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DECISION 1/88OFTHEEEC-EFTAJOINTCOMMITTEE 'COMMON
TRANSIT
of22April1988
amendingAppendicesI,IIandIIItotheConventionof20May1987ona
commontransitprocedure
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtotheConventionof20May1987ona
commontransitprocedure,andinparticularArticle15(3)
(a)thereof,
WhereasthenewArticle40(a)oftheRegulationon
Communitytransitdoesnotapplytocommontransit;
whereasAppendixItotheConventionshouldconse­
quentlybeadapted;
WhereasAppendixIItotheConventioncontains,inter
alia,detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthecommon
transitprocedure;
Whereasitshouldbespecifiedthatthetimelimitpres­
cribedbytheofficeofdeparturebywhichthegoodsmust
beproducedattheofficeofdestinationisbindingonthe
customsauthoritiesofcountrieswhoseterritoryisentered
duringtheT1otT2operationandshallnotthereforebe
alteredbythoseauthorities;
Whereasisordertoovercomeanydifficultieswhich
mightarisefromtherenumberingofboxesonrailway
documentsusedascustomstransitdocumentsinthe
contextofthesimplifiedtransitprocedureforthecarriage
ofgoodsbyrail,ithasprovednecessarytorefertosuch
boxesbytheirheadingratherthanbytheirnumber;Article2
AppendixIItotheConventionisamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle1,thefollowingisinsertedafterparagraph
5:
'5a.(ThisArticledoesnotcontainparagraph5a.)'
2.InArticle5(3),'andshallbesignedbytheperson
signingthatform'isdeleted;
3.Article9(1)and(2)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'1.WhereArticles29to61operate,Article5(2),
andArticles6to8shallapplytoloadinglistswhich
accompanytheInternationalConsignmentNoteor
TRTransferNote.Thenumberofsuchlistsshallbe
shownintheboxreservedforparticularsofaccompa­
nyingdocumentsofeithertheInternationalConsign­
mentNoteortheTRTransferNote,whicheveris
produced.
Inaddition,theloadinglistshallincludethewagon
numbertowhichtheInternationalConsignment
Noterefersor,whereappropriate,thenumberofthe
containercontainingthegoods.
Whereastheindicationoftheflat-rateguaranteevoucher
numberasrequiredunderAppendixIIItotheConven­
tioninthelistofcodestobeusedinbox52:'Guarantee'
toindicatethetypeofguaranteehasincertainrespects
provedsuperfluous ;whereasthereisthereforenoneed
forittoberetained,2.Fortransportsbeginningwithintheterritoryof
theContractingPartiescomprisingatthesametime
goodsmovingundertheT1procedureandgoods
movingundertheT2procedure,separateloading
listsshallbeused;inthecaseofgoodscarriedin
largecontainersundercoverofTRTransfefNotes,
suchseparatelistsshallbecompletedforeachlarge
containerwhichcontainsbothcategoriesofgoods.
FortransportsbeginningintheCommunitya
referencetotheserial*numbersoftheloadinglists
relatingtothegoodsmovingundertheT1procedure
shallbeinsertedintheboxreservedforthedescrip­
tionofthegoodsofeithertheInternationalConsign­
mentNoteorTRTransferNote,whicheveris
produced.
FortransportsbeginninginanEFTACountry,a
referencetothe.serialnumbersoftheloadinglists
relatingtothegoodsmovingundertheT2procedure
shallbeinsertedintheboxreservedforthedescrip­
tionofthegoodsofeithertheInternationalConsign­
mentNoteorTRTransferNote,whicheveris
produced.HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
AppendixItotheConventionisamendedasfollows:
ThetextappearingafterArticle39isreplacedbythe
following:
Articles40,40aand41
(ThisAppendixdoesnotcontainArticles40,40aand
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shallbeclearlyenteredintheboxreservedforparti­
cularsofaccompanying documentsatthetimewhen
theInternationalConsignmentNoteortheInterna­
tionalExpressParcelsConsignmentNoteisfilledin.
