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Date: 1979-07-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) No 3164/76 ON THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                      PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ,
                   AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3164 / 76 ON
                   THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FOR THE. CARRIAGE OF'
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                     GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM ( 79 ) 357 final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    The Community quota system was set up lay Council Regulation (EEC ) No
1018/68 of 19 July 19681 .
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Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3164/76 of 16 December 1976 ceased to set a
time limit on this system. This Regulation also provides that any increase
in the Community quota and the allocation to the Member States of the extra
authorizations resulting therefrom shall "be decided "by the Council , acting
on a proposal from the Commission , by 30 November of each year .
2.    In view of :
a)    the need to make progress in respect of Community integration of
transport , particularly road traffic between Member States , which would
make it easier to eliminate inequalities of treatment among carriers and
which would , at the same time , encourage trade ,
b)    the fact that the Community quota system is one of the instruments of
such integration, but that its efficiency depends on its impact on the
transports in question ,
c)    the extremely intensive utilization of the Community authorizations
( in 1977 the average utilization of an authorization - 1 649 700 t/km -
increased again ),
d)    the fact that a 6% increase in tra4e between Member States may be
expected in I98O and that in that year the switch-over to road transport -
which has been observed for years – is likely to amount to 6$ (a fact which
should lead to an increase of at least 10$ in the Community quota in view of
the 2.5$ annual increase in the average utilization of authorizations over
the last five years ),
e ) the fact that it is necessary to provide for an increase in the quota
(which may be set at 10%) so as to replace bilateral quotas gradually,
f ) the fact that the Member States are still able to correct any mistaken
estimates as regards the increase in the Community quota when bilateral
quotas are adapted ,
it is necessary to make a 20% increase in the Community quota for 1980.
• OJ L No 175 of 23 July 1968 , page 13.
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  OJ L No 357 of 29 December 197 "» page 1
 ---pagebreak--- 3.   As regards the allocation of the extra authorizations , xt appears
appropriate to follow the usual formula: 50$ of the quota inorease would
be allocated on the "basis of the degree of utilization of the Community
authorizations in 1977 , while the other half would be allocated on a
linear basis .
 ---pagebreak---                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                amending Regulation (ESC ) No 3164/7 ^"
              on the Community quota for the carriage
               of goods by road between Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 75 thereof,
                                                  1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^,
Whereas the setting up of a common transport policy involves , inter alia , the
establishment of common rules applicable to the carriage of goods by road
between Member States ; whereas such rules must be formulated in such a way as
to contribute to the implementation of a common transport market ,
Whereas the system of Community authorizations for the carriage of goods by
road between Member States contributes towards the establishment of a Community-
wide transport market to which all the Member States' road haulage operators
can have equal access without discrimination as to nationality .
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20J
30J
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Whereas "there is increasingly intensive utilization of existing Community
authorizations ; whereas trade between Member States is developing constantly;
whereas part of this traffic is regularly being switched to the roads ; whereas
it is necessary gradually to replace bilateral authorizations by Community
authorizations ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to increase the volume of
the Community quota, as provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76
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on the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States ,
 as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3062/ 78^,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                         ,
                                Article 1
Regulation (EEC ) No 3164/76     is amended as follows :
Article 3(1 ) and ( 2 ) shall read as follows :
1.    The Community quota shall consist of 3 750 authorizations for 1980 *
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2.    The number of Community authorizations allocated to each Member State
shall be as follows :
      Belgium :                              4T3
      Denmark :                              286
      Federal Republic of Germany:           687
      France :                               625
      Ireland :                               76
      Italy :                                540
      Luxembourg :                           107
      Netherlands :                          597
      United Kingdom :                      419
1 0J L . No 357 of 29 December 1976, page 1 .
20J L No 366 of 28 December 1978» page 5 *
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980 .
This Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                       For the Council
                                         The President