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REPORT (COM(2025)0773 – C100367/2025 – 2025/0407(COD))

On the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries

A-10-2026-0174

Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Elissavet VozembergVrionidi

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision empowers Austria to amend its bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland to allow cabotage operations in border regions during international coach and bus services. The amendment clarifies the legal basis to Article 91 TFEU and adds that the authorisation fosters greater territorial cohesion.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to support the Commission proposal, as it would improve cross-border public transport links and provide more choice for people living and working on both sides of the border.

Key points

  1. The decision authorises Austria to amend its 1958 road transport agreement with Switzerland to permit cabotage operations in border regions during international passenger transport by coach and bus.
  2. Cabotage operations are limited to specific Austrian border regions: administrative districts of Bludenz, Bregenz, Dornbirn, Feldkirch in Vorarlberg and the district of Landeck in Tyrol.
  3. The authorisation requires no discrimination between EU-established carriers and no distortion of competition.
  4. The legal basis is Article 91 TFEU, not Article 2(1), as the latter does not confer competence for adopting Union acts.
  5. The amendment adds that authorising cabotage fosters greater territorial cohesion.

Who is affected

  • Austria and Switzerland: their bilateral road transport agreement can be amended to allow cabotage in specified border regions.
  • Coach and bus operators providing international services between Austria and Switzerland in border regions may gain new cabotage rights.

Legal basis: Article 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union