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Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 of 29 March 1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transportLegal instrument | Regulation |
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Number legal act | Regulation 1999/718 |
Original proposal | COM(1998)541 ![]() |
CELEX number i | 31999R0718 |
Document | 29-03-1999 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 02-04-1999; Special edition in Polish: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 07 Volume 025,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 07 Volume 004,OJ L 90, 2.4.1999,Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 07 Volume 004,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 07 Volume 006,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 07 Volume 006 |
Effect | 29-04-1999; Entry into force See Art 10 |
End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
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Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 of 29 March 1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport
Official Journal L 090 , 02/04/1999 P. 0001 - 0005
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 718/1999
of 29 March 1999
on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty(3),
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(1)Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89(4) introduced arrangements for structural improvements in the inland waterway sector for the fleets operating on the linked inland waterway networks of Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria; whereas the objective of that Regulation was to reduce overcapacity in the inland waterway fleets by means of vessel-scrapping schemes coordinated at Community level; whereas that Regulation expires on 28 April 1999;
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(2)Whereas of the measures to support these structural improvement arrangements with the aim of avoiding aggravation of existing overcapacity or the emergence of further overcapacity, the "old-for-new" rule has proved indispensable to balanced operation of the inland waterway market; whereas this rule also remains an essential instrument for intervention in the event of a serious disturbance on the same market, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 96/75/EC(5); whereas steps should be taken to prevent the benefits from the scrapping schemes conducted since 1990 being wiped out by new capacity coming into service as soon as the abovementioned rule ends; whereas it is therefore encessary to retain the "old-for-new" rule for a limited period of not more than four years while gradually reducing the ratios to zero to safeguard the transition and end the Community market intervention stage; whereas it is also important to maintain the "old-for-new" instrument for regulating the capacity of the Community fleets beyond these four years, but as a standby mechanism set at zero which could be reactivated only in the event of serious market disturbance of the kind referred to in Article 7 of Directive 96/75/EC;
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(3)Whereas the emergence of new overcapacity must be kept in check effectively in every branch of the inland waterway transport market; whereas it is therefore important that the measures to be adopted should be generally applicable and cover all cargo vessels and pusher craft; whereas there should be exemption from such measures for vessels which, because they operate solely on closed national or international markets, in no way contribute to the overcapacity on the network of linked inland waterways and provision should be made for the possibility of exempting vessels which, because their deadweight tonnage is less than 450 tonnes, also do not contribute to such overcapacity; whereas, by contrast, private fleets performing own-account operations cannot be excluded because of their impact on transport markets;
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(4)Whereas a common approach allowing Member States to take joint measures to attain the same objective is a sine qua non for regulating capacity; whereas to this end the scrapping funds introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 in the Member States with inland waterways should be maintained, but under a new designation, and should administer this "old-for-new" rule; whereas the surplus funds from the industry's contributions to structural improvement schemes conducted up until 28 April 1999 should be placed in a reserve fund attached to the abovementioned funds;
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(5)Whereas, in view of the fundamental differences between the dry cargo, liquid cargo and pusher craft markets, it is...
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