1018th Meeting of the Council (Transport). Council Press Release 7601/85 (Presse 105), Luxembourg, 24 June 1985

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COUNCIL OF

THE

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES GENERAL SECRETARIAT

PRESS

RELEASE

76OL/85

(Presse

105)

ffiffiffiffi,ffiffiif

1018th

Council

meetlng

Transport

-Luxembourg,

24 June

1985

Prestdents:

Mr

Claudio

STGNORILE

Minister for

TransPort

and

Mr

Glanuarlo

CARTÂ

Mlnlster for

Merchant

ShiPPlng

of the ltallan

Republic

(2)

2-

24. Vr . 85

The

Governments

of the

Member

States

and

the

Commission

of

the

European Communities

were represented

as follows:

Eglglgr:

Mr

Herman

de

CROO

MTs

N.

SMTT-KROES

DéüMêPK:

Mr

Afiië

ITTELCHIOh

Minlster for

Transport,

Post

and Mlnlster for Public

l,rlorks

Telecommunicatlons

99ls3lv:

Mr

J.L.

HALCK

State

Seeretary,

Mlnlstry of

Pub1ic

ïIorks

Gtrê@ëê.3

Mr

Werner

DOLLINGER

Mr Alexandre

ROUSSOPOULOS

Federal

Minister for Transport

Secretary-General,

Mlnlstry of

Transport

France:

IreLand

MT JCAN

AUROUX

MT

D.B.

FITZPATRICK

State

Secretary

attacheil

to the

Assistant

Secretary

Ministry for

Town

Plannlng,

Dêpêirtût'ênt

of

Communications

Houslng and

Transport, wlth

responsibility for

Transpôrt

Ilelv:

Lgrg$Egslg:

Mr

Claudlo

SIGNORILE

Mf'MATCE1 SCHLECHTER

Mlnister for Transport

Minlstër for

Transport,

Publlc

ll/orke and

Energy

Mr Glanuarlo

CARTA

Mlnlster for

Merchant Shlpplng

Netherlands:

g!1!eg_§itg9gs:

Mr

Nicholas

RIDLEY

Minister for

Transport

and

Secretary

of

State

for

Transport

Publlc

Vlorks

Commlssion:

Mf Stanley

CLINTON DAVIS Fletnber

(3)

3 -

24.VI.85

SHÏPPING

The

Council

held

an

initlal

discussion on

the

Commisslon

communication

rrProgress

towards

a

common

transport policy -

maritime

transporttr.

It

expressed

_{satlsfactlon at}

work done

in this field

and

agreed

in principle with

the

main

ldeas

set out in the

communication.

It

broadry

approved

the

anarysls

of the

present

_{situation in}

the

Communityrs

shlpping

lndustry

and shared

the

Commission's

serious

concern

at the substantial

drop

in the

Community

fleetrs

share

of

the

world

shipping

market and

the

adverse

effects

on

employment and

foreign

trade.

The

counclr polnted

to the deslrabirity of giving

croser

consideration as

soon as

possible to all the

aspects,

both

internal

and

externar,

covered

_{by the}

commlssion

communication.

The

council

proposed

_to

_examine

_the

_six

_proposars

_in

_the

communication,

_{giving a}

degree

_{of priority to}

_those

_{on co-ordlnated}

action to

safeguard

free

access

to

cargoes

in

ocean trades,

freedom

_to

_{provide servlces}

_in

_sea

_{transport, unfair pricing}

practices in

maritime

transport

and

_{detaired rures for}

_the

apprication of Articles

8s

and g6

of the

Treaty

to

maritime

transport.

It

asked

the

Permanent

Representatives

Commlttee

to

press

ahead

with

discussions on

the matter

and

refer the

outcome

to its

meeting

so

that the first

concl-usions

_{could be}

_{arrived at}

_before

the

end

of

the

year.

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24. Vï . 85

REVISION OF THE SOCIAL REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ROAD TRAIVSPORT

The

Council

arrived

at a

comlnon ,+ppro.-aeh

concernlng adjustments

to the soclal

regul-atlons

in

road

tnansport,

particularly

as

regards

greater flexibillty

over

dally drlving time,

an lncrease

in

the

average weekly

rest

perlod

and

reamêrtgement

of the daily

rest

period.

pEVELOPMENT _{OF THE}_COMMON_{T&AN§H'qRT:FOLIgY}

The

Council

dlscussed

hqw

actlon

should

be

taken

to

implement

the

judgment

_{of the}

_Court

_of

_22,May

1,985.

RELATIONS I,/ITH AUSTRIA

The

Council

took

note

of the resulis

o,f

talks

held

by

the

Commission

with

the

AustrÀan

.Gove,rnment

_{:for a}

resumption

of

transport

negotlatlons.

It

took note

of the

Commissiqril's

,lnten'tion

of

proposing

a

framework

for

co-operatlqn

_:r/1tihAqs'trJ.a "and

asked

the

permanent

Representatives

Commit,tee

to

_,prepare

the

necessary

measures

by

the

end

of JuIy

1985.

(5)

-5-

24.Vr.95

SECURITY

IN AIR

TRANSPORT

The

Mlnlsters

for

Transport

approved

the following

Declaratlon:

'rThe

Mlnisters

forTransport,

meetlng

ln

Luxembourg on

24 June

1-985,

-

notlng the

resumptlon

of temorist actlvlty

agalnst

civj.l

aircraft

and

alrports,

firmly

condemn

any

crlmlnal

interference

whatsoever

in civil

aviation

and

-

hope,

in

view

of

the

serlousness

of

the

problem,

_that

_the

_next

European

Council

ln

Mllan

w111

consider the

problem

of

terrorism

at

the hlghest

polltlcal level,

resolve,

through

actlon

by

Member

States

ln

the

competent bodies,

to

renew

the

determlnatlon

of

Community Governments

to

lmplement

the

necessary

measures

to

ensure

the hlghest possible

level

of

securJ-ty

1n

c1vlI

avlatlon.tl

The Commission

_{representatlve, also}

present

at

the

meeting, welcomed

the

Declaration.

(6)

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24.Vr.85

MISCELLANEOUS DECISIONS

Erper!-gre91!q

The

councll

adopted

1n

the official

ranguages

of

the

Communitles

the

Decislon on

_{the appllcation of the}

_{Understanding}

on Guiderines

for officiarl-y

supported

Export

credits for

Large

Civil Alrcraft

(Large

_Alrcraft

Sector Understanding).

9gssergtel-p9U9u

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councll

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_{in the officiar}

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_of

_the

Communitles

the

Regulatlon

laylng

down

the

arrangements

appllcable

to

imports

of

products

_{orlglnatlng in}

yugoslavia.

rt likewise

adopted

the

Reguratlon lmposlng

a definitive

anti-dumping

duty

on imports

_{of certain barr}

_bearlngs

and

tapered

roller

bearings

_{origlnating ln}

Japan.

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SEVERAL I,IEMBER

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STILL

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PROHISES TO BE THE }tOsT CONTENTIOUS ISSUE

IN

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tdILL

LAY

D01.lN BASIC CRITERIA FoR PROJECTS

tll{ICH

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