Considerations on COM(2003)559 - Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (Codified version)

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dossier COM(2003)559 - Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (Codified version).
document COM(2003)559 EN
date January 18, 2006
 
table>(1)Council Directive 84/647/EEC of 19 December 1984 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (3) has been substantially amended (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.
(2)From a macroeconomic point of view, the use of hired vehicles permits, in certain situations, an optimum allocation of resources by limiting the wasteful use of factors of production.

(3)From a microeconomic point of view, this possibility brings an element of flexibility to the organisation of transport, and thus increases the productivity of the undertakings concerned.

(4)This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States concerning the time-limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex I, Part B,