Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1.Regular services shall be open to all, subject, where appropriate, to compulsory reservation.
Such services shall be subject to authorisation in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III.
Regular services from [F1the United Kingdom] to a third country and vice versa shall be subject to authorisation in accordance with the bilateral agreement between the [F2United Kingdom] and the third country F3....
The regular nature of the service shall not be affected by any adjustment to the service operating conditions.
The organisation of parallel or temporary services, serving the same public as existing regular services, the non-serving of certain stops and the serving of additional stops on existing regular services shall be governed by the same rules as those applicable to existing regular services.
[X12.Special regular services shall include in particular:
(a)the carriage of workers between home and work;
(b)the carriage of school pupils and students to and from the educational institution.
The fact that a special service may be varied according to the needs of users shall not affect its classification as a regular service.
Special regular services shall not be subject to authorisation in accordance with Chapter III where they are covered by a contract concluded between the organiser and the carrier.]
3.Occasional services shall not require authorisation in accordance with Chapter III.
However, the organisation of parallel or temporary services comparable to existing regular services and serving the same public as the latter shall be subject to authorisation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter III.
Occasional services shall not cease to be occasional services solely on the grounds that they are provided at certain intervals.
Occasional services may be provided by a group of carriers acting on behalf of the same contractor, and travellers may catch a connection en route, with a different carrier of the same group, [F4within the United Kingdom].
F5...
4.Empty journeys by vehicles in connection with the transport operations referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 2, and in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, shall likewise not require authorisation.
[F65.Own-account transport operations by any vehicle which is registered in a Member State shall be exempt from authorisation but shall be carried out within the United Kingdom subject to possession of a certificate issued by the competent authorities of the Member State in which the vehicle is registered in accordance with Article 5(5) of EU Regulation 1073/2009 and Article 9 of EU Regulation 361/2014, which shall be valid for the entire journey including transit.]
Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (Official Journal of the European Union L 300 of 14 November 2009).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 5(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 5(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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