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No L 298/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12.72
REGULATION (EEC) No 2826/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 28 December 1972 extending the period of validity of and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1174/68 on the introduction of a system of bracket tariffs for the carriage of goods by road between Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI Whereas it has appeared advisable to clarify TIES, certain provisions of the said Regulation and to correct certain disparities noted between the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the texts of that Regulation in the various Com European Economic Community, and in partic munity languages ; ular Article 75 thereof; Whereas time limits should be laid down for Having regard t:o the proposal from the Com fixing the tariffs which directly concern the mission; new Member States; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament; Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic Article 1 and Social Committee; Whereas the regulation of transport rates and Regulation (EEC) No 1174/68 shall be amended conditions is ar important aspect of the com as follows . mon transport policy provided for under the Treaty; Article 2 Whereas the implementation of Council Regu lation (EEC) ND 1174/68 of 30 July 19681 on the introductior. of a system of bracket tariffs Article 17 shall be replaced by the following for the carriage of goods by road between text : Member States as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 293/7*0,2 will allow experience to be 'This Regulation shall remain in force until 31 December 1974. In the event of the acquired for ths purpose of laying down the system to be applied as from the end of its Council not having decided before that date period of validity; whereas to that end, the on the tariff system to be applied thereafter, said Regulation stipulated that the system which it may be extended for a period of one year.' it set up would apply until 31 December 1971 and would remain in force for a further period of one year in the event of the Council not Article 3 having decided before that date on the system to be applied thereafter; 1 . In the second subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) Whereas, as a result of the delayed introduction the words 'including the general expenses of the of the tariffs adopted under Regulation (EEC) business' shall be replaced by the words No 1174/68 , the period of application of that 'including, where appropriate, the general Regulation has not been sufficient to provide expenses of the business'. all the required experience; whereas it is consequently necessary to extend that Regu 2 . The words 'must be not less than 500 metric lation for an appropriate period; tons in three months ' at the end of subpara graph (b) (ii) of Article 5 (1), shall be replaced 1 OJ No L 194, 6 8.1968, p. 1 . by the words 'must be not less than 500 metric 2 OJ No L 40, 20,2.1970, p. 1. tons within a three-month period'.
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3 . Article 16 (b) shall be replaced by the '(c) het vervoer van de in de bijlagen I en II following: bij de eerste richtlijn van de Raad inzake de vaststelling van bepaalde c (b) to the carriage of goods over a distance gemeenschappelijke regels voor het in which in total does not exceed ternationale vervoer (goederenvervoer fifty km ; if the road vehicle is over de weg tegen vergoeding) opge transported by sea for part of the somde goederen ( 1 )'. distance, the sea crossing shall not be taken into consideration when calcu lating such distance'. Article 5
Article 4 For tariffs which directly concern the new Member States, the time limits laid down in 1 . In the English text of the Regulation Article 15 shall take effect as from the date of referred to in Article 1 , the word 'communicate' the accession of the said States . in the first subparagraph of Article 5 (2) shall be replaced by the word 'forward', and the word ' communicating' in the second subparagraph Article 6 shall be replaced by the word 'forwarding'. 2 . The Dutch text of Article 16 (c) shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on replaced by the following: 1 January 1973 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 28 December 1972 . For the Council The President
R. G. H. KRUISINGA