Den 30. juni 1986 havde Rådet givet sit tilsagn om den endelige organisation af markedet for godstransport ad landevejen mellem medlemsstaterne gennem etablering senest 1992 af et frit og kvantitativt ubegrænset marked for denne transport sektor ').
On 30 June 1986 the Council had given its assent on the final organization of the market for the carriage of goods by road between Member States, namely the Setting up by 1992 at the latest of a free market without quantitative restrictions in the sector of intraCommunity carriage of goods by road.'