CELEX: 51973PC0198
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Date: 1973-03-13
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL modifying the regulation (EEC) No 2829/72 of the Council 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
                         REGULATION (SEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
                 modifying "the regulation (EEC ) No 2829/72 of the
                 Council on the Community quota for the carriage
                 of goods by road between Member States
                   (Submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   CGK173 ) 198 final
 ---pagebreak---                       Exposition of tho considerations
1,           On 28 december 1972 » the Council, adopted a regulation (EEC )
   n° 2829/72 on the Community quota for the carriage of goods "by road "between
   Member States .   The article 4i par . 3 of "the regulation says that , not later
   than 31 March 1973 > the Council decides , on a proposal from the Commission
   and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 75 of "the Treaty ,
   on the adaptation of the number of authorisations allocated to the new
   Member States insofar as any adaptation is Justified , account being taken
   of developments in traffic between these states and the original Member
   States since 1969 »
             This disposition was introduced , following the considerations made
   by the new Member States on the value of the economical and statistical ele­
   ments which xtfere used to fix their quotas of Community authorisations in the
   said regulation.    These elements took into account :
             – the' international traffic by road in 1970 »
             - the global traffic ( all sorts of transport by road as well as by
               sea-way) made in 1969 *
             To help the Community-institutions to prepare the decision forecast
   in Article 4 » Par. 3 of the said regulation , the Council asked , during its
   session of 18 and 19 december 1972 , to a working-group , under the presidence
   of an official of the Commission , to examine the above–mentioned basic ele­
   ments , account being taken of the evolution of the traffic since 19&9 between
   the new member states and the original Member States .
2. . »       This working-group meet on 22 January 1973 and made good the basis
   of the international traffic by road.     But concerning the parameter connected
   with the global traffic , the group , by a majority , decided that in this case
   it could only be a reference-mark.     The statistical elements of these two
   parameters were accepted by the majority of the group .     At last , some delegar-
   tions proposed some complementary selection arguments referring to :
                                                                   ./■
 ---pagebreak--- - modifications of the structures of exchanges and traffics , because of
    the enlargment of the Community ,
- the supplementary distance in the case of Member states which have a
    peripheric geographic position ,
- ! the delay due to the necessity of a sea-crossing or due to other diffi­
    culties of the route , which are brought up by the geographic configu­
    ration ,                                       '
- the incitement due , for the carriers of - the new . Member     States , to the
    possibilities to get multilateral relations ,
- the degree of utilisation of the existing bilateral authorizations .
         The economic value of these arguments was contested , and moreover
it was not possible to quantify them .
         Finally , the' majority of the group has recommanded a method of
calculation based on the exploitation of the two above-mentioned para­
meters and the statistical , actualized elements relating, to them .
3.       The Commission considers that the said parameters , which were al­
ready used to establish the basic quotas of the new Member States ( period ,
from 1.1-.1973 to 31 » 3 « 1-973 ) ♦ must also be used within the wanted adaptation .
Their exploitations with up to date numbers may bring these quotas to
the following levels : Denmark : 80 , Ireland : 24 , United Kingdom 129 .
         On the other hand , the Commission thinks that the enlargment of
the Community will have more .perceptible repercussions on the carriers
of the new Member States . Such a repercussion however cannot be quanti­
fied with enough, precision and only a decision at a political level will
allow to fix a basis whicli , according to the Commission , will show an
increase of 30 % of the quotas already fixed . Therefore , the basic quotas
would be Denmark ; 104 , Ireland : 31 1 United Kingdom 168 .
         In 1973 , the linear increase of 15 % . must be brought to the      -
quotas fixed in this way , for all the Member States , according to the
regulation ( EEC ) n° 2829/72 . In 1974 , it is proposed that the increase
fixed in the same regulation becomes 20 # , as fa? ae the new Member
                                          of
States are concerned mainly because /the possible quick increase ©f their
exchanges due to the enlargment of the Community .
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                                PROPOSITION
           of a Regulation ( EEC ) Nr . . .../ 73 of the Counoil
       modifying ,the regulation ( EEC ) Nr . 2829/72 of the Cwuncil
       en the Community quota f*r the carriage of goods "by road
                        "between Member States
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ■
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Econsmic Community ,
and in particular article 75 >             "
having regard to the proposal from the Commission , ■     < •
having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
having regard to the ©pinion s>f the Economic and Social Committee ,
                                                                 ./•
 ---pagebreak--- considering that article 4 , par . 3 of the regulation ( EEC ) Nr . 2829/72 ( 1 )
of the Council on the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road
between Member States , says that , before 31 March 1973 , the Council de­
cides , under the proposal from the Commission and according to the pro­
cedure forecast in article 75 of the Treaty , if an adaptation of the
number of the auitorieations given to the new Member States is justified ,
taking into account the evolution of the traffic between these Member
States and the original Member States since 1969 »
considering that , on the basis pf the results of the examination of the
elements with regard to the evolution , since 19^9 , of the traffic of the
new Member States , an increase of the basic quotas of the Community autho­
rizations which are given to them according to the said regulation , is
justified ; moreover taking into account the fact that the supposed'
effects of the increase of the exchanges , because of the enlargment of
the Community , will have more perceptible effects on the carriers of the
new Member States , it is necessary to forecast a supplementary increase
of the said basic quotas and as far as these states are concerned to
adjust the rates , on the basis of which the quotas of 197^ were
calculated . '
                          •                  ,   •*       ^                «
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                              Article 1
         Articles 3 and b of the regulation (EEC ) Nr . 2829/72 of the
Council , on the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road
between Member States ( 1 ), are replaced by the following dispositions :
( 1 ) Official Paper Nr . L 298 of 31.12.1972 , p. 16
 ---pagebreak---                             " Artide 3
         Por 1973 , the quota shall consist of 1 0 ??c authorisations ,
         For 1974 , the quota shall consist of 1,970 authorisations ."
                            " Article 4
         For 1973 , "the number of Community authorisations allocated, to
eaoh Member State shall be as follows :
         Belgium         !: 191
         Denmark         ;:  120
         Germany         :: 321
         France          :: 313
         Ireland         ::    36
         Italy           :: 230
         Lu;:emburg      :: 45
         Netherlands     !: 279
         United Kingdom ;: 193
         For 1974 , "the number of Community authorisations allocated to each
Member State shall be as follows :
         Belgium         !: 221
         Denmarlc        ::  Hl
         Germany         !: 356
         France-         ;: 341
         Ireland         :: k2
         Italy           :: 266
         Luxemburg        :   58
         Netherlands     :: 318
         United Kingdom :: 227 *"
                              Article 2
         This regulation shall enter into force on     ....... 1973 *
         This regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly appli­
cable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                     For the Council
                                                         The President