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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 4th MARCH, I960 Secretariat ofthe E.C.M.T. 3, rue Andre-Pascal '" Paris-16e CONTENTS Chapter I General review of the working of the Conference and its external relations (cid:9) 7 Chapter II General review of the transport situation(cid:9) 11 a) Overall results for the period 1956-1959 (cid:9) 11 b) Analysis of results for 1959 (cid:9)'(cid:9) 12 c) Prospects for 1960(cid:9) 18 d) Long-term prospects (cid:9) 18 Chapter III Improvement and development of European main lines of communica¬ tion. Co-ordination and financing of investment(cid:9) 21 a) Railways (cid:9):(cid:9) : (cid:9) 21 b) Roads (cid:9) 22 c) Inland waterways(cid:9) 26 d) Pipeline transport (cid:9) 28 e) Links with the large seaports (cid:9) 28 /) Channel Tunnel (cid:9) 29 g) Co-ordination and financing ofinvestment(cid:9) 30 Chapter IV Railway problems(cid:9) 33 a) Financial situation of the railways (cid:9) 33 b) Standardization of railway rolling stock and order programmes(cid:9) 35 c) Activities of the Eurofima Company (cid:9) 37 Chapter V Road transport problems (cid:9) 39 a) Improvement of road transport statistics(cid:9) 39 b) Problems concerning the weights and dimensions ofroad vehicles.. . 39 c) Problems concerning road safety (cid:9) 40 d) Regulations affecting international road transport(cid:9) 42 Chapter VI Problems concerning inland waterways transport (cid:9),,,, 43 Chapter VII General problems (cid:9) 45 a) Co-ordination of transport (cid:9) 45 b) Organisation and development ofcombined transport(cid:9) 45 c) Transport on own account (cid:9) 46 d) Transport of highly radioactive materials (cid:9) 48 e) Problems of common interest to tourism and transport(cid:9) 48 /) Co-operationbetweensurfaceandairtransport(cid:9) 49 ANNEXES I. Organisation Chart of the E.C.M.T. (cid:9) 53 II. O.E.E.C.'s comments on the 5th Annual Report of the E.C.M.T....'. 55 III. Resolution No. 166 (1959) ofthe Consultative Assembly ofthe Council ofEurope, inreplytothe 5th Annual Report oftheE.C.M.T(cid:9) 57 IV. ThirdAnnualReportsubmittedbytheEurofimaCompanyinapplication ofArticle6 b ofthe Convention(cid:9) 6l' V. Normalization ofrailway accounts. (Tables drawn up by the U.I.C.) ... 67 Thisdocument has been circulated within the E.C.M.T. under the symbol CM(60) 1 final GENERAL REVIEW OF THE WORKING OF THE CONFERENCE AND ITS EXTERNAL RELATIONS 1. At its meeting on 20th October 1959, the Council of Ministers ofTransport elected its officers for the current year, in accordance with its Rules of Procedure. The officers are the Ministers of Transport of the Netherlands (Chairman), Austria (1st Vice-Chairman) and Norway (2nd Vice-Chairman). 2. During 1959, the Committee of Deputies held five sessions. It was assisted by the following subsidiary bodies: TheCommitteefortheCo-ordinationofInvestment, responsible, withthe help ofthree specialised Sub-committees on Investment in Railways, Roads and Inland Waterways, for implementing ResolutionNo. 7(General Problems)oftheCouncilofMinisters, and for keeping the development of transport under review, as provided in Resolution No. 11, so as to draw appropriate conclusions concerning investment requirements (see Chap¬ ter III). In accordance with instructions from the Council ofMinisters, this year the Committee also studied the financing of investment and the development of the European pipeline network with the resulting problems affecting transport policy ; An " ad hoc " Group to follow up the implementation of Resolution No. 10 on the financial situation of the railways (see Chapter IV); An " ad hoc " Group to study the question ofstandard weights and dimensions of road vehicles (see Chapter VZ>); An " ad hoc" Group given the task of studying the improve¬ ment of road transport statistics (see Chapter Va); A new " ad hoc" Group set up under instructions from the Council of Ministers to study road safety problems (see Chap¬ ter Vc); Finally, the Inland Waterways Committee, to follow the implementation of the Resolutions of the Council of Ministers concerning waterways. 3. The Restricted Groups, formed in accordance with Article VIII ofthe Conference Protocol, have continued their activities, as is shown later in this report. Their aims are as follows: a) One group, which consists of all Member countries except one, follows the activities of the Eurofima Company (see Chapter IVc); b) The second group, which consists of the Member countries of the European Economic Community (E.E.C), prepares information for communication to the E.C.M.T. on transport problems dealt with in the E.E.C. and assembles the views of E.C.M.T. countries which are members ofthe E.E.C. on these problems. During 1959, this Group met twice at Ministerial level; c) The other sixteen groups keep under review the development of the main road links between adjacent countries, as shown later in this report (see Chapter lllb). An organisation chart of the E.C.M.T. is given as Annex I. 4. The O.E.E.C. has continued to provide the necessary material facilitiesforthe operation ofthe E.C.M.T., and the Council ofMinisters takes this opportunity of expressing once more its warm appreciation of the services rendered. 