CELEX: 51993PC0057
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia in the field of transport

No C 93 / 20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2 . 4 . 93
              Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the
                    European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia in the field of transport
                                                            93 / C 93 / 04
                                                        COM(93) 57 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 25 February 1993)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             Whereas, therefore, the Agreement includes provisions
                                                                       intended to simplify customs formalities ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community , and in particular Article 113                    Whereas the objectives and the content of the Agreement
 thereof,                                                              fall within the scope of the common commercial policy
                                                                       and consequently the conclusion of the Agreement has to
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    be based on Article 113 of the EEC Treaty ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the European                         Whereas consequently it is necessary to approve the
 Parliament ,                                                         Agreement on behalf of the European Economic
                                                                       Community ,
 Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic
 Community and the Republic of Slovenia in the field of
 transport provides an appropriate means for the                      HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
permanent removal of various major obstacles to
 Community transit traffic through Slovenian territory ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas the Agreement contributes to the completion of
the internal market because it guarantees free transit
through Slovenia for land transport between Greece and                The Agreement between the European Economic
the other Member States and thereby enables international             Community and the Republic of Slovenia in the field of
trade to be conducted at the least possible cost to the               transport is hereby approved on behalf of the
public at large and to reduce to a miminum the                        Community.
administrative and technical obstacles which affect it;
                                                                      The text of the Agreement and the Protocols and
Whereas, furthermore , it would seem necessary to ensure              Declarations annexed to that Agreement are attached to
                                                                      this Decision .
the coordinated development of transport flows between
and through the territories of the Contracting Parties ,
particularly by setting the priorities for the development of
an appropriate infrastructure in Slovenia with financial                                       Article 2
help from the Community and by promoting carriage by
rail and by combined transport, with a view to protecting             The President of the Council shall give the notification
the environment ;                                                     provided for in Article 26 of the Agreement.