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( 1 ) OJ NO C 186 , 4 . 8 . 1978 , P . 6 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 261 , 6 . 11 . 1978 , P . 53 .

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 19 OCTOBER 1978 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 4 ) OJ NO L 357 , 29 . 12 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 358 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3062/78

OF 19 DECEMBER 1978

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3164/76 ON THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES

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 INTRODUCTION OF A COMMON POLICY ENTAILS INTER ALIA THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON RULES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THESE RULES MUST BE DRAWN UP SO AS TO HELP BRING ABOUT A COMMON TRANSPORT MARKET ;

WHEREAS THE SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES PROMOTES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY-WIDE TRANSPORT MARKET TO WHICH CARRIERS FROM ALL MEMBER STATES MAY HAVE ACCESS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING AND WITHOUT DISTINCTION ON GROUNDS OF NATIONALITY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3164/76 ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3024/77 ( 5 ), IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

IN ARTICLE 3 , PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 1 . THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FOR 1979 SHALL CONSIST OF 3 122 AUTHORIZATIONS .

2 . THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY AUTHORIZATIONS ALLOCATED TO EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM348 DENMARK229 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY567 FRANCE533 IRELAND65 ITALY432

LUXEMBOURG91 NETHERLANDS502 UNITED KINGDOM355 ' ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . BAUM