Council Decision (EU) 2018/1034 of 16 July 2018 on the position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement), as regards draft Decision No x/xxxx of that Committee (Text with EEA relevance.)

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union during the meetings of the Joint Committee set up under Article 23 of the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement) shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Council Decision (EU) 2016/1146 is repealed.

This decision and the decision of the Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

The requirements concerning the social provisions referred to in Article 8 of the Agreement, the conditions applying to road passenger transport operators set out in Annex 1 to the Agreement, the technical standards applying to buses and coaches set out in Annex 2 to the Agreement, the Model of control document for occasional services exempted from authorisation set out in Annex 3 to the Agreement and the Model of authorisation for non-liberalised occasional services set out in Annex 5 to the Agreement are adapted in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Also, the ‘Model of Declaration to be made by Interbus Contracting Parties concerning Article 4 and Annex 1’ is adapted in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. In addition, a ‘Model of Declaration by Interbus Contracting Parties concerning Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 181/2011’ is added to the Agreement.

1 The attachment to the Interbus Agreement, namely the ‘Model of declaration to be made by Interbus Contracting Parties concerning Article 4 and Annex 1’ is adapted and moved to new Annex 6 to the Interbus Agreement.

2 A new Annex is added to the Interbus Agreement, as follows: ‘’.

Recommendation No 1/2011 of the Joint Committee is repealed.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.