Council Directive 78/175/EEC of 20 February 1978 amending the First Directive on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 20 February 1978  amending the First Directive on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States  (78/175/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas more flexible demarcation of frontier areas referred to in the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States (3), as last amended by Council Directive 77/158/EEC (4), should be allowed, in the light of the administrative organization, geographical characteristics or economic structure of the Member States ; whereas in order to promote the opening up of these areas, carriage in them should be liberalized for longer distances than hitherto;
Whereas certain other types of carriage may be exempted from any quota system,