Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2000 of 21 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 3298/94 laying down detailed measures concerning the system of rights of transit (ecopoints) for heavy-goods vehicles transiting through Austria (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2000
of 21 March 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 3298/94 laying down detailed measures concerning the system of rights of transit (ecopoints) for heavy-goods vehicles transiting through Austria
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11(6) and Annex 4 to Protocol 9 thereto,
Whereas:
(1) ECMT permits valid in Austria should allow free transit through Austria.
(2) Clear rules for the cancellation of ecocards are required. The used ecocards are needed for statistical purposes.
(3) The optimal use of electronic ecopoints is best achieved by distributing them several times during the year.
(4) A vehicle setting down or picking up a complete load in Austria should be considered to have undertaken a bilateral journey and thus should not be required to pay ecopoints, irrespective of the route taken by the vehicle to enter and exist Austia.
(5) The implementation of an agreement to allow 40 tonne lorries to transit Switzerland will alleviate the number of lorries transiting Austria. Due to the geographical position of Italy and Greece, lorries going to/from those countries will still need to transit Austria. Greece and Italy should be given further priority over unused ecopoints returned to the Commission.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 3298/94(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/96(2), should be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up by Article 16 of Protocol 9,