CELEX: 51987PC0151
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the provisional application between the Community and Switzerland of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(87 ) 151 final
                                                 Brussels , 7 April 1987
                                 Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
  on the provisional application between the Community and Switzerland
               of Sections II and III of the Agreement on the
          international carriage of passengers by road by means of
                  occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR )
                        ( submitted by the Commission )
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    The Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means
      of occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR ) was approved - in other words
      " ratified " - on behalf of the European Economic Community by Council
      Decision No 82 /505 /EEC of 12 July 1982 ( 1 ).
      The Agreement had been negotiated by the Commission , on behalf of the
      Community , with Austria , Spain , Finland , Norway , Portugal , Sweden ,
      Switzerland and Turkey . Its aim is to facilitate the operation of
      occasional services and thus to promote tourism in Western Europe .
2.    The ASOR entered into force on 1 December 1983 between the Community ,
      Finland , Norway , Sweden and Turkey in conformity with Article 18 ( 2 )
      thereof . The provisions of Section II ( ASOR arrangements ) and Section III
      ( Rules concerning the control document ) of the ASOR became applicable seven
      months later , i.e. , on 1 July 1984 , pursuant to Article 18 ( 4 ).
      The ASOR subsequently also became applicable to the other Contracting
      Parties as it was ratified by them . The last country for which it entered
      into force was Switzerland , on 1 January 1987 .
3.    On that occasion Switzerland asked the other Contracting Parties , by
      amicable agreement , to accept 1 April 1987 instead of 1 August 1987 as the
      date for the application to Switzerland of the provisions of Sections IT
      and IIT of the ASOR .
      Switzerland advanced the following arguments in support of its request :
( 1 ) OJ L No 230 , 5.8.1982 , p. 38
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   ” . . . effective implementation of Sections TI and ITT of the ASOR on
   1 August 1987 , in the very middle of the tourist season , would cause major
   inconvenience of a practical and economic nature to all the Contracting
   Parties and ( that ) it is therefore clearly to our mutual advantage to
   advance the date of entry into force to the beginning of the tourist
   season " .
4. The Swiss request can be accepted , as
   . Switzerland is willing , ( if the Community agrees ), to apply Sections II
      and III on 1 April 1987 so that reciprocity is assured ;
   . the reasons given hy Switzerland are sound ;
   . earlier application of the above Sections is not likely to prejudice the
       interests of carriers established in the Community ; and
   . good relations should be maintained with Switzerland .
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                              PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL OF, Cl SION
               on the provisional application between the Community and Switzerland of
               Sections TT and III of the Agreement on the International
                               carriage of passengers by road
                  hy means of occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR )
  THF COUNCIL OF THF, EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
  in particular Article 75 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 ),
  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 2 ),
 Whereas the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by
 means of occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR ) was approved on behalf of the
  European Economic Community by Council Decision          82 / 505 / EEC
   ( 3 );     whereas the ASOR entered into force on 1 December 1983 between the
  Community , Finland , Norway , Sweden and Turkey ;
  Whereas the ASOR did not enter into force in the case of Switzerland until
  1 January 1987 ; whereas it follows from Article 18(4 ) that the provisions of
  Sections II and III of the ASOR should apply to Switzerland from 1 August 1987 ;
 Whereas Switzerland has requested the agreement of the other Contracting
  Parties to bring this date forward to 1 April 1987 in view of the practical and
  economic disadvantages which would result from applying Sections II and III of
  the ASOR to Switzerland in the very middle of the tourist season ;
  ( 1 ) 0J
  ( 2 ) 0J
  ( 3 ) OJ No L 230 , 5.8.1982 , p. 38
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accept the Swiss request and to apply the ASOR provisionally from 1 April
to 31 July 1987 ,
MAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    Article 1
The European Economic Community accepts that the provisions of Sections II and
ITT of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by
means of occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR ) shall apply provisionally
between the Community and Switzerland from 1 April        until 31 July 1987 .
                                    Article 2
The President of the Council and the Commission of the European Communities are
authorized to sign , on behalf of the Community , the letter in the Annex to this
Decision and to send it to the European Conference of Ministers of Transport .
Done at Brussels                                       For the Council
                                                       The President
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                    ( Letter to be sent to the European Conference of
                                 Ministers of Transport )
Subject : Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means
            of occasional coach and bus services ( ASOR )
Sir ,
In reply to your letter of 19 December 1986 and further to our letter of
( date / references ) we have the honour to inform you that the European Economic
Community accepts that the provisions of Sections II and III of the ASOR should
apply provisionally between the Community and Switzerland from 1 April 1987
until 31 July 1987 . Sections II and I I T will in any event apply from
1 August 1987 to transport operations between all the Contracting Parties
pursuant to Article 18(4 ) of the ASOR .
We would ask you to inform the other Contracting Parties to the ASOR of the
above .
Yours faithfully
For the Council of the                                    For the Commission of the
European Communities                                      European Communities