Council Regulation (EEC) No 56/83
of 16 December 1982
concerning the implementation of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR)
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,
OJ No C 265, 9. 10. 1982, p. 3.
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
OJ No C 304, 22. 11. 1982, p. 252.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
Opinion delivered on 15 December 1982 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
Whereas, pursuant to Decision 82/505/EEC, the Community has concluded the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR); whereas that Agreement is therefore applicable to such services between the Community and the other Contracting Parties which have ratified it:
OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 38.
Whereas Article 13 of the ASOR provides that the Contracting Parties shall adopt the measures required to implement the Agreement;
Whereas, in order to implement the ASOR in the Community, certain powers of the Council, the Commission and the Member States should be specified;
Whereas the principle embodied in Article 14 (2) of the ASOR, that the competent authorities shall inform each other of the offences committed in their territory by a carrier established in the territory of another Contracting Party and where necessary, of the penalty imposed, should also apply to offences against the ASOR committed in the territory of a Member State by a carrier established in another Member State,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: