following indent shall be inserted:
  5. Articles 19 and 20 shall be deleted.                                   '— individual number of the record sheet'.
 6. Article 22 is hereby amended as follows:                           (b) The following new paragraph (e) shall be
     The penultimate sentence of paragraph 4 shall be                       inserted:
     replaced by the following text:                                        '(e) Registering of the record sheets
     'Opinions shall be delivered by qualified majority                          The transport undertaking shall keep a
     of votes of the Member States in accordance with                            register of the numbers of all the record
     Article 148 (2) of the Treaty.'                                             sheets. The register must contain the
 7. Article 23 (3) is hereby replaced by the following                           names of the crew members who have
                                                                                 received     sheets,    their    signatures
     text:
                                                                                 confirming receipt and the date of
     '3.     Within the framework of this mutual                                 receipt. The register must be kept by the
     assistance the competent authorities of the                                 undertaking for two years and must be
     Member States shall send each other on a regular                            produced at the request of any author-
     basis all the information necessary concerning:                             ized inspecting officer.'
     — the breaches of the provisions of this Regu-
         lation committed by non-residents and any                                          Article 3
         penalties that they impose upon them for such
         breaches,                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                  1986.
     — any penalties imposed by a Member State on
         its residents for such breaches committed in            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
         other Member States.'                                   directly applicable in all Member States.
                Draft Council recommendation on the implementation of the Social Regulations in road
                                                          transport
                                                    COM(84) 147 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 March 1984)
                                                      (84/C 100/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
COMMUNITIES                                                       Social Committee,
Having regard to the Treaty              establishing   the
European Economic Community,                                     Whereas the aims set by Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 543/69 on the harmonization of certain social
Having regard to the draft               recommendation           legislation relating to road transport (x) and Council
submitted by the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 O OJ No L 77, 29. 3. 1969 (codified version — OJ
liament,                                                              No C 73, 17. 3. 1979, p. 1).