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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2826/77

OF 5 DECEMBER 1977

INTRODUCING A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORM FOR USE IN AN AUTOMATIC OR ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM

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 OF 22 DECEMBER 1976 ON PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE AND FOR CERTAIN SIMPLIFICATIONS OF THAT PROCEDURE ( 2 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1601/77 ( 3 ) , HAS LAID DOWN THAT COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORMS SHOULD CONFORM TO A PRESCRIBED SPECIMEN ;

WHEREAS COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORMS DRAWN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SPECIMEN ARE NOT ALWAYS SUITABLE FOR USE IN AN INTEGRATED AUTOMATIC OR ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THESE MODERN DATA-PROCESSING METHODS WILL SIMPLIFY THE TASK OF BOTH AUTHORITIES AND USERS ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE , IN ORDER TO ALLOW SUCH SYSTEMS TO BE USED , TO AUTHORIZE , ON A TRIAL BASIS , THE USE OF A SPECIAL FORM ;

WHEREAS MODERN DATA-PROCESSING METHODS ARE BOUND TO INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE PRESENT FORM WILL THEREFORE BE ADAPTED IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE AND IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FINAL FORMAT TO BE ADOPTED ;

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

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 , MEMBER STATES MAY PERMIT THE USE , IN AN AUTOMATIC OR ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM , OF A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION FORM CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECIMEN ANNEXED HERETO IN PLACE OF THE FORMS SHOWN IN ANNEXES I AND II OF THE SAID REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

1 . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE INSERTION OF THE ENDORSEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 , THE SYMBOL " T " AND THE HEADING " COMMUNITY TRANSIT " MUST BE ADDED NO LATER THAN AT THE TIME THE DECLARATIONS ARE COMPLETED .

2 . THE BOXES RESERVED FOR COMMUNITY TRANSIT PARTICULARS MUST BE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AND THE PARTICULARS INSERTED THEREIN MUST BE CAPABLE OF BEING USED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY BY THE CUSTOMS AND STATISTICAL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED .

ARTICLE 3

WHEN A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION IS COMPLETED FOR A LOAD COMPRISING MORE THAN TWO KINDS OF GOODS , THE FORM CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECIMEN ANNEXED HERETO IS TO BE USED WITH ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL COPIES CONTAINING ONLY THE PARTICULARS RELATING TO ADDITIONAL GOODS . ALL THE FORMS USED SHALL CONSTITUTE A SINGLE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION .

ARTICLE 4

1 . THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE FORM AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FORMS WHICH MAKE UP THE DECLARATION ARE TO BE ENTERED IN THE APPROPRIATE BOX ON EACH FORM .

2 . ANY BOXES RELATING TO THE PARTICULARS OF THE GOODS WHICH ARE NOT USED MUST BE CROSSED THROUGH SO THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT ADDITION IS IMPOSSIBLE .

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1978 .

IT SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE UP TO AND INCLUDING 31 DECEMBER 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 DECEMBER 1977 .

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 .

ANNEX : SEE O.J .