COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3914/90 of 21 December 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) N° 3164/76 concerning access to the market in the international carriage of goods by road

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 under Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 3164/76(4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1053/90(5), the Council is required to take a decision on the increase, from 1990, in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States;

Whereas Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) N° 3164/76 provides for abolition of all quotas, including the Community quota, from 1 January 1993;

Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) N° 1053/90, the Council increased the Community quota by 40 % for 1990;

Whereas to ensure that the changeover to the new system applicable from 1993 is as smooth as possible and does not disturb the market, and to achieve freedom to provide road haulage services between Member States, the Community quota should be increased by 40 % both in 1991 and 1992;

Whereas, as in 1989 and 1990, the number of authorizations resulting from the increase in the Community quota should be allocated to the Member States on a linear basis,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 3164/76 is hereby replaced by the following:

'1. For 1991 and 1992 the total number of Community authorizations allocated to the Member States as a whole in the context of the Community quota shall be 47 094 and 65 936 respectively.

The number of Community authorizations allocated to each of the Member States shall be as follows:

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1990.

For the CouncilThe PresidentA. RUBERTI

(1)OJ N° C 316, 16. 12. 1989, p. 6.

(2)OJ N° C 96, 17. 4. 1990, p. 333.

(3)OJ N° C 112, 7. 5. 1990, p. 14.

(4)OJ N° L 357, 29. 12. 1976, p. 1.

(5)OJ N° L 108, 28. 4. 1990, p. 5.