15. 11. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 320/33 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 10 November 1986 amending Directive 75/130/EEC on the establishment of common rules for- certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (86/544/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the application of Directive 75/130/EEC (*), as last amended by Directive 82/603/EEC (%), has led to posi- tive results ; : Whereas the development of combined transport is in the general interest; Whereas the continuing development of combined trans- port over the last few years requires the present Com- munity rules to be amended in order better to exploit the possibilities afforded by the various techniques ; Whereas access by own-account transport to combined transport should be facilitated, () OJ No C 139, 7. 6. 1985, p. 2 and OJ No C 144, 11. 6. 1986, p. 11. () OJ No C 68, 24. 3. 1986, p. 167. () OJ No C 330, 20. 12. 1985, p. 5. () O No L 48, 22. 2. 1975, p. 31. () OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 6. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Article 1 Directive 75/130/EEC is hereby amended as follows : (1) the third indent of Article 1 (1) shall be replaced by the following : - ‘— combined transport by inland waterway means the transport of lorries, trailers, semi-trailers with or without tractor, swap bodies and containers of 20 feet or more by inland waterway between Member States, including initial and final sections of road transport runs within a radius of 50 km as the crow flies from the inland-waterway port of loading or unloading.’; (2) Article 4 (1) shall be replaced by the following : ‘1. When a frontier is crossed on the road journey before the journey by rail or inland waterway, Member States may require the operator to prove by means of an appropriate document that a reservation has been made for the transport by rail or by inland waterway of the tractor unit, lorry, trailer, semi-trailer, or the swap bodies thereof, and of the container of 20 feet or more.”; (3) Article 9 shall be replaced by the following : } Article 9 Where a trailer or semi-trailer belonging to an under- taking engaged in own-account combined transport is hauled on a final section by a tractor belonging to an