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REGULATION (EEC)No1279/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of17June1971
ontheuseofCommunitytransitdocumentsforthepurposeofapplyingcertain
measuresontheexportationofcertaingoods
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,thecustomsofficesinvolvedintheoperationunder
theCommunitytransitproceduretheinformation
neededforapplicationofthesemeasures;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheCommittee
onCommunityTransit;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
542/691of18March1969onCommunitytransit,
andinparticularArticle58(1)(b)thereof;
WhereastheapplicationofCommunitymeasures
intendedtoprohibittheexportationofgoodsfrom
theCommunityortosubjectsuchexportationto
restrictionsortopaymentofadutyorothercharge,
requiresthattradeingoodswithintheCommunity
becontrolledforthepurposeofpreventingthese
goodsfromleavingCommunityterritorywheresuch
measureshavenotbeencompliedwith;
Whereas,however,controlofthedestinationofthe
goodsshouldnotresultinmovementofthegoods
withintheCommunitybeingsubjectedtocomplex
formalities;
Whereasthiscanonlybeachievedifcompliancewith
Communitymeasureswhichhavereplacednational
exportrestrictionsisnolongerenforcedbymeansof
thevariousproceduresappliedintheabsenceofa
Communityprocedurepermittingoftradeingoods
undercustomscontrol;
WhereastheCommunitytransitprocedureprovided
forinRegulation (EEC)No542/69createsasuitable
Community frameworkwithinwhichsuch
supervisioncanbecarriedout;
Whereastoensurethatthosemeasuresare
implementedCommunitytransitdocumentsshould,
wherenecessary,containspecialindicationsgiving1.ThisRegulationsetsouttheconditions
applicabletomovementofgoodswithinthe
Communitytheexportationofwhichfromthe
Communityisprohibitedorissubjecttorestrictions,
dutiesorothercharges.
2.Theprovisionshereofshall,however,apply
onlyofthemeasuresintroducingtheprohibition,
restriction,dutyorotherchargeshaveprovidedfor
themtobeappliedwithoutprejudicetothespecial
provisionswhichthosemeasuresmayentail.
3.TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallnot
applywheretransportofgoodswithinthe
Community isconfinedtotheterritoryofone
MemberState.
Article2
WherethegoodsreferredtoinArticle1(1)are
subjecttoaCommunitytransitprocedurefor
purposeoftheircarriage,theprincipalshallcomplete
thespace'Descriptionofgoods'ontheCommunity
Transitdocumentwithoneofthefollowing
indications :
—SortiedelaCommunauté soumiseàdes
restrictions .
1OJNoL77,29,3,1969,p.1, UscitadellaComunitàassoggettataarestrizioni,

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AusgangausderGemeinschaft Beschränkungen
unterworfen .fromtheCommunity,proofisgiventothecustoms
officeatwhichtheexportformalitiesarecarriedout
thattheadministrative measurebywhichthegoods
arefreedfromrestrictionhasbeentaken,thatduties
orchargeshavebeenpaidorthat,inthe
circumstances obtaining,thegoodsmayleavethe
Communityterritorywithoutfurtherformalities .VerlatenvandeGemeenschap aanbeperkingen
onderworpen .
(ExportfromtheCommunitysubjectto
restrictions).•
—SortiedelaCommunautésoumiseaimposition .Article5
UscitadellaComunitàassoggettataatassazione.
AusgangausderGemeinschaftAbgabenerhebüng
unterworfen .Wherethegoodsarenotenteredforhomeuse
immediatelyaftertheirarrivalattheofficeof
destination,thatofficeshalltakethestepsnecessary
fortheimplementation ofthemeasuresprovidedfor
inArticle1(2).VerlatenvandeGemeenschap aanbellas­
tingheffingonderworpen .
(ExportfromtheCommunity subjectto
taxation.) Article6
Article3CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1226/712of11
June1971onsimplificationoftheformalitiestobe
carriedoutatofficesofdepartureanddestinationin
respectofgoodstransportedundertheCommunity
transitprocedureshallnotbeapplicableinrespectof
goodstowhichthisRegulationapplies.
WithregardtoInternationalConsignmentNotesand
InternationalExpressParcelsConsignmentNotes
madeoutforgoodsreferredtointhepreceding
paragraph,exemptionfromsubmission "thereofas
providedforinArticle7(4)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No304/713of11February1971
onsimplificationofCommunitytransitprocedurefor
goodscarriedbyrailshallnotbegranted.1.WherethegoodsreferredtoinArticle1(1)are
notsubjecttoaCommunitytransitprocedure,the
customsofficeatwhichthedispatchformalitiesare
carriedoutshallrequirecompletionofthecontrol
copyprovidedforinCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No2315/691of19November1969ontheuseof
Communitytransitdocumentsforthepurposeof
applyingCommunitymeasuresforverifyingtheuse
and/ordestinationofgoods.Thepartyconcerned
shallcompletespaceNo104ofthecontrolcopywith
oneoftheindicationssetoutinArticle2.
2.Thecontrolcopyshallbeissued,employedand
returnedinaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2315/69.
Article7
Article4
TheprovisionsofArticles2and3shallnotapply
where,ondeclarationofthegoodsforexportationThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
-ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17June1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI
2OJNoL129,15.6.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL35,12.2.1971,p.31. 1OJNoL295,24,11,1969,p.14.