CELEX: 31976D0587
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 June 1976 modifying its Decision of 22 December 1975 authorizing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 /23
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 23 June 1976
              modifying its Decision of 22 December 1975 authorizing the United Kingdom
              of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 English text is authentic)
                                                     (76/587/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                the economic pressures to which it is subjected, the
COMMUNITIES,                                                  adverse impact on costs and on wages policy which a
                                                              reduction in hours resulting from the application of
Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of         the Regulation would have and the damaging effects
accession and the adjustments to the Treaties, and in         which application of the Regulation would bring
particular Article 135 thereof,                               about in Northern Ireland and in rural areas, all of
Whereas by virtue of Article 133 of the Act of Acces­         which led the Commission to take its Decision,
sion and paragraph 1 of Table III of Annex VII to the         remain unchanged ;
Act, the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
543/69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of               Whereas, given the likelihood of an improvement in
certain social legislation relating to national transport     economic conditions in the relevant sectors, a proroga­
operations in the new Member States is postponed              tion of the existing authorization of derogation for
until 1 January 1976 ;                                        eight months should permit the Regulation to be fulfy
                                                              applied by the end of that period ;
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland requested by letter        Whereas it is appropriate that the same conditions
dated 15 December 1975 authorization under Article            continue to be attached to the authorization for dero­
135 of the Act of Accession for the taking of protec­         gation,
tive measures in the road transport sector, and in parti­
cular for the suspension until 31 December 1977 of            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
the application of Regulation (EEC) No 543/69
(except Article 5) to national traffic ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas the. Commission in its Decision of 22
December 1975 authorized the United Kingdom of                The Decision of 22 December 1975 is modified as
Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take national           follows :
measures with respect to national transport operations
                                                              in Article 1 ( 1 ) the date of 28 February 1977 shall be
for a period until 30 June 1976 derogating from Arti­
                                                              submitted for the date of 30 June 1976 ;
cles 6 to 12, 14 and 15 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 543/ 69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of           in Article 2 (2) the date of 1 November 1976 shall be
certain legislation relating to road transport ;              submitted for the date of 1 April 1 976 ;
Whereas in the Decision of 22 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 socially
                                                                                         Article 2
favourable to transport workers as those already in
force in the United Kingdom , as to notification of           This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of
measures taken and as to the Commission 's power to           Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
review the authorization ;
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has
now requested by letter dated 10 June 1976 prolonga­           Done at Brussels, 23 June 1976.
tion of the authorization granted by the Decision of
22 December 1975 up to and including 31 December                                           For the Commission
 1977 ;
                                                                                            Patrick J. HILLERY
Whereas the facts submitted by the United Kingdom
Government concerning the structure of the industry,                                           Vice-President