Resolution on the results of the extraordinary European Council in Berlin on 24/25 March 1999
C 219/190 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 7. 1999 Wednesday 14 April 1999 22. Non-resident carriers (Cabotage) (procedure without debate) A4-0113/99 Resolution on the report from the Commission on the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 3118/93 laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State (Cabotage) (COM(98)0047 − C4-0687/98) The European Parliament, − having regard to the Commission report (COM(98)0047 − C4-0687/98), − having regard to the report from the Commission on the implementation in 1991-1992 of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport (17th report by the Commission on the implementation of the social legislation relating to road transport), COM(95)0713 − C4-0065/96), − having regard to the EC Treaty provisions on Transport (Title IV) and on competition and harmonization of legislation (Title V), − having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0113/99), A. whereas cabotage is a way in which the internal market in the road haulage sector can be completed, B. whereas in this market cabotage has been authorized only gradually since 1990, in order to allow the market to adapt itself to the new situation, 1. Welcomes the facts and figures in the Commission report; Encourages the Commission to draw up a report on cabotage every two years and insists that the 2. member states provide the Commission and Eurostat, in time, with the necessary statistical data; Asks the governments of the EEA-countries to participate fully in this exercise since the cabotage 3. regime applies also to them; 4. Welcomes the cabotage regime as a realization of a free market within the EU and the EEA but insists that all the players in the market should be treated on an equal footing which means that checks and fines have to be harmonised as far as possible and that there should be no discrimination on the basis of nationality; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the 5. governments of the Member States and the EEA-countries. 23. Results of the extraordinary European Council in Berlin on 24/25 March 1999 B4-0356, 0357, 0364 and 0367/99 Resolution on the results of the extraordinary European Council in Berlin on 24/25 March 1999 The European Parliament, − having regard to the European Council report and Commission statement on the outcome of the European Council meeting in Berlin on 24/25 March 1999 and to the Presidency conclusions, − having regard to its resolutions of 14 January 1999 on improving the financial management of the Commission (1) and 23 March 1999 on the resignation of the Commission and the appointment of a new Commission (2), (1) Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 1. (2) Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 2