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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 526/79

OF 20 MARCH 1979

AMENDING FOR THE SECOND TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ON PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE AND FOR CERTAIN SIMPLIFICATIONS OF THAT PROCEDURE

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 OF 13 DECEMBER 1976 ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 57 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ( 2 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1601/77 ( 3 ) , PROVIDED THAT COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORMS SHOULD CONFORM TO A PRESCRIBED SPECIMEN ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 15 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 MADE PROVISIONS FOR COMBINING EXPORT DECLARATION AND TRANSIT DECLARATIONS ON A SINGLE FORM ;

WHEREAS , FOR THIS PURPOSE , THE SPECIMENS OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORMS AND OF THE EXPORT DECLARATION FORMS HAVE BEEN ALIGNED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE THE EXPORT DECLARATION AND THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION SIMULTANEOUSLY , REGARDLESS OF THE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM USED ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2102/77 OF 20 SEPTEMBER 1977 INTRODUCING A COMMUNITY EXPORT DECLARATION FORM ( 4 ) PROVIDED , BY WAY OF AN ALTERNATIVE , FOR A SECOND SPECIMEN FORM WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY ALLOW TO BE USED AND WHICH HAS ONLY ONE DESCRIPTION-OF-GOODS BOX ;

WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD THEREFORE ALSO BE MADE FOR THE USE OF A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORM WHICH IS ALIGNED WITH THIS SECOND SPECIMEN OF THE EXPORT DECLARATION FORM ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 1 . THE FORMS ON WHICH COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATIONS ARE MADE SHALL CORRESPOND , EXCEPT AS REGARDS SPACES RESERVED FOR NATIONAL USE AND BOXES WHOLLY OR PARTLY DELINEATED BY DOTTED LINES , TO THE SPECIMENS SHOWN IN ANNEXES I AND II . EACH MEMBER STATE MAY ALSO ALLOW USERS TO EMPLOY , INSTEAD OF THE FORMS REFERRED TO IN ANNEXES I AND II , FORMS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO THE SPECIMENS IN ANNEXES III AND IV . THESE DECLARATIONS SHALL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 AND OF ARTICLES 3 AND 4 BELOW . "

2 . ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 4 . IN THE CASE OF CONSIGNMENTS CONTAINING AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , CONTINUATION SHEETS T1 BIS AND T2 BIS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE SAME T FORM . IN THIS CASE , THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL , BOXES 42 , 43 AND 49 AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , THE SECOND BOX 41 SHALL BE BARRED AND THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE CONTINUATION SHEETS T1 BIS AND T2 BIS SHALL BE GIVEN IN BOX 41 ON THE T FORM . "

3 . ARTICLE 5 ( 7 ) IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 7 . IN THE CASE OF CONSIGNMENTS CONTAINING AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , SEPARATE LOADING LISTS MUST BE COMPLETED AND MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE SAME T FORM . IN THIS CASE THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL , BOXES 22 , 42 , 43 AND 49 AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , THE SECOND BOX 41 SHALL BE BARRED AND THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE LOADING LISTS RELATING TO EACH CATEGORY OF GOODS SHALL BE GIVEN IN BOX 41 ON THE T FORM . "

4 . ANNEXES I AND II OF THIS REGULATION ARE ADDED AS ANNEXES III AND IV .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 APRIL 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 38 , 9 . 2 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 38 , 9 . 2 . 1977 , P . 20 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 182 , 22 . 7 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 246 , 27 . 9 . 1977 , P . 1 .