Thatreferenceshallspecifythetype,officeofissue,
dateandregistrationnumberofeachdocumentused.'
9.Article61(4)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'4.Whereatransitoperationiseffectedunder
coverofaTRTransferNoteinaccordancewith
Articles44to58,theInternationalConsignment
Noteusedfortheoperationshallbeexcludedfrom
thescopeofArticles29to43,59,60and61(1)and
(2).TheInternationalConsignmentNoteshallbeara
clearreferencetotheTRTransferNoteinthebox
reservedforparticularsofaccompanying documents.
Thatreferenceshallcomprisethewords"Transfer
Note"followedbytheserialnumber.'
10.InArticle67(1)and(3),'copies1,4and5'isreplaced
by'copies1and4'.
11.InArticle85(3),'itshallbesignedbythepersonwho
signstheT2Ldocument'isdeleted.
12.InAnnexIX,thetextalongsidefigure1isreplaced
bythefollowing:
'1.Thecoatforarmsoranyothersignsorletters
characterizingthecountry'.
Article3
AppendixIIItotheConventionisamendedasfollows:
1.InAnnexIX,undertheheading'Box52:Guarantee'
inthelistofcodesapplicable,'guaranteevoucher
number'inthethirdcolumnalongsidethewords'For
flat-rateguarantee'isdeleted.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1July1988.4.ThefollowingisinsertedafterArticle9:
Timelimitfortheproductionofgoods
Article9a
Thetimelimitprescribedbytheofficeofdeparture
bywhichthegoodsmustbeproducedattheofficeof
destinationshallbebindingonthecustomsauthori­
tiesofthecountrieswhoseterritoryisenteredduring
theT1orT2operationansshallnotbealteredby
thoseauthorities.'
5.ThefollowingisinsertedafterArticle19:
Articles19ato19c
(ThisAppendixdoesnotcontainArticles19ato19c.)'
6.Article35(2)and(3)isreplacedbythefollowing:
'2.Goods,thecarriageofwhichbeginsinthe
Community,shallbedeemedtobemovingunderthe
T2procedure.If,however,thegoodsaretomove
undertheT1procedure,theofficeofdepartureshall
indicateonsheets1,2and3oftheInternational
ConsignmentNotethatthegoodstowhichthat
documentrefersaremovingundertheT1proce­
dure;thesymbol"T1"shallaccordinglybeclearly
shownintheboxreservedforcustoms.Inthecaseof
goodsmovingundertheT2procedurethesymbol
"T2"neednotbeenteredonthedocument.
3.Goods,thecarriageofwhichbeginsinanEFTA
countryshallbedeemedtobemovingundertheT1
procedure.If,however,thegoodsaretomoveunder
theT2procedureinaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofArticle2(3)(b)oftheConvention,theofficeof
departureshallindicateonsheet3oftheInterna­
tionalConsignmentNotethatthegoodstowhichthe
documentrefersaremovingundertheT2proce­
dure;thesymbol"T2"shallaccordinglybeclearly
shownintheboxreservedforcustoms,togetherwith
thestampofthecustomsofficeofdepartureandthe
signatureoftheresponsibleofficial.Inthecaseof
goodsmovingundertheT1procedurethesymbol
"T1"neednotbeenteredonthedocument.'
7.InArticle45,thefirstsubparagraph ofDefinition
No4'Listoflargecontainers'issupplementedby
thefollowing:
'Thelistshallbeproducedinthesamenumberof
copiesastheTRTransferNotetowhichitrelates.'
8.InArticle61(2),thefirstsubparagraphisreplacedby
thefollowing:
'2.Inthecasereferredtoinparagraph 1,a
referencetothetransitdocumentordocumentsusedDoneatBrussels,22April1988.
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
E.R.VILAR