EUR-Lex - 31978D0559 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE BASE RATES OF THE COMPULSORY TARIFFS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD BETWEEN :

• GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS ,

• GERMANY AND BELGIUM ,

SHALL BE RAISED BY 15 % .

2 . WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS DECISION TAKES EFFECT , THE GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED SHALL PUBLISH THE TARIFFS AS AMENDED PURSUANT TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL BE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY UNILATERAL ACTION BY THE NETHERLANDS OR BELGIAN GOVERNMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2831/77 WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE RATES OF THE TWO TARIFFS AS EXPRESSED IN GUILDERS OR FRANCS IN ORDER TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF MONETARY FLUCTUATIONS SINCE THEIR COMING INTO FORCE .

ARTICLE 3

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2831/77 THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ONE MONTH AFTER ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , UNLESS A MEMBER STATE REFERS THE MATTER TO THE COUNCIL IN THE MEANTIME .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

RICHARD BURKE

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION