Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2000 of 21 September 2000 amending Annex 4 to Protocol No 9 to the 1994 Act of Accession and Regulation (EC) No 3298/94 with regard to the system of ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles transiting through Austria

• Published date: 26 September 2000
• Subject Matter: Accession,Transport,Environment
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 241, 26 September 2000

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Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2000 of 21 September 2000 amending Annex 4 to Protocol No 9 to the 1994 Act of Accession and Regulation (EC) No 3298/94 with regard to the system of ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles transiting through Austria

Official Journal L 241 , 26/09/2000 P. 0018 - 0020

Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2000

of 21 September 2000

amending Annex 4 to Protocol No 9 to the 1994 Act of Accession and Regulation (EC) No 3298/94 with regard to the system of ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles transiting through Austria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 11(2) and 16 of Protocol No 9 thereto,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Protocol No 9,

Whereas:

(1) Protocol No 9 provides for a special regime concerning the transit of heavy goods vehicles through Austrian territory based on a system of Rights of Transit (ecopoints). The distribution scale of ecopoints to the Member States is given by Annex 4 to the Protocol.

(2) Article 11(2)c of Protocol No 9 requires the Commission to adopt appropriate measures in accordance with paragraph 3 of Annex 5 thereto if the number of transit journeys through Austria requiring ecopoints in any year exceeds the reference figure established for 1991 by more than 8 %.

(3) Paragraph 3 of Annex 5 to the Protocol lays down rules in order to establish a revised number of ecopoints that shall be made available in case the 1991 reference figure is exceeded.

(4) The threshold established in the abovementioned Article 11(2)c was exceeded in 1999. The application of the calculation method laid down by paragraph 3 of Annex 5 will lead to a reduction of the overall number of available ecopoints.

(5) Protocol No 9 must be applied in accordance with the fundamental freedoms established by the Treaty. It is therefore imperative to take measures which are capable of ensuring the free movement of goods and the full functioning of the internal market.

(6) To impose the whole reduction of ecopoints solely in 2000 would have the disproportionate effect of stopping, to all intents and purposes, transit traffic through Austria. As a result, the reduction in the total number of ecopoints should be spread over the years 2000 to 2003.

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