CELEX: 51984PC0688(03)
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS FOR THE CARRIAGE TO OR FROM A COMMUNITY SEAPORT OF GOODS IMPORTED OR EXPORTED BY SEA

16.1.85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            N o C 14/9
              Proposal for a Council Directive on the organization of the markets for the carriage to
                         or from a Community seaport of goods imported or exported by sea
                                                   COM(84) 688 final
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 December 1984)
                                                      (85/C 14/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the markets for the types of carriage in
COMMUNITIES,                                                    question should be organized in such a way as to
                                                                avoid all the adverse effects of the present situation,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    to meet the essential requirements and vital interests
European Economic Community, and in particular                  of the Community and to uphold the principles of
Article 75 thereof,                                             free market access for undertakings and commercial
                                                                independence, in particular with regard to the fixing
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              of transport rates and conditions;
                                                                Whereas the binding rules with regard to rate-fixing
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-               and capacity control which still exist in certain
liament,                                                        Member States for rail, road and inland waterway
                                                                traffic should be abolished for the carriage to or from
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                seaports of goods exported or imported by sea,
Social Committee,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Whereas the present organization and in particular
                                                                                        Article 1
the differences between the national markets which
are often regulated, and the international markets              National transport in a Member State and inter-
which are subject to a system which is flexible or in           national transport between Member States by rail,
some cases free, is a permanent source of distortions           road and inland waterway to or from a Community
of competition between industrial and commercial                seaport of goods imported or exported by sea shall be
undertakings in the different Member States and thus            exempted from any quota system or any other
weakens the entire economy of the Community;                    quantitative restriction applying to access to such
whereas, moreover, it has an adverse effect on                  transport markets provided for in national legislation.
competition between Community seaports and is
incompatible with the principle of providing transport                                  Article 2
services at the lowest cost to society;
                                                                The fixing of transport rates and conditions for the
                                                                types of carriage defined in Article 1 shall be
Whereas, in order to ensure that the conditions of              exempted from any tariff system.
competition between Community seaports are not
distorted, the carriage of goods to and from such                                       Article 3
ports should be subject to uniform rules governing
rate-fixing and market access throughout the                    Member       States   shall,    after  consulting    the
Community;                                                      Commission, take the measures necessary to comply
                                                                with this Directive not later than 1 July 1986.
Whereas such uniform rules will have a decisive effect                                  Article 4
on the export capacity of many regions and on the
satisfying of their import requirements;                        This Directive is addressed to the Member States.