No L 335/72 Officiél‘ Journal of the European Communities 22. 12. 84 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 19 December 1984 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (84/647/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 Commissien, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Whereas, from a macroeconomic point of view, the use of hired vehicles permits, in certain situations, an optimum allocation of resources by limiting the wasteful use of factors of production ; Whereas, from a microeconomic point of view, this possibility brings an element of flexibility to the orga- nization of transport, and thus increases the producti- vity of the undertakings concerned ; Whereas the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States (°), as last amended by Directive 82/50/EEC (%), must be amended, () OJ No C 10, 16. 1. 1984, p. 91. () O] No C 35, 9. 2. 1984, p. 19. () OJ No 70, 6. 8. 1962, p. 2005/62. () O] No L 27, 4. 2. 1982, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 For the purposes of this Directive : — ‘vehicle’ means a motor vehicle, a trailer, a semi- trailer, or a combination of vehicles intended exclusively for the carriage of goods, — ‘hired vehicle’ means any vehicle which, for remu- neration and for a determined period, is put at the disposal of an undertaking which engages in the carriage of goods by road for hire or reward or for its own account on the basis of a contract with the undertaking which makes the vehicles available. Article 2 Each Member State shall allow the use within its terri- tory, for the purposes of traffic between Member States, of vehicles hired by undertakings established on the territory of another Member State provided that : 1. the vehicle is registered or put into circulation in compliance with the laws in the latter Member State ; 2. the contract relates solely to the hiring of a vehicle without a driver and is not accompanied by a service contract concluded with the same under- taking covering driving or accompanying personnel ; _ N