CELEX: 51973PC0566
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-13
Title: OPINION OF THE COMMISSION of 13 April 1973 addressed to the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the draft regulation of the Grand Duchy implementing Regulation No 117/66/EEC and Regulation (EEC) No 1016/68

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
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COM (73) 566
Vol. 1973/0112
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(73)566 final
                                                 Brussels , 13 April 1973
                                                                          I
                           OPINION OP THE COMMISSION
                               of 13 April 1973
            addressed to "the Government of the Grand Duchy of
            Luxembourg on the draft regulation of the Grand
            Duchy implementing Regulation No 117/66/EEC and
                           Regulation (EEC ) No 1016/68
   COM(73 ) 566 final
 ---pagebreak---                           OPINION OP THE COMMISSION
                          of     13 April      1973
        addressed, to the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
           on the draft regulation of the Grand Duchy implementing
          Regulation No H7/66/EEC and Regulation (EEC ) No 1016/68
     The Permanent Representative of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has sent
the Commission , by letters dated 16 January 1973 and 9 Maroh 1973     » a draft
regulation of the Grand Duchy laying down previsions implementing Council Regu­
lation No II7/66/EEC (l ) of 28 July I966 on the introduction of common rules
for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus , and Commission
Regulation (EEC ) No 1016/68 ( 2) of 9 July 1968 prescribing the model documents
referred to in Articles 6 and 9 of Council Regulation No II7/66/EEC .
     This communication constitutes a consultation within the meaning of Article
10 of Council Regulation No 117/66/3EC , to which Article 6 of Regulation (EEC )
No 1016/68 also refers*
     The Commission notes that the draft regulation of the Grand Duchy lays down
the implementing measures which the Member States are required to take under
ths aforesaid Council and Commission Regulations .    As regards Regulation No
117/56/EEC , such measures must cover , inter alia, the organization of , proce­
dure for and measures of control , and the penalties for any breach ; as regards
Regulation (EEC ) No 1016/68 , they must cover the period of validity of the book
of passenger waybills , the processing and filing of the original and copy of
passenger waybills and may also relate to any stamping of passenger waybills
by authorized inspecting officers.
( 1 ) OJ No 147 , 9 August 1966 , p. 2538/66
( 2) OJ No L 173 , 22 July 1968 , p. 8
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       The Commission delivers the following Opinion on the draft regulation
of the Grand Duchy :
       The Commission finds that , subject to the delay of the Government of
the Duchy of Luxemburg in putting them into force , the provisions laid down
fulfil the obligations devolving upon the Member States by virtue of Arti­
cle 10 of Council Regulation No II7/66 /EEC and of Article 6 of Commission
Regulation (EEC ) NO 10l6/63»
                                        Don ,: r.t Brussels , 13 April 1973
                                        For the Corxisoion
                                        Tho President
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