S.I. No. 357/1982 -- European Communities (Combined Road/Rail Carriage of Goods Between Member States) Regulations, 1982.
S.I. No. 357/1982: EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (COMBINED ROAD/RAIL CARRIAGE OF GOODS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES) REGULATIONS, 1982. |
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (COMBINED ROAD/RAIL CARRIAGE OF GOODS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES) REGULATIONS, 1982. |
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I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 75/130/EEC 1 (as amended by Council Directive 79/5/EEC 2 and Council Directive 82/3/EEC 3), hereby make the following Regulations: |
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1 OJ L 48, 22.2.1975, p. 31 |
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2 OJ L 5, 9.1.1979, p. 33. |
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3 OJ L 5, 9.1.1982, p. 12. |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Combined Road/Rail Carriage of Goods between Member States) Regulations, 1982. |
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2. In these Regulations-- |
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"the Council Directive" means Council Directive 75/130/EEC of 17 February, 1975, as amended by Council Directive 79/5/EEC of 19 December, 1978, and Council Directive 82/3/EEC of 21 December, 1981; |
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"swap body" has the meaning assigned to it by the Council Directive. |
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3. Notwithstanding the limitation imposed by Article 1 (2) of the European Communities (Combined Road/Rail Carriage of Goods between Member States) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 227 of 1979 ), the Regulations shall continue to apply to containers of 20ft. and more and swap bodies which have no supports. |
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4. Article 1 (2) of the European Communities (Combined Road/Rail Carriage of Goods between Member States) Regulations, 1979 is hereby revoked. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal this 7th day of December, 1982. |
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JOHN P. WILSON, |
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Minister for Transport. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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These Regulations give effect to EEC Council Directive No. 75/130/EEC of 17th February, 1975 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined road/rail carriage of goods between Member States (as amended by EEC Council Directive Nos. 79/5/EEC of 19th December, 1978, and 82/3/EEC of 21st December, 1981). The purpose of the Directive as amended is to establish on a permanent basis, the combined road/rail measure on the carriage of containers of 20 ft. and more and swap bodies which have no supports which had applied on an experimental basis until 31st December, 1981. |
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