12548/17 ADD 1 PAW/NT/sr DGC 2A

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Council of the
European Union

Brussels, 24 October 2017
(OR. en)

12548/17
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Interinstitutional File:

2017/0236 (NLE)

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JAI 833
WTO 212

LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Subject: Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the
European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the
other part

12548/17 ADD 1 PAW/NT/sr
DGC 2A EN
ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS
TO THE EU-ARMENIA COMPREHENSIVE
AND ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
ANNEX I

to CHAPTER 1: TRANSPORT of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES

The Republic of Armenia undertakes to gradually approximate its legislation to the following
legislation of the European Union and international instruments within the stipulated timeframes.

Road transport

Technical conditions

Council Directive 92/6/EEC of 10 February 1992 on the installation and use of speed limitation
devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 92/6/EEC shall be implemented within 5 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating
within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and
the maximum authorised weights in international traffic, as amended

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 96/53/EC shall be implemented 2 years after the entry into
force of this Agreement.

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Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending
Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the
Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the
maximum authorised weights in international traffic

The amendments introduced by Directive (EU) 2015/719 shall apply from 7 May 2017

Timetable: the provisions of Directive (EU) 2015/719 shall be implemented within 3 years of the
entry into force of the Agreement.

Directive 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the
technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union
and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2014/47/EU shall be implemented within 4 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

Directive 2009/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on
roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, as amended, which shall apply until
19 May 2018

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2009/40/EC shall be implemented within 4 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

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Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic
roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC,
which shall apply from 20 May 2018

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2014/45/EU shall be implemented within 4 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 June 2000 on the
technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the
Community, as amended, which shall apply until 19 May 2018

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2000/30/EC shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

Safety conditions

Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on
driving licences. The following provisions of that Directive shall apply:

– Introduction of the driving licence categories (Article 4)

– Conditions for issuing the driving licence (Article 4, 5, 6 and 7 and Annex III)

– Requirements for driving tests (Annex II)

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Timetable: those provisions of Directive 2006/126/EC shall be implemented within 1 year of the
entry into force of this Agreement.

Council Directive 95/50/EC of 6 October 1995 on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of
dangerous goods by road

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the
inland transport of dangerous goods

Directive 2010/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2010 on
transportable pressure equipment and repealing Council Directives 76/767/EEC, 84/525/EEC,
84/526/EEC, 84/527/EEC and 1999/36/EC

Timetable: the provisions of Directives 2008/68/EC, 95/50/EC and 2010/35/EU shall be
implemented within 4 years of the entry into force of this Agreement (8 years for railway).

Social conditions

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road
transport, as amended, which shall apply until Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport
becomes applicable

Timetable: the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 will refer only to international transport
and shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry into force of this Agreement.

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Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on
the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council
Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC)
No 3820/85, as amended

Timetable: the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 shall be implemented within 2 years of
the entry into force of this Agreement.

Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014
on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording
equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road
transport, which, concerning Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985, shall apply from
the date the implementing acts referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 become
applicable

Timetable: the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 on international transportation shall be
implemented within 3 years of the entry into force of this Agreement.

Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on
minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC)
No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council
Directive 88/599/EEC

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Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2006/22/EC shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement to what refers to International transportation.

Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation
of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC, as amended

Timetable: the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 - Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (without the
monetary value of the financial standing), Article 8 and Articles 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and Annex I
to that Regulation shall be implemented within 8 years of the entry into force of this Agreement.

Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the
organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2002/15/EC shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial
qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or
passengers, amending Council Regulation (EEC) 3820/85 and Council Directive 91/439/EEC and
repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC

Timetable: the provisions of Directive 2003/59/EC shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry
into force of this Agreement.

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Fiscal conditions

Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the
charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures

Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the
interoperability of electronic road toll systems

Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum
safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network

Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road
infrastructure safety management

Timetable: the provisions of Directives 1999/62/EC, 2004/52/EC, 2004/54/EC and 2008/96/EC
shall be implemented within 2 years of the entry into force of this Agreement.

Railway transport

Market and infrastructure access

Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012
establishing a single European railway area

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The following provisions of that Directive shall apply:

– Introduction of management independence and improvement of the financial situation

– Separation between infrastructure management and transport operations

– Introduction of licences

Timetable: those provisions of Directive 2012/34/EU shall be implemented within 3 years of the
entry into force of this Agreement.

Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010
concerning a European rail network for competitive freight, as amended

Timetable: the Partnership Council will decide upon timetable for the implementation of the
provisions of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 within 2 years of the entry into force of this
Agreement.

Technical and safety conditions, interoperability

Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on
the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway
undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the
levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety
Directive)

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