No L 237/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 8. 83 COUNCIL DECISION of 25 July 1983 on the commercial independence of the railways in the management of their international passenger and luggage traffic (83/418/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Ecnoomic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof, Having regard to the Commission (1), proposal from the Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas in its resolution of 15 December 1981 the Council set out the broad lines of railway policy within the framework of the common transport policy and in particular expressed its interest in improved cooperation between railway undertakings where international traffic is concerned; Whereas measures need to be taken at Community level to allow the railways to develop their role in international passenger traffic; Whereas the attainment of this objective presupposes that Member States endeavour to remove all obstacles to sufficient managerial independence of railway undertakings so as to enable them to focus their joint efforts on improving international passenger services with a view to optimizing their financial results; Whereas such cooperation in the commercial management of this traffic, taking into account joint interest, entails in particular a flexible, dynamic and attractive pricing policy reflecting this specific structure of the international markets in question, (Y) OJ No C 23, 28. 1. 1983, p. 12. (2) O] No C 161, 20. 6. 1983, p. 172. (3) OJ No C 211, 8. 8. 1983, p. 7. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that this Decision is applied to the following railway undertakings: — Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (SNCB)/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS), — Danske Statsbaner (DSB), — Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), — Opyaviopdg (OZE), Zdnpodpopwv  EALGdog AE. — Société nationale des chemins de fer franqais (SNCF), — Céras lompair Eireann (CIE), — Azienda autonoma delle ferrovie dello Stato (FS), — Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL), — Naamloze Vennootschap Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), — British Railways Board (BRB), — Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd (NIR). 2. As regards the Société nationale des chemin de fer luxembourgeois (CFL), Belgium and France shall, in conjunction with Luxembourg, make any amendments to the basic texts which may prove necessary to enable this Decision to be applied. Article 2 In accordance with this Decision, the railway undertakings shall enjoy commercial independence in the management of international passenger and luggage traffic. This independence shall be used in particular for intensifying their cooperation in order to pursue common objectives and shall not prejudice their obligations as a public service.