5. Working relations between the E.C.M.T. and the O.E.E.C. have been developed still further during the past year, through a liaison group consisting ofthe officers ofthe Committee ofDeputies and three members ofthe Council oftheO.E.E.C. This co-operation has covered such questions as the easing ofrestrictions on international road trans¬ port (see Chapter Vd), the study ofproblems ofjoint interest to tourism andtransport(seeChapterHie)andproblems raisedbythe construction and operation of a pipeline network (see ChapterIllci). The influence ofthe energy economy onthe demand for transport and thepreparation oflong-term transport forecasts (see Chapter lid) have been studied in close co-operation. The comments ofthe O.E.E.C. on the FifthAnnual Report ofthe E.C.M.T., which have been closely examined, are repro¬ duced as Annex II. 6. The E.C.M.T. continues to examine relations with the Council ofEurope. On23rdApril 1959, theChairmanoftheCouncilofMinisters of Transport presented the Fifth Annual Report of the E.C.M.T. to the Consultative Assembly. After the ensuing discussion, the Assembly adopted a Resolution addressed to the Conference (Resolution No. 166, reproduced as Annex III), in response to which the Ministers have taken positive action on a large number of points, as shown later in this Report. Co-operation has also been established for the study of thevariousaspectsoftrafficand roadsafetyproblems whichareincluded under various headings in the Agenda ofboth organisations (see Chap¬ ter Vc). 7. The close co-operation which exists with the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on a large 8 number of questions has continued to give excellent results. The Director ofthe Division has taken an active part in the principal studies undertaken by theConference, which has thus been able to take account of the work done at Geneva and avoid duplication. 8. Accepting a suggestion by the Central Office for International Railway Transport, at Bern, the E.C.M.T. established working relations with that body during 1959; at present, these mainly concern certain questions arising out of the forthcoming revision of the International Conventions concerning the carriage of passengers (C.I.V.), the car¬ riage ofgoods (C.I.M.) [seeChapter VTIe] and the transport of radioac¬ tive materials (see Chapter VIW). 9. At the invitation of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, an E.C.M.T. Representative attended the Economic Conference on the Rhine, which opened at Strasbourg on 2nd July 1959. The work ofthis Conference is being followed with great interest (see Chapter VI). 10. The contacts with the European Economic Community (E.E.C), which were established last year on the initiative of the Chairman of the E.C.M.T., have been continued, particularly through the Restricted Group referred to above (see paragraph 3b). It should be mentioned that, in some of the reports approved by the Council ofMinisters, data referring to the overall situation of the six Member countries of the E.E.C. are now given in addition to the usual figures applicable to the E.C.M.T. countries as a whole. 11. In Stockholm, on 4th January 1960, seven Member countries of the E.C.M.T., Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Swit¬ zerland and the United Kingdom, signed a Convention establishing a " European Free Trade Association". This Convention does not contain any provisions specifically relating to transport. 12. At the invitation of the European Civil Aviation Conference (E.C.A.C), the E.C.M.T. was represented at its Strasbourg Session in March 1959, and was thus kept informed of the work done by this body, which so far does not affect problems within its competence. 13. Relations with the non-governmental international organisations were continued both within the subsidiary bodies of the Conference and at the level ofthe Committee ofDeputies: a special meeting ofthe latterwas devotedto a veryfruitfulgeneraldiscussion ofalltheproblems raised by the organisations or included on the agenda of the Council of Ministers. The action to be taken on the comments made by the organisations is being carefully considered. To mark the interest which it takes in the activities of the non-governmental international organisations, the E.C.M.T. follows their work attentively and willingly sends representatives to the principal meetings organised by them.

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