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

OBJECTIVE: to lay down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State (cabotage). COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation (EC) No 12/98 laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State. SUBSTANCE: the Regulation notably provides for the introduction of cabotage for: - special regular services, on condition that they are covered by a contract between the organizer and the carrier; - occasional services; - regular services, on condition that they are performed by a carrier not resident in the host Member State in the course of a regular international service. Urban and suburban services are excluded from the scope of the Regulation. An advisory committee is set up to help the Commission to draw up a model for the journey forms, the book of journey forms and the model statistical table. The Commission is to report by 31/12/1999 on the application of the Regulation and particularly on the impact of cabotage transport operations on national transport markets. DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE: 09/01/1998. The Regulation is applicable from 11/06/1999. �