CELEX: 31976D0589
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 June 1976 modifying its Decision of 23 December 1975 authorizing Denmark to continue to take protective measures in respect of Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport

15 . 7. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 191 /25
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 23 June 1976
              modifying its Decision of 23 December 1975 authorizing Denmark to continue
              to take protective measures in respect of Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 of
              25 March 1969 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road
                                                          transport
                                             (Only the Danish text is authentic)
                                                        (76/589/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   economic pressures to which it is subjected, the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     adverse impact on costs which a reduction in hours
                                                                 resulting from the application of the Regulation
Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of
                                                                 would have and the damaging effects which applica­
accession and the adjustments to the Treaties, and in            tion of the Regulation would bring about to communi­
particular Article 135 thereof,                                  cations, all of which led the Commission to take its
Whereas by virtue of Article 133 of the Act of Acces­            Decision, remain unchanged ;
sion and paragraph 1 of Table III of Annex VII to the            Whereas; given the likelihood of an improvement in
Act, the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No              economic conditions in the relevant sectors, a proroga­
543 / 69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of
                                                                 tion of the existing authorization of derogation for
certain social legislation relating to national transport        seven months should permit the Regulation to be
operations in the new Member States is postponed                 fully applied by the end of that period ; '
until 1 January 1976 ;
                                                                 Whereas it is appropriate that the same conditions
Whereas the Government of Denmark requested by                   continue to be attached to the authorization for dero­
letter dated 19 December 1975 authorization under
                                                                 gation ,
Article 135 of the Act of Accession for the taking of
protective measures in the road transport sector, and
in particular for the suspension until 31 December               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1977 of the application of Regulation (EEC) No
543/ 69 to national traffic ;
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Whereas the Commission in its Decision of 23
                                                                 The Decision of 23 December 1975 is modified as
December 1975 authorized Denmark to take national
                                                                 follows :
measures with respect to national transport operations
for a period until 30 June 1976 derogating from Arti­            in Article 1 ( 1 ) the date of 31 January 1977 shall be
cles 6 to 12, 14 and 15 of Council Regulation (EEC)              submitted for the date of 30 June 1976 ;
No 543/69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of               in Article 2 (2) the date of 1 November 1976 shall be
certain social legislation relating to road transport ;          substituted for the date of 1 April 1976 ;
Whereas in the Decision of 23 December 1975, the                 in Article 3 ( 1 ) the date of 30 November 1976 shall be
Commission also laid down certain conditions as to               substituted for the date of 30 April 1976.
the maintenance of conditions at least as favourable as
those already in force in Denmark, as to notification                                      Article 2
of measures taken and as to the Commission's power
to review the authorization ;                                    This Decision is addressed to Denmark .
Whereas    the   Government       of  Denmark     has   now
requested by letter dated 2 June 1976 prolongation of            Done at Brussels, 23 June 1976.
the authorization granted by the Decision of 23
December 1975 up to and including 31 January                                                  For the Commission
1977 ;
                                                                                               Patrick J. HILLERY
Whereas the facts submitted by the Danish Govern­
ment concerning the structure Of the industry, the                                                Vice-President