CELEX: 51989PC0430
Language: en
Date: 1989-09-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 84/647/EEC ON THE USE OF VEHICLES HIRED WITHOUT DRIVERS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD

24. 11. 89                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 296/7
             Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 84/647/EEC on the use of vehicles hired
                                    without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
                                                    COM(89) 430 final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission on 19 September 1989)
                                                      (89/C 296/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, therefore, the abovementioned restrictive
                                                                 clauses should be abolished and the abovementioned
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 Directive must be amended accordingly,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Having regard     to   the   opinion   of  the   European
Parliament,                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 Directive 84/647/EEC is amended as follows:
Social Committee,
Whereas Article 8  of Directive 84/647/EEC on the use            1. Article 3 (2) is deleted;
of vehicles hired  without drivers for the carriage of
goods by road (')   requires the Council to re-examine           2. Article 4 (2) is deleted.
Article 3 (2) and  Article 4 (2) of the abovementioned
Directive;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the two abovementioned Articles offer the
Member States the possibility of excluding own-account           1.    The Member States shall take the measures
carriage from the scope of the Directive and of laying           necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 30
down a minimum hire period;                                      June 1990 and shall forthwith inform the Commission
                                                                 thereof.
Whereas these restrictive clauses have resulted in unequal
application of the Directive in the Community; whereas
                                                                 2.    The provisions adopted in pursuance of the first
abolition of these clauses would allow better financial
management and cut the costs of hauliers operating on            paragraph refer explicitly to the present Directive.
their own account or for hire or reward;
                                                                                           Article 3
O OJ No L 335, 22. 12. 1984, p. 72.                              This Directive is addressed to the Member States.