Activites

• 1996/07/13 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1996/1356
  • OJ L 175 13.07.1996, p. 0007
• #1942
• 1996/07/08 Council Meeting
• 1996/07/08 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1996/07/08 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1996/06/06 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0312/1996 summary

    The report by Mr Fernand LE RACHINEL (NI/F) adopted by Parliament approved the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a regulation on common rules applicable to the transport of goods or passengers by inland waterway between Member States with a view to establishing freedom to provide such transport services. �

• 1996/06/05 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    In presenting the background to the proposal for a regulation, which was being applied to Austria because its bilateral agreements, concluded prior to accession, were incompatible with the principle of freedom to provide services, the rapporteur recommended that the common position of the Council be adopted without amendment. Commissioner Van Miert stated that there was a need for Community-wide integration of the inland waterway transport system.

• 1996/05/28 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0170/1996
• 1996/03/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1902
• 1996/01/29 Council Meeting
  • 11499/2/1995 summary

    The Council's common position made a number of changes to the original proposal: - the Council established a parallel with Regulation (EEC) No 3921/91 by adding a provision stating that the owner of the vessel used for a transport operation between Member States and in transit through them must be a national of a Member State and have his domicile in one of those states; - the international conventions and obligations entered into by the Community will not be affected by the proposed Regulation (the Council deleted the reference to a group of third countries). �

• 1995/11/15 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0531/1995 summary

    Adopting the report by Mr Fernand LE RACHINEL (NI, F), the European Parliament approved the proposal without amendment.�

• 1995/10/31 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0268/1995
• #1870
• 1995/09/28 Council Meeting
  • 1870 summary

    The Council held a policy debate on the proposal for a regulation to introduce Community rules on access to transport between Member States to ensure application of the principles of freedom to provide services within the Community. The Regulation is necessary to ensure freedom to provide services in this area as a consequence of the accession of Austria, which is bound by bilateral conventions with two other Member States, Germany and the Netherlands, as regards inland waterway transport. At the end of the debate the President noted a consensus broadly in favour of the proposal. The Permanent Representatives Committee will continue discussions with a view to the adoption of a common position as soon as the European Parliament has delivered its opinion.

• 1995/06/16 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/05/10 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0167 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to establish freedom to provide transport services between Member States. CONTENT: 1. Scope of the regulation: the regulation applies to the transport of passengers or goods by inland waterway between and through Member States. 2. Eligibility criteria: in order to effect the transport operations referred to in the regulation, owners of vessels must: * be established in a Member State in accordance with the laws of that state; * be entitled to provide international passenger or goods transport services by inland waterway in that state; * use vessels for the transport operations in question which are registered in a Member State or, if there is no register, which are covered by a certificate of membership of the fleet of a Member State. 3. Special provisions govern the rights of third country carriers under the revised Convention for the Navigation of the Rhine (Mannheim Convention), the Convention on Navigation on the Danube (Belgrade Convention) and the international obligations of the European Community. Source: European Commission - Info92 - 10/95�

• 1994/09/28 Additional information

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0167
• Debate in Council: 1870
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0268/1995
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0531/1995
• Council position published: 11499/2/1995
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0170/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0312/1996
• : Regulation 1996/1356
• : OJ L 175 13.07.1996, p. 0007

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)