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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
This law implements Council Directive 92/106/EEC on common rules for the combined transport of goods between Member States.
The aim of the law is to promote the shift of freight from road to other roads, in particular railways, thereby reducing road congestion, environmental damage and improving road safety.
International combined transport means the carriage of goods between countries of the European Economic Area within the meaning of this Act, in which the goods are transported in a lorry, a trailer, a motor vehicle or a semi-trailer without motor vehicles, In the case of an alternating current or at least 20 ft containers, partly by road and partly on board or by rail, in such a way that the carriage on board or by rail is longer than 100 km, and that road transport takes place:
(1) between the loading location of the goods and the loading station of the nearest suitable railway line;
(2) between the unloading position of the nearest railway line and the place of unloading; or
3) directly from the inland port or sea port where the goods are shipped or landed.
Transport undertakings established in the European Economic Area, which fulfil the conditions for admission to the occupation of road transport operator and the conditions for access to the freight market between Member States, shall be entitled to: Road transport sections which are inextricably linked to the international combined transport, even where they include crossing the border between Finland and the rest of the European Economic Area.
If the international combined transport is carried out on behalf of another, the transport document shall, in addition to the rest of the law, specify precisely the loading and unloading stations of the railway line on the railway section, inland shipping and landing ports. On the inland waterway or shipping and landing ports of shipping. This information shall be marked prior to transport and shall be confirmed by the station or port authorities, by means of a stamping or other comparable situation after the end of the transport part of the railway, inland waterway or sea concerned.
Where a trailer or a semi-trailer belonging to an undertaking carrying out a transport on own account carries the carriage of a road transport by road hauliers, the carriage shall not be required within the meaning of paragraph 1. However, the transport must be accompanied by another document showing the journey made or carried out by rail, by inland waterways or by sea.
If, in the case of international combined transport, the originator performs the initial contribution of road transport to its own account as set out in the common rules for international carriage (by road haulage) Whereas, by way of derogation from the definition provided for in the Directive, the consigliant may, by way of derogation from the definition provided for in the Directive, carry out the final part of the transport by road in order to carry the goods in the tractor in its possession, even if: The consignsignor has registered or rented The trailer or semi-trailer used for transport.
In the case of an international combined transport, the initial proportion of road transport carried out by the consignor in a tractor under his control, even if the consigner has registered or rented a trailer used for transport or By way of derogation from the Directive referred to in paragraph 1, the semi-trailer shall also be considered as transport for own account, if the consigliant performs the final transhipment of road transport in accordance with the Directive.
The refund of vehicle tax to lorries used in international combined transport is governed by the Law on Motor Vehicles (22/1966) .
On motor vehicle tax L 722/1966 Have been repealed, see Vehicle tax L 1281/2003 ARTICLE 34 .
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law will be adopted, where appropriate, by a decree of the Government.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 June 2000.
THEY 17/2000 , EV 47/2000, Council Directive 92 /106/EEC (31992/L0106); OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p. 38
