L 354/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.12.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2843/98 of 22 December 1998 on the form, content and other details of applications and notifications provided for in Council Regulations (EEC) No 1017/68, (EEC) No 4056/86 and (EEC) No 3975/87 applying the rules on competition to the transport sector (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 of 19 July 1968 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to mari- time transport (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 of 14 December 1987 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2410/92 (*), and in particular Article 19 thereof, Having consulted the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and monopolies in the transport industry, the Advisory Committee on agreements and dominant posi- tions in maritime transport, and the Advisory Committee on agreements and dominant positions in air transport, (1)  Whereas experience in the application of Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 1629/69 of 8 August 1969 on the form, content and other detail of complaints pursuant to Article 10, applications pursuant to Article 12 and notifications pursuant to Article 14(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 of 19 July 1968 (), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and of Section I of Commission Regulation (EEC) () OJ L 175, 23. 7. 1968, p. 1. () OJ L 378, 31. 12. 1986, p. 4. () OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. (9 OJ L 240, 24. 8. 1992, p. 18. () OJ L 209, 21. 8. 1969, p. 1. 0] 0J No 4260/88 of 16 December 1988 on the commu- nications, complaints and applications and the hearings provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport (°), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and also of Section I of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4261/88 of 16 December 1988 on the complaints, applications and hearings provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector (7), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, has shown the need to improve certain procedural aspects of those Regulations; Whereas it is appropriate, for the sake of clarity, to adopt a single Regulation on the procedures for applications and notifications in the transport sector; whereas, accordingly, Regulation (EEC) No 1629/69 and Regulations (EEC) No 4260/88 and (EEC) No 4261/88 should be replaced; Whereas the submission of applications under Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 and notifications under Article 14(1) of that Regulation, and applications under Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 and Articles 3(2) and 5 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 3975/87, may have important legal consequences for each undertaking which is a party to an agreement, a decision or a practice; whereas each party should therefore have the right to submit such applications or notifications to the Commission; whereas, furthermore, a party exer- cising the right should inform the other parties in order to enable them to protect their interests; Whereas it is for the applicants and the notifying parties to make full and honest disclosure to the L 376, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. L 376, 31. 12. 1988, p. 10.