CELEX: 51990PC0652
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION FOR THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR OBSERVING THE INLAND GOODS TRANSPORT MARKETS

No C 29/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      5. 2. 91
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            Proposal for a Council Decision for the European system for observing the inland goods
                                                         transport markets
                                                         COM(90) 652 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 20 January 1991)
                                                            (91/C 29/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                No 4059/89 (*) and the crisis mechanism proposed for
                                                                        road transport between Member States provided for in
                                                                        Council Regulation (EEC) No 000 (2);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75                        Whereas a market observation system is required to
thereof,                                                                monitor the impact of the scrapping scheme in the inland
                                                                        waterway sector provided for in Council Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 1101/89 ( 3 );
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4058/89 (4)
Having regard      to   the    opinion    of   the   European           provides for the introduction of a permanent market
Parliament,                                                             observation system for goods transport;
                                                                        Whereas, it must be possible to conduct sample surveys
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                        of the market, or of particular sectors of the market for
Social Committee,                                                       such an observation system to work;
                                                                        Whereas the Commission must be in a position to call
Whereas a market observation policy is an essential                     upon the active participation of national public auth-
component of the common transport policy whose aim is                   orities;
to ensure market transparency and a decision-making aid
for the competent authorities and the transport industry;
                                                                        Whereas the relevant findings must be published,
"Whereas the work undertaken by the Commission since                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
 1979 has demonstrated the feasibility and usefulness of
such a system; whereas such a system must now be put
on a permanent footing;                                                                            Article 1
                                                                        A European system for observing the inland goods
                                                                        transport markets is hereby established in the
Whereas the completion of the internal market implies
                                                                        Community.
the need to monitor the national and international
aspects of markets in view of their interdependence;
                                                                        (') OJ No L 390, 30. 12. 1989, p. 3.
Whereas a market observation system is necessary to                     (2) Not yet adopted.
support the crisis mechanism for cabotage in the road                    (3) OJ No L 116, 28. 4. 1989, p. 25.
haulage sector established by Council Regulation (EEC)                   (4) OJ N o L 390, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1.
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This system shall include:                                         mode and market shall be analysed in order to draw up
                                                                   short and medium-term market forecasts.
— market analysis,
— forecasting trends in certain aspects of markets,                3.    The gathering of statistical information shall relate
                                                                   to all the data which are necessary for the achievement
— gathering the statistical information on the markets             of the objectives outlined in paragraphs 1 and 2. The
      necessary for this analysis and forecasting.                 Commission must make maximum use of the information
                                                                   available and, if the need arises, may carry out sample
The system shall cover national and international                  surveys in order to complete the existing information.
transport operations, both intra-Community and between             The gathering of numerical information or opinions shall
Member States and other European countries.                        cover the different transport sectors, transport under-
                                                                   takings, users and providers of services ancillary to
The administration of this system shall be carried out by          transport.
the Commission.
                                                                                             Article 3
                           Article 2
                                                                  The competent authorities of the Member States shall
 1.    Market analysis shall involve a study of transport         provide the Commission with any assistance it may
markets, and in particular:                                       require to fulfil the duties assigned to it by this Decision,
                                                                  and, to comply with the requirements of Article 2, shall
— the demand for transport,
                                                                  take all the necessary steps to supply the Commission
— the economic position of transport undertakings,                with all the available data.
— the social situation in the transport sector,
                                                                                             Article 4
— the balance between supply and demand in the
                                                                  The information gathered in the framework of the
     transport sector.
                                                                  present Decision may be used solely for the purposes for
                                                                  which it was requested. Neither the Commission nor its
For this purpose, the following shall, in particular, be
                                                                  officials or other servants shall divulge any detailed
carried out:
                                                                  information they have gathered in the course of
— calculation of average rates and costs for each mode            implementing this Decision, which is, by nature, covered
     of transport on the basis of data gathered by survey         by professional secrecy.
     or sampling or any other existing information system,
                                                                                            Article 5
— a regular analysis of the demand for transport,
                                                                  1.    The findings obtained pursuant to this Decision
— a regular analysis of the social situation in the
                                                                  shall be published by the Commission.
     transport sector,
— a regular analysis of the number and structure of               2.    The Commission shall submit a report to the
     transport undertakings,                                      Council on the functioning of the market observation
                                                                  system by 31 December 1993 and every three years
— an analysis of existing capacity and the level of               thereafter.
     investment in each mode of transport.
                                                                                            Article 6
2.     Social and economic trends in the transport sector
shall be monitored and the volume of business in each             This Decision is addressed to the Member States.