POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF A COMMON TRAFFIC POLICY FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

MOEGLICHKEITEN UND GRENZEN EINER GEMEINSAMEN VERKEHRSPOLITIK DER EUROPAEISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN

THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO PURSUING THE AIMS OF THE EEC AGREEMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A COMMON TRAFFIC POLICY. SO FAR IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO REALIZE THIS POLICY, WHICH IS SHOWN BY AN ANALYSIS OF REGULATIONS HITHERTO ISSUED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE EEC ON THE ADVICE OF THE COMMISSION AND AFTER HAVING HEARD THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE FIELD OF TRAFFIC. THE COMMISSION DRAFTED THEIR SUGGESTIONS RIGHT FROM THE START WITH A VIEW TO CREATING AN EXTENSIVELY INTEGRATED COMMON TRAFFIC MARKET. THE COUNCIL FOLLOWED THE COMMISSION INITIALLY ON THIS ROAD, IF ONLY HESITATINGLY; HOWEVER, ALL MEASURES CAME TO A STANDSTILL AT THE BEGINNINGS OF INTEGRATION. THE REASON FOR THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT A TRAFFIC POLICY DESIGNED FOR A HIGHER FORM OF INTEGRATION THAN THE CUSTOMS UNION HAS A CHANCE OF REALIZATION ONLY IF, SIMULTANEOUSLY, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS NOT ONLY ON ECONOMIC BUT ALSO ON POLITICAL INTEGRATION. AS LONG AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE, REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMON TRAFFIC POLICY MUST BECOME MORE MODEST. IT SHOULD RESTRICT ITSELF TO MAINTAIN MATTERS ON INTEGRATION SO FAR ACHIEVED AND SUCH ACTIONS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOLVING ACUTE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN MEMBER STATES.

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  • German

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01300366
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:48AM