CELEX: 51974PC1529
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Date: 1974-10-01
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 concerning certain social legislation relating to road transport (submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                   COM(74)1529 final
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             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC )
              amending Regulation ( EEC) lib 543/69 concerning certain
                   social legislation relating to road transport
               ( submitted "by the Commission to the Council , pursuant
             to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treat;-)
   COIÏÏ74 ) 1529
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                          EjffLAlTATORY I S îOI^ii'IDUi'i
General considérations
          On 3 August 1972 , the Commission submitted to the Council a
proposal for a Regulation supplementing Regulation ( ELC) ii° 543/69 of the
Council of 25 March 1969 concerning social legislation relating to road,
transport ( C01l( 72 ) %$ final ).
          At its sitting cf lo Hovomber 1973 s the European Parliament , while
suggesting a number of detailed modifications , all of which had the support
of the Commission 's technical experts and were accepted on behalf of the
Commission by ilr Thomson , pronounced itself in favour of the proposed
Regulation . By virtue of Article 1 /^9 paragraph 2 of the Treaty Establishing
the European Economic- Community , the Commission now wishes to amend its
original proposal submitted to the Council on 3 August 1972 , in order to
take account of the above-mentioned modifications .
Exemptions
          In formulating •Arbiclo 3 of its original proposal of 3 August
1972 , the Commission concluded that it was necessary to exempt self-emplcycd
persons from the provisions of the Regulation relating to spreadovers , weekly
rest periods , breaks and annual leave and. public holidays , because it
believed that verification of compliance with those provisions by self-
cmploycd persons was impossible . It was also concluded that self-employed
persons should be exempted from tho provision of the Regulation relating
to the prohibition of bonuses because these , by          their very nature , were
inapplicable by that category of persons . Parliament was , however , of the
opinion that for reasons of road safety and in order to avoid distorsions
of competition exemptions of that extent we re unacceptable and that the
Regulation should be applied to both employed and self-employed persons
ijith exemptions limited to an absolute minimum of casoo arising fcr unavoidable
technicd reasons . Only in' the areas of annual leave and public holidays did
parliament agree that exemption should be granted to self-employed persons .
Parliament also accepted that self-employed persons should be exempted
from the provisions of the Regulation relating to prohibition of bonuses
because of their inapplicability to that category of persons .
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             Bie Commission , recognising the validity of the arguments
   advanced by the European Parlianent and conceding that verification
   will be possible to a certain extent , accepted the suggestions and
   now propos® then as an amendment to its original proposal .
   Reports
3.           Parliament expressed its wish to be kept informed 01 develop­
   ments in The areas covered by the Herniation .
             The Commission , in recognition of the functions and responsibility
   of Parliament in this matter and in anticipation of pcuitive results for
   the implementation of the Regulations accepts the case for submitting a
   regular report to Parliament as well as to the Council and now proposes
   to amend its original proposal accordingly .
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COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEÂCT COMMITIES
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC) amending
Regulation ( EEC)       543/69 concerning certain social legislation relating
to road transport
( submitted "by the Commission to the Council , pursuant to the second paragraph
of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
Under the second - –paragraph of Article 149 of the Treaty , the initial
proposal of the Commission ( Doc . COI-l( 72)846 final ) is amended as follows :
1 . The text of Article 3 is replaced by the following : -
    "A new Article 4a- is inserted after Article 4 * It shall read as follows : -
    " Article 4a                                           ,
      Articles 12b and 12o shall not apply to self-employed persons engaged
      in road transport "
2 . The te2ft of Article 8 , paragraph 4 » is replaced by the following: -
    " 4 . Every two years as from the entry into force of this Regulation , the
          Commission shall submit to the Council and to the European Parliament
          a report 0:1 developments in the areas covered by this Regulation ."
3 . The text of the first sentence of Article 9 » paragraph 1 , is replaced
    by the following: -
    " 1 . Every two years the Commission shall provide the Council and the
          European Parliament with a full report on the application- of, this
          Regulation by Member States ."