COM(2003)628 - Minimum conditions for the implementation of Directive 2002/15/EC and Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities

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  2. Key dates
  3. Related information
  4. Resulting legislation
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1.

Key information

official title

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum conditions for the implementation of Directive 2002/15/EC and Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities
 
Legal instrument Directive
Decision making procedure ordinary legislative procedure (COD)
reference by COM-number245 COM(2003)628 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2004)815; COM(2005)302
procedure number247 2003/0255(COD)
CELEX number248 52003PC0628

2.

Key dates

Document 21-10-2003
Online publication 21-10-2003
Decision 15-03-2006; Richtlijn 2006/22
Publication in Official Journal249 11-04-2006; Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 07 Volume 015,OJ L 102, 11.4.2006,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 07 Volume 013,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 07 Volume 015

3.

Related information

  • Explanatory memorandum
  • Considerations
  • Legal provisions
  • Annexes

4.

Resulting legislation

  • Richtlijn 2006/22 - Minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC - Declarations
 

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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p. 1.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport.

     
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    Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 35.

     
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    Schlechter report A4-0106/97 on the Commission Report concerning the implementation in 1991-1992 of Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (Seventeenth report by the Commission on the implementation of the social legislation relating to road transport).

     
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    CEMT/CM(93) 3.

     
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    Cost-Benefit Analysis of Road Safety Improvements, 12 June 2003, ICF Consulting Ltd (UK) with Imperial College Centre for Transport Studies, London UK (hereafter: the ICF study).

     
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    Vägverket (SNRA) project: Implementation of the digital tachograph.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    See footnote 3.

     
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    OJ L 72, 25.3.1993, p. 30.

     
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    Euro Control Route: a co-operation framework for Member State road transport enforcement agencies formalised in an Administrative Agreement between B, NL, LUX and F on 5 October 1999 and to which D, IRL, UK and E have since adhered, with other current and future Member States' authorities expressing interest (DK, PL) as well as an EEA country (N).

     
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    ICF study p. 50.

     
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    ICF study, p. vii.

     
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    ICF study, p. vii.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    ICF study, p. 51.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
  • 48. 
    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 50. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 52. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    See footnote 3.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 (OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p. 1).

     
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    OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 35.

     
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    COM(2001) 370.

     
  • 65. 
    ÏJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 71. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
  • 73. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 74. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 75. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
  • 77. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 79. 
    OJ L 72 , 25.3.1993, p. 30.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
  • 84. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 86. 
    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
  • 118. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
  • 121. 
    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
  • 122. 
    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 124. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 125. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    For example, Hamelin, P., Le travail des conducteurs routiers, structures de production, conditions de travail et risque, Société des Ingénieurs de l'Automobile (SIA), Paris, p. 23; Maycock, G., Driver sleepiness as a Factor in Car and HGV accidents, TRL, Crowthorne, UK. 1995, p. 55; Van Ouwerkerk F., Relationships between Road Transport working conditions, fatigue, Health and Traffic Safety, Traffic Research Centre, University of Groningen, 1987, p. 35.

     
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    Le lien entre la durée du travail des conducteurs routiers et la sécurité routière au sein de lUnion Européenne' Etude no. B95-B2 7020-SIN 3973 (June 1997) Universität-Gesamthochschule Kassel, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft.

     
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    See footnote 8, p. 204.

     
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    See footnote 8, p. 215.

     
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    OJ L 274, 9.10.1998, p. 1.

     
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    OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p. 1.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport.

     
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    Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 35.

     
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    Schlechter report A4-0106/97 on the Commission Report concerning the implementation in 1991-1992 of Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (Seventeenth report by the Commission on the implementation of the social legislation relating to road transport).

     
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    See footnote 4.

     
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    OJ C 51 E, 26.2.2002, p. 234.

     
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    Markov report A4-0388/2002.

     
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    OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 27.

     
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    CEMT/CM(1993) 4 final.

     
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    CEMT/CM(93) 3.

     
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    CEMT/CM(2001) 6 final.

     
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    Cost-Benefit Analysis of Road Safety Improvements, 12 June 2003, ICF Consulting Ltd (UK) with Imperial College Centre for Transport Studies, London UK (hereafter: the ICF study).

     
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    Vägverket (SNRA) project: Implementation of the digital tachograph.

     
  • 149. 
    See footnote 20.

     
  • 150. 
    See footnote 3.

     
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    OJ L 72, 25.3.1993, p. 30.

     
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    Euro Control Route: a co-operation framework for Member State road transport enforcement agencies formalised in an Administrative Agreement between B, NL, LUX and F on 5 October 1999 and to which D, IRL, UK and E have since adhered, with other current and future Member States' authorities expressing interest (DK, PL) as well as an EEA country (N).

     
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    ICF study p. 50.

     
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    ICF study, p. vii.

     
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    ICF study, p. vii.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    ICF study, p. 51.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    ICF study, p. 51.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
  • 166. 
    See footnote 20.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
  • 168. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    Grosch report A4-0032/99 on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    See footnote 20.

     
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    4).

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 (OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p.

    1).

     
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    OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 35.

     
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    COM(2001) 370.

     
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    ÏJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 72 , 25.3.1993, p. 30.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 8.

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
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    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
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    Council Resolution 85/C 348/01 of 20 December 1985 to improve the implementation of the social Regulations in road transport; Council Resolution 94/C 309/03 of 24 October 1994 on road freight transport in the Single European Market.

     
  • 221. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 222. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 223. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
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    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
  • 225. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 226. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 227. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 228. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
  • 229. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
  • 230. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
  • 231. 
    COM(2001) 573 final.

     
  • 232. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 233. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 234. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 235. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 236. 
    OJ L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 1

     
  • 237. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 238. 
    OJ L 325, 29.11.1988, p. 55.

     
  • 239. 
    COM(1993) 494 final; COM(1995) 713 final; COM(1997) 698 final; COM(2000) 84 final; COM(2001) 767 final

     
  • 240. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 241. 
    COM(2001) 370 final.

     
  • 242. 
    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
  • 243. 
    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
  • 244. 
    For further information, see separate explanatory note.

     
  • 245. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 246. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 247. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 248. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 249. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.
     
  • 250. 
    This legally binding act of the European Union establishes a set of objectives which all member states of the European Union must fulfil. The member states are required to implement directives. The member states are free to choose the manner they see fit to fulfil the required objectives.