English Translation

The Commission's proposal for a directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of motor vehicles and their trailers (COM(87) 347 final) was adopted by the Council on 1 January 1987. The main purchaser countries were/in Mill.K/: Country: V.1943: IV.1942: V1941: Slovakia 119.7 129.8 107.1 110.3 Romania 76.6 82.3 60.8 48.2 Bulgaria 46.2 36.3 1 - 23.- Italy 43.8 41.6 35.7 33.4 Croatia 28.9 75.6 8.7 East 27.2 12.8 0.8 Gen. Government 19.7 25.6 13.5 5.4 Hungary 18.- 14.2 11.5 16.- Spain 13.9 1.7 0.1 Switzerland 12.- 10.6 16.5 22.2 The ten countries mentioned are involved in the total export of May l943 with 86.7%. From the total sales in May, 25,5 % went to Slovakia. Significantly, exports to the Reichskommissariat Ostland and Ukraine are growing. The exports of goods to Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia are always considerable. From the point of view of the balance of payments and the ratio of the groups of countries to the Great German Reich, the breakdown of exports is as follows in comparison with April 1994 and May 1942 /in Mill.K/: Country: V.1943: IV.19 43: V.194: 1/ Clearing countries 389.5 421.- 306.5 a/ Occupied countries 78.6 67.5 37.6 Total 468.1 488.5 344.1 EEEEEEEE In the five months of the year l943, total exports of goods amounted to 1,923.4 M11l.K compared with 1,481.3 millionK in the same period of the previous year /d.i.um