13. 1. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 10/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 56/83 of 16 December 1982 concerning the implementation of the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) 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 Commis- sion ("), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), ' Whereas, pursuant to Decision 82/505/EEC (%), the Community has concluded the Agreement on the international carriage of passengers by road by means of occasional coach and bus services (ASOR) ; whereas that Agreement is therefore applicable to such services between the Community and the other Contracting Parties which have ratified it: Whereas Article 13 of the ASOR provides that the Contracting Parties shall adopt the measures required to implement the Agreement; Whereas, in order to implement the ASOR in the Community, certain powers of the Council, the Commission and the Member States should be speci- fied ; Whereas the principle embodied in Article 14 (2) of the ASOR, that the competent authorities shall inform each other of the offences committed in their territory by a carrier established in the territory of another (*) OJ No C 265, 9. 10. 1982, p. 3. (® OJ No C 304, 22. 11. 1982, p. 252. (®) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1982 (not yet pub- lished in the Cfficial Journal). () OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 38. Contracting Party and where necessary, of the penalty imposed, should also apply to offences against the ~ ASOR committed in the territory of a Member State by a carrier established in another Member State, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The competent authorities referred to in Articles 2 (2), 4 (4), 6, 10, 13 (1) and 14 of the ASOR shall be the competent authorities of the Member States concerned. Those authorities shall, where appropriate designate the agencies referred to in Article 6 of the ASOR. Article 2 The transport authorization to which the occasional services referred to in Article 2 (1) (c) of the ASOR may be made subject in accordance with Article 5 (3), where the conditions laid down in Article § (2) are not satisfied, shall be issued by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned. Article 3 The model document with stiff green covers contain- ing the text of the cover page recto verso of the control document in each official language of all the Contracting Parties, referred to in Article 11 of the ASOR, shall be issued by the competent authorities of the Member State where the vehicle is registered or by a duly authorized agency. Article 4 The measures required to implement the ASOR, referred to in Article 13 (1) thereof, shall be adopted by the competent authorities of the Member States.