Article 1 
1. This Directive shall apply to combined transport operations, without prejudice to Regulation (EEC) No 881/92 ( 5 ). For the purposes of this Directive, ‘combined transport’ means the transport of goods between Member States where the lorry, trailer, semi-trailer, with or without tractor unit, swap body or container of 20 feet or more uses the road on the initial or final leg of the journey and, on the other leg, rail or inland waterway or maritime services where this section exceeds 100 km as the crow flies and make the initial or final road transport leg of the journey; — between the point where the goods are loaded and the nearest suitable rail loading station for the initial leg, and between the nearest suitable rail unloading station and the point where the goods are unloaded for the final leg, or — within a radius not exceeding 150 km as the crow flies from the inland waterway port or seaport of loading or unloading.
Article 2 
Each of the Member States shall, by 1 July 1993, liberalize the combined transport operations referred to in Article 1 from all quota systems and systems of authorization.
Article 3 
In the case of combined transport for hire or reward, a transport document which fulfils at least the requirements laid down in Article 6 of Council Regulation No 11 of 27 June 1960 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79 (3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ( 6 ), shall also specify the rail loading and unloading stations relating to the rail leg, or the inland waterway loading and unloading ports relating to the inland waterway leg, or the maritime loading and unloading ports relating to the maritime section of the journey. These details shall be recorded before the transport operation is carried out and shall be confirmed by means of a stamp affixed by the rail or port authorities in the railway stations or inland waterway or sea ports concerned when that part of the journey carried out by rail or inland waterway or by sea has been completed.
Article 4 
All hauliers established in a Member State who meet the conditions of access to the occupation and access to the market for transport of goods between Member States shall have the right to carry out, in the context of a combined transport operation between Member States, initial and/or final road haulage legs which form an integral part of the combined transport operation and which may or may not include the crossing of a frontier.
Article 5 
1. Every two years and in the first instance by 1 July 1995 the Commission shall draw up a report to the Council on: — the economic development of combined transport, — the application of Community law in this area, — the definition, where necessary, of further measures to promote combined transport operations. 2. When drawing up the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall be assisted by representatives of the Member State to collect the information necessary for this purpose. The report shall analyze the information and statistics relating in particular to: — transport links used in combined transport operation, — the number of vehicles (a road train counting as a single vehicle), swap bodies and containers transported over the various transport links, — transported tonnages, — services carried out, in terms of tonnes/kilometres. The report shall, where appropriate, propose solutions for the subsequent improvement of such information and the situation in the combined transport sector.
Article 6 
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the taxes listed in paragraph 3 which are applicable to road vehicles (lorries, tractors, trailers or semi-trailers) when routed in combined transport are reduced or reimbursed either by a standard amount, or in proportion to the journeys that such vehicles undertake by rail, within limits and in accordance with conditions and rules they fix after consultation with the Commission. The reductions of reimbursements referred to in the first paragraph shall be granted by the State in which the vehicles are registered, on the basis of the rail journeys effected within that State. Member States may, however, grant these reductions or reimbursements on the basis of the rail journeys which take place partially or wholly outside the Member State in which the vehicles are registered. 2. Without prejudice to the provisions resulting from a possible reorganization of national taxation systems for commercial vehicles at Community level, vehicles used exclusively for road haulage in feeder or final delivery carriage by combined transport may be exempted, if they are taxed separately, from the taxes listed in paragraph 3. 3. The taxes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are the following: — Belgium: — taxe de circulation sur les véhicules automobiles / verkeersbelasting op de autovoertuigen ; — Belgium: — taxe de circulation sur les véhicules automobiles / verkeersbelasting op de autovoertuigen ; — Bulgaria: — данък върху превозните средства; — Bulgaria: — данък върху превозните средства; — Czech Republic: — silniční daň; — Czech Republic: — silniční daň; — Denmark: — vægtafgift af motorkøretøjer mv. ; — Denmark: — vægtafgift af motorkøretøjer mv. ; — Germany: — Kraftfahrzeugsteuer ; — Germany: — Kraftfahrzeugsteuer ; — Estonia: — raskeveokimaks; — Estonia: — raskeveokimaks; — France: — taxe spéciale sur certains véhicules routiers ; — France: — taxe spéciale sur certains véhicules routiers ; — Greece: — τέλη κυκλοφορίας αυτοκινήτων — Greece: — τέλη κυκλοφορίας αυτοκινήτων — Spain: — (a) impuesto sobre actividades económicas , (b) impuesto sobre vehículos de tracción mecánica ; — Spain: (a) impuesto sobre actividades económicas , (b) impuesto sobre vehículos de tracción mecánica ; — Ireland: — vehicle excise duties; — Ireland: — vehicle excise duties; — Italy: — (a) tassa automobilistica , (b) addizionale del 5 % sulla tassa automobilistica ; — Italy: (a) tassa automobilistica , (b) addizionale del 5 % sulla tassa automobilistica ; — Cyprus: — τέλη κυκλοφορίας οχημάτων; — Cyprus: — τέλη κυκλοφορίας οχημάτων; — Latvia: — transportlīdzekļa ikgadējā nodeva; — Latvia: — transportlīdzekļa ikgadējā nodeva; — Lithuania: — transporto priemonių savininkų ar valdytojų naudotojo mokestis; — Lithuania: — transporto priemonių savininkų ar valdytojų naudotojo mokestis; — Luxembourg: — taxe sur les véhicules automoteurs ; — Luxembourg: — taxe sur les véhicules