CELEX: 51984PC0688(02)
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3568/83 AS REGARDS THE LIBERALIZING OF THE RATE-FIXING SYSTEM FOR CARRIAGE TO OR FROM A COMMUNITY SEAPORT OF GOODS IMPORTED OR EXPORTED BY SEA

No C 14/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                16. 1. 85
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3568/83 as regards
              the liberalizing of the rate-fixing system for carriage to or from a Community seaport of
                                            goods imported or exported by sea
                                                    COM(84) 688 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 December 1984)
                                                       (85/C 14/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the nature of the exceptions provided for in
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the Annex to the Regulation in force may give rise to
                                                                 different interpretations and should therefore be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     specified by a text indicating its scope precisely,
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 75 thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 3568/83 is hereby amended as
liament,
                                                                 follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Social Committee,
                                                                      'Article 1
Whereas, in order to ensure that the conditions of
competition between Community seaports are not                       1.     This Regulation shall apply to the carriage of
distorted, the carriage of goods by road between                     goods by road between the Member States for hire
Member States to or from such ports should be                        or reward, including goods covered by the Treaty
subject to uniform rules governing rate-fixing;                     establishing the European Coal and Steel
                                                                     Community. It shall apply even if carriage involves
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3568/83 of                      transit across a third country for part of the
1 December 1983 on the fixing of rates for the                      journey, or if the vehicle containing the goods is
carriage of goods by road between Member States (l)                 carried by sea without intermediate reloading.
provides for the possibility of introducing different
types of tariff systems depending on the transport link              2.     This Regulation shall not apply to the types
in question; whereas, however, that Regulation also                  of carriage listed in the Annex hereto which shall
lists, in an Annex, the types of carriage for which                 be exempted from any system of compulsory tariffs
rates can be freely fixed;                                           or of reference tariffs.'
Whereas the present differences, from one transport
                                                                 2. The following indent is added to the Annex:
link to another, between the systems governing the
fixing of road haulage rates are a permanent source                  '— carriage to or from a Community seaport of
of distortions of competition both between industrial                      goods imported or exported by sea.'
and      commercial      undertakings     and     between
Community seaports;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the markets for the types of carriage in
question should be organized in such a way as to                 Member States shall forthwith inform the Com-
avoid these adverse effects, to meet the essential               mission of the laws, regulations and administrative
requirements and vital interests of the Community,               provisions relating to the implementation of this
and to uphold the principle of free fixing of rates;             Regulation.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3568/83 should be
amended by adding carriage to or from seaports to                                         Article 3
the list contained in the Annex thereto;                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1986.
                                                                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(') OJ No L 359, 22. 12. 1983, p. 1.                             directly applicable in all Member States.