CELEX: 51976PC0043
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION supplementing the Council Decision of 15 October 1975 on the opening of negotiations for an Agreement between the European Economic Community and third countries on the rules applicable to the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                       COM(76)43 final
                                       Brussels , 11 February 1976
                               Proposal for a
                    ^         COUNCIL DECISION
                supplementing the Council Decision of 15
                October 1975 on the opening of negotiations
                for an Agreement between the European Economic
                Community and third countries on the rules
                applicable to the international carriage of
                passengers by coach and bus
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
    COM ( 76 ) 43 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.         The Council Decision of 15 October 1975 authorized the Commission
to negotiate an Agreement between the European Economic Community and
Austria , Greece , Norway , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey and
Yugoslavia with a view to establishing uniform rules applicable to
occasional services for the international carriage of passengers by coach
and bus from or to any. one of these third countries or between two Hoftber
States viea any one of these third countries ,
2.         The choice of these third countries was dictated by their
interest in extending and applying the Community provisions , their geograph­
ical location and/or volume of traffic with the Member States of the
Community . The negotiations will relate primarily to occasional services .
3.         In view of the growth of occasional road passenger services between
the Member States and Finland it seems appropriate to include Finland in the
negotiations so that rational solutions can be found to problems connected
with setting-up , operating and monitoring these services . Moreover , it
should be noted that Finland has just been admitted to the discussions
taking place in the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT )
of which all the other third countries with which negotiations will be
held pursuant to the Council Decision of 15 October 1975 are already members .
 ---pagebreak---                                      PROPOSAL
                                      FOR A
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                      *   ^    4 •* '
                                Of
              supplementing the Council Decision of 15 October 1975
                 on the opening of negotiations for an Agreement
                     "between the European Economic Community
               and third countries on the rules applicable to the
              international carriage of passengers by coach and bus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council Decision of 15 October 1975^" authorized the Commission
to open negotiations with certain third countries with a view to concluding
an Agreement between the European Economio Community and those countries
on the rules applicable to the international carriage of passengers by coach
and bus ;
Whereas , in view of the increasing volume of traffic carried on occasional
services between the Member States and Finland , j.t oe. •       . *.  : ■ • vj/
the scope of the negotiations should be 1 in&li'nea tfc ~inclu&3vthat country ,
(l ) Doc . R/2828/75 (TRANS 102) of 17 November 1975
 ---pagebreak--- HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS !
                              Sole Article
          In Article 1 of the Council Decision of 15 October 1975      on the
opening of negotiations for an Agreement "between the European Economic
Community and third countries on the rules appi cable to the international
carriage of passengers "by coach and bus , Finland shall be added to the
countries with which the Commission is authorized to open the said
negotiations .
Dono fift        •••••••
                                                       For the Council
                                                        The President