Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 concerning the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary
Modified by
Regulation (EC) No 893/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 27 May 2002amending Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 in order to provide for the distribution among Member States of authorisations received pursuant to the Agreement establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and Romania, 302R0893, May 31, 2002
Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 4 April 2001concerning the distribution among Member States of authorisations received pursuant to the Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary and between the European Community and RomaniaTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71 thereof,Having regard to the proposal of the CommissionOJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 33.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ C 168, 16.6.2000, p. 13.,Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the TreatyOpinion of the European Parliament on 25 October 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 19 March 2001.,Whereas:(1)By Council Decisions 2001/265/ECSee page 4 of this Official Journal. and 2001/266/ECSee page 27 of this Official Journal. of 19 March 2001, the European Community has concluded Agreements with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport.(2)These Agreements provide that the Community will receive road transit authorisations from Bulgaria and Hungary respectively.(3)It is necessary to establish rules governing the distribution and management of the authorisations which are made available to the Community.(4)For practical and management reasons, those authorisations should be made available to the Member States by the Commission.(5)To that end, an allocation method should be established. Thereafter, the Member States should share out the authorisations allocated to them among undertakings in accordance with objective criteria.(6)In order to ensure the optimal use of authorisations, all unallocated authorisations should be returned to the Commission for redistribution.(7)The allocation of authorisations should be based on criteria that take full account of existing land transport flows between Greece and the other Member States,HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: