Article 1 
This Regulation lays down the rules for the distribution among Member States of authorisations available to the Community pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and Romania establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreements’).
Article 2 
1. The Commission shall allocate authorisations in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The authorisations shall be allocated between Member States in accordance with the Annex. In the light of experience, especially the changes in traffic flows, the Commission will, where appropriate and at the earliest three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, make a proposal to the Council to decide on a modification of the allocation of the authorisations between Member States. 3. The authorisations for each year shall be allocated before 15 October of the preceding year. 4. The number of authorisations to be allocated for the first year of implementation of either of the Agreements shall be adjusted pro rata if the Agreement has entered into force after 1 January of that year.
Article 3 
Member States shall distribute authorisations amongst undertakings established in their territory according to objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
Article 4 
Before 15 September of each year, the competent authorities of the Member States shall return to the Commission those authorisations which, on the basis of available data and estimates, are unlikely to be used before the end of that year. The Commission shall allocate these returned authorisations taking account of the distribution key in the Annex and the request of Member States for additional authorisations.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.