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

The Commission felt that the Council's common position departed from its initial proposal by limiting the degree of liberalisation envisaged as it excluded regular services operated outside an international transport service from liberalisation. However, it supported the common position insofar as it introduced a further degree of liberalisation with respect to Regulation No 2454/92/EEC. The Commission stated that it would reconsider the issue of harmonising access to the market in regular services not governed by the regulation as part of its future initiatives, taking account of reactions to the Green Paper 'The Citizens' Network - fulfilling the potential of public passenger transport in Europe'. �