automoteurs ; — Hungary: — gépjárműadó; — Hungary: — gépjárműadó; — Malta: — liċenzja tat-triq/road licence fee; — Malta: — liċenzja tat-triq/road licence fee; — Netherlands: — motorrijtuigenbelasting; — Netherlands: — motorrijtuigenbelasting; — Austria: — Straßenverkehrsbeitrag ; — Austria: — Straßenverkehrsbeitrag ; — Poland: — podatek od środków transportowych; — Poland: — podatek od środków transportowych; — Portugal: — (a) imposto de camionagem , (b) imposto de circulação ; — Portugal: (a) imposto de camionagem , (b) imposto de circulação ; — Romania: — Taxa asupra mijloacelor de transport; — Romania: — Taxa asupra mijloacelor de transport; — Slovenia: — letno povračilo za uporabo javnih cest za motorna in priklopna vozila; — Slovenia: — letno povračilo za uporabo javnih cest za motorna in priklopna vozila; — Slovakia: — cestná daň; — Slovakia: — cestná daň; — Finland — varsinainen ajoneuvovero / egentlig fordonsskatt ; — Finland — varsinainen ajoneuvovero / egentlig fordonsskatt ; — Sweden: — fordonsskatt ; — Sweden: — fordonsskatt ; — United Kingdom: — vehicle excise duties. — United Kingdom: — vehicle excise duties.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Directive adapting certain directives in the field of transport policy is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Croatia enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to be adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal covers all Council directives as well as European Parliament and Council directives which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia in the field of transport policy – corresponding to negotiation chapter 14. This proposal is part of a series of proposals for Council directives by the Commission to the Council which regroup the technical adaptations to Council directives as well as European Parliament and Council directives corresponding to negotiation chapters into separate proposals for different Council directives. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives concerned by Member States into their respective legal orders. The package of proposals for legal acts which the Commission has transmitted to the Council is composed of this series of proposals for Council directives on the one hand, as well as of a proposal for a single Council regulation which covers the relevant European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions as well as the relevant Council regulations and decisions on the other hand. This is in line with the approach which was taken in the past in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 6 ):
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the taxes listed in paragraph 3 which are applicable to road vehicles (lorries, tractors, trailers or semi-trailers) when routed in combined transport are reduced or reimbursed either by a standard amount, or in proportion to the journeys that such vehicles undertake by rail, within limits and in accordance with conditions and rules they fix after consultation with the Commission. The reductions of reimbursements referred to in the first paragraph shall be granted by the State in which the vehicles are registered, on the basis of the rail journeys effected within that State. Member States may, however, grant these reductions or reimbursements on the basis of the rail journeys which take place partially or wholly outside the Member State in which the vehicles are registered. 2. Without prejudice to the provisions resulting from a possible reorganization of national taxation systems for commercial vehicles at Community level, vehicles used exclusively for road haulage in feeder or final delivery carriage by combined transport may be exempted, if they are taxed separately, from the taxes listed in paragraph 3.
Article 7 
Where a trailer or semi-trailer belonging to an undertaking engaged in own-account transport is hauled on a final section by a tractor belonging to an undertaking engaged in transport for hire or reward, the transport operation so effected shall be exempt from presentation of the document provided for in Article 3; however, another document shall be provided giving evidence of the journey covered or to be covered by rail, by inland waterway or by sea.
Article 8 
Initial or final road haulage legs forming part of combined transport operations shall be exempted from compulsory tariff regulations.
Article 9 
Where, as part of a combined transport operation, the dispatching undertaking carries out the initial road haulage leg for its own account within the meaning of the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road ( 7 ), the undertaking which is to receive the goods transported may, notwithstanding the definition given in the said Directive, carry out for its own account the final road haulage leg to transport the goods to their destination using a tractor owned by it, bought by it on deferred terms or hired by it pursuant to Council Directive 84/647/EEC of 19 December 1984 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road ( 8 ), and driven by its employees, even though the trailer or semi-trailer is registered or hired by the undertaking which dispatched the goods. The initial road haulage leg in a combined transport operation which the dispatching undertaking carries out using a tractor owned by it, bought by it on deferred terms or hired by it pursuant to Directive 86/647/EEC and which is driven by its employees, whereas the trailer or semi-trailer is registered or hired by the undertaking which is to receive the goods transported, shall also, notwithstanding the Directive of 23 July 1962, be considered an own-account carriage operation if the final road haulage leg is carried out for its own account in accordance with the latter Directive by the recipient undertaking.
Article 10 
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive by 1 July 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When these Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive to the Commission.
Article 11 
1. Directive 75/130/EEC ( 9 ) is hereby repealed without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States regarding the time-limits for transposition and implementation set out in the Annex, part A. 2. References to the repealed Directive shall be understood as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex, part B.
Article 12 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.