CELEX: 31972D0378
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-06 00:00:00
Title: 72/378/EEC: Council Decision of 6 November 1972 authorizing the Italian Government to extend certain time-limits laid down in Articles 6 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway

Official Journal of the European Communities                              45
15.11.72                        Official Journal of the European Communities                     No L 257/21
                                            COUNCIL DECISION
                                              of 6 November 1972
            authorising the Italian Government to extend certain time-limits laid down in
            Articles 6 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 on action by Member States
            concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport
                                      by rail, road and inland waterway
                                                 (72/378/EEC)
THE    COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                    administrative duties with regard to tramways,
TIES,                                                     regular road services of regional value, shipping
                                                           services, lake ports, and the staff and offices
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the               connected with them;
European Economic Community, and in parti­
cular Article 75 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1 191/69,1 of 26 June 1969, on action by               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Member States concerning the obligations
inherent in the concept of a public service in
transport by rail, road and inland waterway                                     Article 1
and in particular Articles 6 (4) and 9 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the request of the Italian               As regards the application of Regulation (EEC)
Government, addressed to the Commission in                 No 1191/69 to undertakings providing passenger
letters of the Permanent Representative of Italy           transport by road not mainly of a local or
dated 21 January 1972 and 1 June 1972;                     regional character, the Italian Government
                                                           shall be authorised to defer until 1 January 1972
Having regard to the proposal from the                    the date from which compensation shall be
Commission;                                               payable under Article 9 (2) of that Regulation
Whereas particular difficulties in Italy have              and to extend until 1 January 1973 the date re­
prevented the application of the provisions of            ferred to in the first subparagraph of Article
the abovementioned Regulation within the                  6 (4) of that Regulation for the decision by
normal time-limits provided for certain road              the competent authorities on applications sub­
transport undertakings falling within the scope            mitted by undertakings.
of that Regulation; whereas a particular cause
of these difficulties is the fact that Italy has
gradually, on the basis of the Law of 16 May                                    Article 2
1970, No 281, on financial measures for regions
with an ordinary status, transferred certain              This Decision is addressed to the Republic of
responsibilities from the State to the regions            Italy.
while the authorities competent to apply the              Done at Brussels, 6 November 1972.
abovementioned Regulation in the sector of
certain kinds of passenger transport were                                               For the Council
established only by Decree No 5 of the President                                         The President
of the Republic of 14 January 1972, on the
transfer to regions with an ordinary status of                                        R. G. H. KRUISINGA
1  OJ No L 156, 25.6.1969, p. 1 .