CELEX: 51984PC0688(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING THE FIRST COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 JULY 1962 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON RULES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ( CARRIAGE TO OR FROM A COMMUNITY SEAPORT OF GOODS IMPORTED OR EXPORTED BY SEA )

16.1.85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 14/7
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on
              the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between
              Member States (carriage to or from a Community seaport of goods imported or exported
                                                           by sea)
                                                    COM(84) 688 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 December 1984)
                                                       (85/C 14/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the markets for the types of carriage in
COMMUNITIES,                                                      question should be organized in such a way as to
                                                                  avoid the adverse effects of the present situation, to
                                                                  meet the essential requirements and vital interests of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      the Community and to uphold the principle of free
European Economic Community, and in particular                    market access for transport undertakings;
Article 75 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the scope of the First Council Directive of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                23 July 1962 ('), as last amended by Directive
                                                                  83/572/EEC (2), should be extended to include
                                                                  carriage to or from a Community seaport of goods
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 imports or exported by sea,
liament,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                                           Article 1
                                                                  The following point 3 is hereby added to Annex II to
Whereas the present differences, from one transport               the First Directive of 23 July 1962:
link to another, between the systems governing access
to the road transport market are a permanent source                  '3. Carriage to or from a Community seaport of
of distortions of competition both between industrial                    goods imported or exported by sea.'
and     commercial       undertakings     and     between
Community seaports;
                                                                                            Article 2
                                                                  Member States shall take the measures necessary to
Whereas, in order to ensure that the conditions of                comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 1986.
competition between Community seaports are not                    They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
distorted, the carriage of goods by road between
Member States to or from such ports should be
subject to a common system governing market access                                          Article 3
for the Community as a whole;
                                                                  This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas such a common system will have a decisive
effect on the export capacity of many regions and on              (') OJ No 70, 6. 8. 1962, p. 2005/62.
the satisfying of their import requirements;                      (2) OJ No L 332, 28. 11. 1983, p. 33.