No L 353/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 12. 90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3572/90 of 4 December 1990 'amending, as a result of German unification, certain Directives, Decisions and Regulations relating to transport by road, rail and inland waterway THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof, ‘ ' Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), : Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas the Community has adopted a set of rules on transport by road, rail and inland waterway; Whereas, from the date of German unification onwards, Community law will be fully applicable to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; Whereas certain Community legislation on transport by road, rail and inland waterway must be amended to take account of the special situation in that territory; Whereas a specific time limit needs to be set for bringing the rules in force in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic in conformity with Community acts; Whereas the derogations provided for in this connection should be temporary and cause the least possible disturbance to the functioning of the common market; Whereas the information on the situation of transport by road, rail and inland waterway and on the rules governing such transport in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic is insufficient to permit the type of adjustment or the extent of the derogations to be de- finitively established; whereas, to allow for changes in the situation, a simplified procedure must be laid down, in ac- cordance with the third indent of Article 145 of the Treaty; (1) OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 34, as amended on 25 October 1990 and 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion delivered on 20 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Whereas the provisions of Directives 74/561/EEC (*) and 74/562/EEC (%), as last amended in both cases by Directive 89/438/EEC (¢), should be applied in such a way as to respect both the established rights of operators already working in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and to allow recently established transport operators time in which to meet some of the provisions concerning financial standing and professional competence; Whereas, from the date of German unification, road vehicles registered in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic have the same legal status as road vehicles registered in the other Member States; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85(7) lays down certain provisions in respect of recording equipment installed in road vehicles; whereas such equipment is installed in new vehicles at the time of manufacture and thus presents no problem, while a reasonable transitional period must be provided to enable such equipment to be fitted to vehicles registered in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic before unification, aceount being taken of the additional cost and the technical capacity of approved workshops: Whereas the name ‘Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) should be inserted into all Community legislation which expressly mentions the names of railway undertakings; whereas a date should be set on which rules in question become applicable; Whereas  Community  legislation on  structural improvements in inland waterway transport must be amended to take account of the special situation of inland waterway transport operators established in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The following paragraph is added to Article 5 of Directive 74/561/EEC: ‘ ‘S. In respect of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, the following dates replace those given in paragraphs 1 and 2: (*) OJ No L 308, 19. 11. 1974, p. 18. (5) OJ No L 308, 19. 11. 1974, p. 23. (6) O] No L 212, 22. 7. 1989, p. 101. (7) O] No L 370, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.