Admission of non-resident carriers to national road passenger transport services

The common position of the Council maintains the degree of liberalization achieved in Regulation 2454/92/EEC and accepts the total liberalization of occasional services. It also accepts liberalization of all special regular services, without geographical limitation or restriction on the place of establishment of the operator, provided that the services are covered by a contract between the organizer and the transporter. With regard to regular services, the common position takes account of Parliament's amendments accepted by the Commission in its amended proposal. It makes provision for the introduction of cabotage for regular services carried out by a non-resident transporter during a regular international service. The Council has deleted Article 4 of the original proposal to make such operations subject to the provisions in force in the host Member State regarding requirements for authorizations, tendering procedures, connections to be served, regularity, continuity, frequency and routes. Regarding other regular services, the common position excludes urban and suburban services from the scope of the proposal. The Commission shall be assisted by an advisory committee subject to commitology procedure I, in drawing up a model for the journey forms, the book of journey forms and the model for the statistical table. �