CELEX: 51997PC0455
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-02
Title: Re-examined proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              Brussels, 02.10.1997
                                              COM(97) 455 final
                                              96/0002 (SYN)
                         Re-examined proposal for a
                      COUNCIL RfiGïfLATIQN (EC)
   laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may
operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State
         (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 c (d)
                              of the EC Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 At its plenary session of 14 to 18 July 1997, the European Parliament approved, subject
 to a number of amendments, the text of the common position adopted by the Council on
 14 April 19971 with a view to adopting Council Regulation (EC) No           laying down the
 conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger
transport services within a Member State.
The Commission has accepted the following amendments:
Amendment 1 concerning recital 5a (new) of the common position, relating to the
cabotage of regular services not covered by the Regulation, with some rewording.
Amendment 2, paragraph 1 concerning Article 13 of the common position, relating to the
drafting of the report on the implementation of Regulation No 2454/92 and on the
operation of regular services in the Member States.
The Commission has not accepted Amendment 2, paragraph 2 concerning the use of the
recapitulative statistics referred to in Article 7. In producing the report the Commission
will use all available information, not just the recapitulative statistics.
Accordingly, the Commission has amended its proposal as follows:
Annex: 2 amendments
 1
     OJC 164, 30.5.1997, p. 17.
                                                  -2
 ---pagebreak---                                 Re-examined proposal for
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
           taytag dew» tfe© eeoditrans Hauler which non-reaideifct carrier» may
      operate RaHettal raaé passenger transport services witain a Member State
The text of the common position adopted by the Council on 14 April 1997 with a view to
adopting Council Regulation (EC) No         laying down the conditions under which non-
resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member
State, is amended as follows:
          Council common position                         Re-examined proposal
                                     Recital 5a (new)
                                               "Whereas the question of harmonisation of
                                               access to the market in regular services not
                                               covered by this Regulation will be
                                               examined as part of the action to be taken
                                               following the Green Paper 'The Citizens'
                                               Network - fulfilling the potential of public
                                               passenger transport in Europe.'
          Council common position                         Re-examined proposal
                                        Article 13
The Commission shall report to the             "1. The Commission shall report to the
European Parliament and the Council            European Parliament and the Council,
before 31 December 1999 on the                 before 30 June 1998. on the results of the
application of this Regulation and, in         implementation of Regulation (EEC)
particular, on the impact of cabotage          No 2454/92 and on the operation of
transport operations on national transport     'regular services' in the Member States.
markets.
                                               2* The Commission shall report to the
                                               European Parliament and the Council
                                               before 31 December 1999 on the
                                               application of this Regulation and, in
                                               particular, on the impact of cabotage
                                               transport operations on national transport
                                               markets."
Remainder of text unchanged.
 ---pagebreak--- r    Road passenger transport **n
     À4-0234/97
  Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Council
  Regulation laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national
  road passenger transport services with a Member State (C4-0172/97 - 96/0002(SYN))
  (Cooperation procedure: second reading)
         Common position of the Council                          Amendments by Parliament
                                          (Amendment 1)
                                          Recital 5a (new)
                                                      (52L) Whereas the Commission has stated that it
                                                            intends to reexamine the question of
                                                            harmonization of access to the market in
                                                            regular services not covered bv this
                                                            Regulation as part of the initiatives it will
                                                            adopt in response to reactions to the
                                                            Green Paper: The Citizens' Network °
                                                            fulfilling the potential of public passenger
                                                            transport in Europe':
                                           (Amendment 2)
         (>)   OJC 380, 16.12.1996, p. 35.                                                 PFlg6S38
         (2)    OJC 60, 29.2.1996, p. 10.           4.
 ---pagebreak--- Jin Commission shall report to the Council and       X. The Commisysfon phall report to parliament
"*nd£ament before 31 December 1999 on the            and the Council before 30 June 1998 on both ffo*>
'^plication of this Regulation and, m particular,    results of the implementation of Regulfffo"
.it, f he impact of cabotage transport operations _ • (EEC) No 2454/92 and the operation of regular
on nrdonal transport markets.                        services in the Member States, with a view ^
                                                     new legislative initiatives based on reactions ^
                                                     the Green Paper on The Citizens' Network1
                                                     2u The Commission shall report to the
                                                     Council and Pariiament before 31 December
                                                      1999 on the application of this Regulation and,
                                                     in particular, on the impact of cabotage
                                                     transport operations in national transport
                                                     markets, using the statistical data referred to in
                                                     Article?.
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