CELEX: 51987PC0151
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SWITZERLAND OF SECTIONS II AND III OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD BY MEANS OF OCCASIONAL COACH AND BUS SERVICES ( ASOR )

28.4.87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 113/3
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                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Decision on the provisional application between the Community and
             Switzerland of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers
                                by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR)
                                                        COM(87) 151 final
                                  Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 April 1987)
                                                          (87/C 113/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas Switzerland has requested the agreement of the
                                                                     other Contracting Parties to bring this date forward to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1 April 1987 in view of the practical and economic disad-
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75                     vantages which would result from applying Sections II
thereof,                                                             and III of the ASOR to Switzerland in the very middle
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   of the tourist season;
                                                                     Whereas it is appropriate for practical, economic and
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                                     political reasons to accept the Swiss request and to apply
liament,
                                                                     the ASOR provisionally from 1 April to 31 July 1987,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas the Agreement on the international carriage of                                        Article 1
passengers by road by means of occasional coach and
bus services (ASOR) was approved on behalf of the                    The European Economic Community accepts that the
European Economic Community by Council Decision                      provisions of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the
82/505/EEC ( l ); whereas the ASOR entered into force                international carriage of passengers by road by means of
on 1 December 1983 between the Community, Finland,                   occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) shall apply
Norway, Sweden and Turkey;                                           provisionally between the Community and Switzerland
                                                                     from 1 April until 31 July 1987.
Whereas the ASOR did not enter into force in the case
of Switzerland until 1 January 1987; whereas it follows                                       Article 2
from Article 18 (4) that the provisions of Sections II and
III of the ASOR should apply to Switzerland from                     The President of the Council and the Commission of the
1 August 1987;                                                       European Communities are authorized to sign, on behalf
                                                                     of the Community, the letter in the Annex to this
                                                                     Decision and to send it to the European Conference of
(') OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 38.                                  Ministers of Transport.
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                                                           ANNEX
                            Letter to be sent to the European Conference of Ministers of Transport
           Subject: Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional
                    coach and bus services (ASOR)
           Sir,
           In reply to your letter of 19 December 1986 and further to our letter of (date/references) we
           have the honour to inform you that the European Economic Community accepts that the
           provisions of Sections II and III of the ASOR should apply provisionally between the
           Community and Switzerland from 1 April until 31 July 1987. Sections II and III will in any
           event apply from 1 August 1987 to transport operations between all the Contracting Parties
           pursuant to Article 18 (4) of the ASOR.
           We would ask you to inform the other Contracting Parties to the ASOR of the above.
           Yours faithfully,
                           For the Council                                       For the Commission
                    of the European Communities                             of the European Communities