Council Directive 91/224/EEC of 27 March 1991 amending Directive 75/130/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 27 March 1991 amending Directive 75/130/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (91/224/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the application of Directive 75/130/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 86/544/EEC (5), has produced positive results;
Whereas the increasing problems relating to road congestion, the environment and road safety, call, in the public interest, for the further development of combined transport as
a commercially attractive alternative to long-distance intra-Community road haulage;
Whereas the incentive provided by present Community rules for combined transport has not produced all the results expected to arise from the ongoing liberalization of conventional road haulage; whereas these rules accordingly need to be amended in order  to make better use of the possibilities offered by the various methods of transport;
Whereas a greater liberalization of road haulage legs to and from inland-waterway ports is likely to encourage the use of combined inland-waterway transport;
Whereas the provisions of the Treaty relating to the freedom to provide services also apply to the field of combined transport; whereas the implementation of those provisions is likely to promote the wider use of combined transport;
Whereas the development of combined transport will help transit across Alpine countries;
Whereas the development of modern methods of transport, which include combined transport, also entails making it easier for such a method to be used by own-account road hauliers,