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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
   4. Article 4
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. PART A 1.2.3.4.5. ROAD TRANSPORT
6. —
7. (a)
8. (b)
9. PART B 1.2. TRANSPORT BY INLAND WATERWAY
10. (a)
11. Republic of Croatia
12. (c)
13. pt_2 Croatia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in that Act of Accession or in the Annexes thereto, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall, to this end, adopt the necessary acts, if the original act was not adopted by the Commission.

(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up and adopted the Treaty of Accession of Croatia indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt those adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3) Directives 91/672/EEC, 92/106/EEC, 1999/37/EC, 1999/62/EC, 2003/59/EC, 2006/87/EC and 2006/126/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directives 91/672/EEC, 92/106/EEC, 1999/37/EC, 1999/62/EC, 2003/59/EC, 2006/87/EC and 2006/126/EC are amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by the date of accession of Croatia to the Union at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from the date of accession of the Croatia to the Union. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2013. For the Council The President S. Coveney

ANNEX

ANNEX

PART A 1.2.3.4.5. ROAD TRANSPORT

In Article 6(3) of Directive 92/106/EEC, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: Directive 1999/37/EC is amended as follows: In Article 3(1) of Directive 1999/62/EC, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: Point 2 of Annex II to Directive 2003/59/EC is amended as follows: Point 3 of Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC is amended as follows:

1. ROAD TRANSPORT

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Croatia: godišnja naknada za uporabu javnih cesta koja se plaća pri registraciji motornih i priključnih vozila;.

1.2. ROAD TRANSPORT

(a) Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)

(i) in the second indent of point II.4, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia;

(ii) in point III.1.A(b), the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia;

(b) Annex II is amended as follows:

(b)

(i) in the second indent of point II.4, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia;

(ii) in point III.1.A(b), the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia.

1.2.3. ROAD TRANSPORT

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Croatia: godišnja naknada za uporabu javnih cesta koja se plaća pri registraciji motornih i priključnih vozila,.

1.2.3.4. ROAD TRANSPORT

(a) in point (c) below the words side 1 contains, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia;

(b) in point (e) below the words side 1 contains, the following is inserted in the list after the entry cárta cáilíochta tiomána: kvalifikacijska kartica vozača;

(c) in point (b) below the words side 2 contains, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: If a Member State wishes to word these entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish, it shall draw up a bilingual version of the card using one of the abovementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex..

1.2.3.4.5. ROAD TRANSPORT

(a) in point (c) below the words Page 1 shall contain, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for France: HR Croatia;

(b) in point (e) below the words Page 1 shall contain, the following is inserted in the list after the entry Ceadúas Tiomána: Vozačka dozvola;

(c) in point (b) below the words Page 2 shall contain, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: If a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish or Swedish, it will draw up a bilingual version of the licence using one of the aforementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex..

PART B 1.2. TRANSPORT BY INLAND WATERWAY

In Annex I to Directive 91/672/EEC, the following is added under the heading GROUP B: Republic of Croatia: Directive 2006/87/EC is amended as follows:

Svjedodžba o stručnoj osposobljenosti/Befähigungszeugnis Zapovjednik - vrsta A/Schiffsführer – Klasse A (Certificate of professional qualification – Boatmaster type A)

Svjedodžba o stručnoj osposobljenosti/Befähigungszeugnis Zapovjednik - vrsta B/Schiffsführer – Klasse B (Certificate of professional qualification – Boatmaster type B) (in accordance with the Ordinance on the professional titles and qualifications of boatmen, Official Gazette No. 73/09).

(a) Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)

(i) in Chapter 2, Zone 3, the following is inserted after the entry for the French Republic:

(i)

Republic of Croatia

Danube: from rkm 1295 + 500 to rkm 1433 River Drava: from rkm 0 to rkm 198 + 600 River Sava: from rkm 211 to rkm 594 River Kupa: from rkm 0 to rkm 5 + 900 River Una: from rkm 0 to rkm 15;

(ii) in Chapter 3, Zone 4, the following is inserted after the entry for the French Republic:

(ii)

Republic of Croatia

All other waterways not listed in Zone 3;

(b) in Part IV of Appendix VI to Annex II, the following is inserted in the list under Section 1 of point 1 after the entry for Ireland: 25 for Croatia;

(c) Annex IX is amended as follows:

(c)

(i) in Article 7(2) of Part I, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for Ireland: 25 Croatia;

(ii) in Article 1.06(2) of Part II, the following is inserted in the list after the entry for Ireland: 25 Croatia;

(iii) Part V is amended as follows:

the table under point 1 is replaced by the following: Country Name Address Telephone number E-mail address Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Germany Estonia Finland France Greece Italy Ireland Croatia Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Switzerland Spain Slovakia Slovenia Czech Republic Hungary United Kingdom Cyprus If no authority is given no competent authority was specified by the relevant country.

in point 4, the following is inserted after the entry for Ireland:

(iii)

pt_2 Croatia

Item No Name Address Telephone number E-mail address If no approved firm is specified, no approval is granted for firms in this country.

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