Treaty establishing the Transport Community

“Article 1
Objectives and principles
1. The aim of this Treaty is the creation of a Transport Community in the field of road, rail, inland waterway and maritime transport as well as the development of the transport network between the European Union and the South East European Parties, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Transport Community’. The Transport Community shall be based on the progressive integration of transport markets of the South East European Parties into the European Union transport market on the basis of the relevant acquis, including in the areas of technical standards, interoperability, safety, security, traffic management, social policy, public procurement and environment, for all modes of transport excluding air transport. For this purpose, this Treaty sets out the rules applicable between the Contracting Parties under the conditions set out hereinafter. These rules include the provisions laid down by the acts specified in Annex I.”

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