Proposal for a Decision empowering Germany to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the border regions between the two countries

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Series Details COM (2019) 221
Publication Date 13/05/2019
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Proposal presented on 13 May 2019 by the European Commission concerning the provision of international passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between Germany and Switzerland.

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The two-way carriage of passengers and goods by road between Switzerland and the EU is regulated by the Land Transport Agreement between the EU and Switzerland. Under the Agreement, the transport of passengers by coach and bus between two points situated on the territory of the same Contracting Party by carriers established in the territory of the other Contracting Party, known as cabotage, is not authorised.

In May 2017, Germany informed the Commission that it would like to amend its bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations during the provision of passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries. In the June 2018 meeting of the EU-Switzerland Inland Transport Committee, Switzerland informed the Commission that it was also interested in amending the agreement to that effect.

The proposed Decision empowers Germany to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the respective border regions of Germany and Switzerland in the course of the provision of coach and bus services between the two countries, provided that there is no discrimination between carriers established in the Union and no distortion of competition.

Source Link https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2019:221:FIN
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