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( 1 ) OJ NO C 289 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , P . 26 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 24 AND 25 OCTOBER 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

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

( 4 ) OJ NO L 366 , 28 . 12 . 1978 , P . 5 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2963/79

OF 20 DECEMBER 1979

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

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 THE INTRODUCTION OF A COMMON TRANSPORT 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 ROAD HAULAGE OPERATORS FROM ALL MEMBER STATES MAY HAVE EQUAL ACCESS REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY ; WHEREAS THE QUOTA PROVIDED FOR IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3164/76 OF 16 DECEMBER 1976 ON THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3062/78 ( 4 ), SHOULD BE INCREASED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3164/76 , PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 1 . THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHALL CONSIST OF 3 751 AUTHORIZATIONS FOR 1980 .

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

BELGIUM413 DENMARK286 GERMANY689 FRANCE627 IRELAND76 ITALY539 LUXEMBOURG106

NETHERLANDS597 UNITED KINGDOM418 . ' ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 DECEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . TUNNEY