COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1384/79 of 25 June 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway

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,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),

Whereas, in order to institute under the common transport policy a system of charging for the use of infrastructure, it is necessary to know what expenditure is incurred in respect of infrastructure;

Whereas a permanent accounting system offers the most suitable means for knowing what expenditure is incurred in respect of infrastructure;

Whereas to this end the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 (3), introduced a permanent accounting system for such expenditure;

Whereas account should be taken of experience gained and of the development of the common transport policy ; whereas the forms of accounts, the list of types of infrastructure and the schedule of returns concerning the use of infrastructure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 should be adjusted accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

"Article 3

Infrastructure expenditure accounts shall be kept for each of the railway networks listed in Annex II (A. 1) and for the total of all the other networks listed in Annex II (A. 2), as well as for all roads and inland waterways open to public traffic, with the following exceptions: (a) roads closed to motor traffic, that is, to vehicles with a cylinder capacity equal to or exceeding 50 cm3;

(b) roads used exclusively by agricultural or forestry vehicles or which serve only to provide access for agricultural or forestry operations;

(c) inland waterways on which traffic is limited to vessels of less than 250 tonnes deadweight;

(d) waterways of a maritime character, as listed in Regulation (EEC) No 281/71 (1).

(1)OJ No L 33, 10.2.1971, p. 11." 2. Article 5 (2) (a) shall be replaced by the following:

"2. Separate accounts shall be presented:

(a) in respect of railways: (i) for each of the networks listed in Annex II (A. 1);

(ii) for the total of all the other networks listed in Annex II (A. 2). However, the returns relating to these networks shall be sent only once every five years, starting with those for the year 1980." (1)OJ No C 296, 11.12.1978, p. 57. (2)OJ No C 128, 21.5.1979, p. 35. (3)OJ No L 130, 15.6.1970, p. 4.

3. The second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 6 shall be replaced by the following:

"- capital repayments and, separately, interest on loans contracted earlier."

4. Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

"Article 7

Member States shall send to the Commission, at the same time as they send the accounts referred to in Article 5 and in respect of the same period, returns relating to the use of infrastructures in accordance with Tables A, B (1.1) and C of Annex III.

The returns covered by Tables B (1.2) and B (2) of that Annex shall be sent only once every five years. In the case of Table B (1.2) returns shall be sent for the first time for the year 1980 and, in the case of Table B (2), returns shall be suspended until work on the system of charging for the use of infrastructure make them necessary."

5. Annexes I, II and III are amended in accordance with the Annex.

Article 2

Member States shall, in good time and after consulting the Commission, adopt such laws, regulations or administrative provisions as may be necessary for the implementation of this Regulation.

Where a Member State so requests, or where the Commission considers it appropriate, the Commission shall consult with the Member States concerned upon the proposed terms of the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1979.

For the Council

The President

J. LE THEULE

ANNEX

1. In B (2) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70, subdivisions 20 and 21 shall be deleted.

2. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows:

"ANNEX II

SCHEDULE OF THE RAIL NETWORKS, CATEGORIES OF ROAD AND INLAND WATERWAYS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 AND 5 (2) A.1. RAIL - Main networks

Kingdom of Belgium

- Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (SNCB)/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS)

Kingdom of Denmark

- Danske Statsbaner (DSB)

Federal Republic of Germany

- Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB)

French Republic

- Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF)

Ireland

- Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE)

Italien Republic

- Azienda autonoma delle ferrovie dello Stato (FS)

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

- Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

- N.V. Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - British Railways Board (BRB)

- Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd (NIR)

A.2. RAIL - Networks open to public traffic and connected to the main network (excluding urban networks)

Federal Republic of Germany

Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH

Alsternordbahn GmbH

Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Altona-Kaltenkirchen-Neumünster

Augsburger Lokalbahn GmbH

Bayerische Landeshafenverwaltung

Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG

Birkenfelder Eisenbahn GmbH

Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn GmbH

DB, Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt, Ne-Geschäftsführung

Deutsche Eisenbahn-GmbH

Dortmunder Eisenbahn

Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloer Eisenbahn AG

Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal - Extertalbahn GmbH

Filderbahn der Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG

Hafen- und Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Kiel

Häfen der Stadt Köln

Hafen- und Bahnbetriebe der Stadt Krefeld

Hersfelder Kreisbahn

Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG

Verkehrsbetriebe Grafschaft Hoya GmbH

Hümmlinger Kreisbahn

Ilmebahn-Gesellschaft AG

Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG

Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (Köln-Frechen-Benzelrather Eisenbahn)

Eisenbahn Köln-Mülheim-Leverkusen der Farbenfabriken Bayer AG

Krefelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG

Kreiswerke Gelnhausen GmbH - Verkehrsbetriebe

Meppen-Haselünner Eisenbahn

Merzig-Büschfelder Eisenbahn GmbH

Mindener Kreisbahnen

Bahnen der Stadt Monheim GmbH

Neukölln-Mittenwalder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft

Neusser Eisenbahn

Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe Akticngesellschaft NIAG

Nordfriesische Verkehrsbetriebe AG

Kreisbahn Osterode am Harz - Kreiensen

Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG

Osthavelländische Eisenbahn

Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH

Regentalbahn AG

Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft

Verkehrsbetriebe des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg

Siegener Kreisbahn GmbH

Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahnen AG

Tegernsee-Bahn AG

Trossinger Eisenbahn

Uetersener Eisenbahn-AG

Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn GmbH

Vorwohle-Emmerthaler Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH

Bahngesellschaft Waldhof - Nebenbahn Waldhof/Sandhofen

Wanne-Bochum-Herner Eisenbahn

Werne-Bockum-Höveler Eisenbahn

Westfälische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH

Westerwaldbahn

Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG

Württembergische Eisenbahn-GmbH

Württembergische Nebenbahnen GmbH

Industriebahn der Stadt Zülpich

Hafenbahn Aschaffenburg

Brohltal-Eisenbahn GmbH

Kleinbahnverwaltung Gemeinde Edewecht

Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn

Oberrheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft AG

Wittlager Kreisbahn GmbH

Italien Republic

Torino - Ceres

Ferrovie Nord Milano

Trento - Malè

Società Veneta Autoferrovie

Società Veneta per imprese e costruzioni pubbliche

Ferrovia Suzzara - Ferrara

Gestione Governativa Ferrovie Padane

Azienda Trasporti Consorziali di Modena

Azienda Trasporti Consorziali - Bologna

Acotral

Ferrovie Adriatico Appennino

Gestione Governativa Ferrovia Cancello - Benevento

Ferrotranviaria (SpA)

Ferrovie del Sud-Est

Ferrovie del Gargano

Gestione Governativa Ferrovia Circumetnea Azienda Consorziale Trasporti - Reggio Emilia

La Ferroviaria italiana

Società Mediterranea strade ferrate umbro-aretine

Società nazionale di ferrovie e tranvie."

3. Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 is hereby amended as follows: 3.1. Table B (1) in Annex III is replaced by Tables B (1.1) and B (1.2) below:

"TABLE B - ROAD 1.1. Vehicle / kilometres run annually on roads outside built-up areas

Member State:

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1.2. Vehicle / kilometres run annually on roads outside built-up areas

Member State:

Category of road: >PIC FILE= "T0015935">

3.2. Items (e) and (f) of Table C in Annex III shall be replaced by the following: >PIC FILE= "T0015936">