PURPOSE: to repeal obsolete Regulations in the area of
transport.
PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European parliament
and of the Council.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European
Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative
procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
BACKGROUND: this proposal for repealing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, Regulations (EC) No 2888/2000 and (EC)
No 685/2001 is submitted in the context of the Commission's REFIT
programme and commitment on better regulation.
The objective is to ensure a legislative framework
that is fit for purpose and of high quality, as referred to in the
Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the
Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better
Law-Making.
CONTENT: the proposal seeks to repeal Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, Regulations
(EC) No 2888/2000 and (EC)
No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council:
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 introduced arrangements for structural improvements in
the inland waterway sector for the fleets operating on the linked
inland waterway networks of Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands and Austria. The objective of that Regulation was
to reduce overcapacity in the inland waterway fleets by means of
vessel-scrapping schemes coordinated at Community level. On 29
March 1999, Council
Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 on a Community-fleet capacity
policy to promote inland waterway transport was adopted in order to
ensure that the appropriate tools continued to be available to the
inland waterway transport sector and to manage the fleet capacity.
This Regulation entered into force on 29 April 1999 to succeed to
Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89;
Regulation (EC) No 2888/2000 concerns the distribution of quotas for heavy goods
vehicles which the Community received from Switzerland for years
2001 to 2004 among its Member States. In accordance with the
Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland on the
Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road and with effect
from 1 January 2005, all vehicles meeting the technical standards
of Directive 96/53/EC (that is to say, up to a maximum weight of 40
tonnes) shall be exempt from any quota or authorisation
arrangements. Therefore, Regulation (EC) No 2888/2000 should be
repealed;
Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 lays down the rules for the distribution between the
Member States of authorisations available to the Community by
virtue of the agreements between the European Community and
Bulgaria and between the European Community and Romania
establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road
and the promotion of combined transport. The Regulation has become
obsolete as Bulgaria and Romania have acceded to the Union and as
Member States they are no longer subject to a system of
authorisations as far as access to the haulage market is
concerned.