Obtaining approval for access to the cross-border transport market (foreign businesses)

A business established in a different Member State submits its application for cross-border transport to the competent authority of that Member State.

That authority contacts the Directorate for Regulation of Road Transport to apply for approval.

The process for this is as follows:

1. The authority sends the application form filled in by the business, a copy of the authorisation granting the business admission to the occupation, the timetables, prices and itinerary, and any other information deemed useful.
2. Confirmation of receipt is sent to the authority.
3. A request for consultation is sent to the Transport Operator of Wallonia OTW. The OTW has 2 months in which to issue an opinion. If there has been no response after 2 months, the opinion is assumed to be positive. A copy of the opinion is sent to the Transport Authority AOT.
4. The positive or negative opinion is sent to the foreign authority. It is accompanied by a request for a copy of the authorisation.

• REGULATION (EC) No 1073/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006