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12.2.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL35/31
REGULATION (EEC)No304/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of11February1971
onsimplificationoftheCommunitytransitprocedureforgoodscarriedbyrail
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
TITLEI
GeneralProvisions
Article1
FormalitiesundertheCommunitytransitprocedure
shallbesimplifiedinaccordancewiththefollowing
provisionsforcarriageofgoodseffectedbyrailway
authorities undercoverofanInternational
ConsignmentNote(CIM)orInternationalExpress
ParcelsConsignmentNote(TIEx)
Article2THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
542/69*of18March1969onCommunitytransit,
andinparticularArticle58(1)(c)thereof;
Whereastherailwayauthoritieshavesetup,fortheir
ownpurposes,anaccountingsystemwherebyitis
possibletoascertainthemovementofgoodsbyrail
overthevariousnetworksconcernedundercoverof
anInternationalConsignmentNote(CIM)orofan
InternationalExpressParcelsConsignmentNote(TI
Ex),providedforintheInternationalConventionof
25February1961concerningthecarriageofgoods
byrail;
Whereascustomsauthoritiescaneffectoverall
customscontroloftransitoperationswithinthe
Communitybyusingtherecordsheldatthe
accountingofficesoftherailwayauthorities;
Whereasitispossible,therefore,tosimplify
Communitytransitprocedureininternationalrail
transportbyproviding,in.particular,that
International Consignment NotesandInternational
ExpressParcelsConsignmentNotesaretobetreated
asCommunitytransitdocumentsandthatreturnofa
copyofthosedocumentstotheofficeofdepartureis
notrequired;
WhereasinviewofthefactthatInternational
ConsignmentNotesandInternationalExpressParcels
ConsignmentNotesdonotincludecopiesintended
forstatisticalpurposesanddonotcontainallthe
information necessaryforestablishingtransit
statisticsineachoftheMemberStatessomespecial
provisionsmustbeadoptedinthisrespect;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheCommittee
onCommunityTransit;TheInternational Consignment Noteorthe
InternationalExpressParcelsConsignmentNoteshall
betreated:
(a)withrespecttogoodsreferredtoinArticle1(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No542/69,asaTI
declarationordocumentasthecasemaybe;
(b)withrespecttogoodsreferredtoinArticle1(3)
oftheabove-mentioned Regulation,asaT2
declarationordocumentasthecasemaybe.
Article3
TherailwayauthoritiesofeachMemberStateshall
makeavailabletothecustomsauthoritiesoftheir
countrytherecordsheldattheiraccountingofficesin
ordertofacilitateeffectivecustomscontrol.
Article4
1.Therailwayauthoritieswhichacceptthegoods
forcarriageaccompanied byanInternational
ConsignmentNoteorInternationalExpressParcels 1OJNoL77,29.3.1969,p.1.

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ConsignmentNoteshallbetheprincipalasregards
thetransitprocedureconcerned.
2.TherailwayauthoritiesoftheMemberState
throughwhoseterritorygoodsentertheCom­
munityshallbetheprincipalasregardsthetransit
procedureconcerninggoodsacceptedforcarriageby
therailwayauthoritiesofathirdcountry.
Article52.WithrespecttogoodsreferredtoinArticle
1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No542/69,theofficeof
departureshallindicate,oncopyNo3ofthe
ConsignmentNote,thatthegoodstowhichthat
documentrefersarecarriedunderthe.external
Communitytransitprocedure .
Tothisend,itshallclearlymarkthesymbolTIin
thespace'descriptionofgoods'.
3.AllcopiesoftheConsignmentNoteshallbe
returnedtothepartyconcerned.
4.WithrespecttogoodsreferredtoinArticle
1(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No542/69,eachMember
Statemayprovidethatthegoodsmay,under
conditionswhichitshalldetermine,beplacedunder
InternalCommunitytransitprocedurewithoutit
beingnecessarytosubmittheConsignmentNote
coveringthegoodsconcernedtotheofficeof
departure.
5.Thecustomsofficeforthestationofdestination
shallactasofficeofdestination.However,ifthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuseorplacedundersome
othercustomsprocedureatanintermediatestation,
thecompetentofficeforthatstationshallactasoffice
ofdestination­The.railwayauthoritiesshallensurethat
consignments carriedundertheCommunitytransit
procedureareidentifiedbylabelsmarked
'Douane/Zoll/Dogana'.Suchlabelsshallbeattached
totheConsignment NoteorExpressParcels
ConsignmentNoteandtotherailwaywagon,where
afullloadisconcerned,ortothepackageor
packagesinothercases.
Article6
Article8
Asageneralrule;andaccountbeingtakenof
identification measuresappliedbytherailway
authorities,theofficeofdepartureshallnotsealthe
meansoftransportorthepackages.Wherethecontractofcarriageismodifiedwiththe
resultthat:
—acarriageoperationwhichwastoendoutsidethe
CommunityendswithintheCommunity ;
—acarriageoperationwhichwastoendwithinthe
CommunityendsoutsidetheCommunity ;
therailwayauthoritiesshallnotperformthemodified
contractexceptwiththeprioragreementoftheoffice
ofdeparture;
Wherethecontractofcarriageismodifiedwiththe
resultthatthecarriageoperationisendedwithinthe
MemberStateofdeparture,performanceofthe
modifiedcontractshallbesubjecttoconditionstobe
determinedbythecustomsauthoritiesofthatMem­
berState. •
Inallothercases,therailwayauthoritiesmay
performthemodifiedcontract;theyshallforthwith
informtheofficeofdepartureofthemodification
made.Article9
1.TherailwayauthoritiesoftheMemberStatein
whichthecompetentofficeofdestinationissituated
shallforwardtothelattercopiesNos2and3ofthe
ConsignmentNote.
2.Theofficeofdestinationshallreturn,without
delay,totherailwayauthoritiescopyNo2after
stampingitandshallretaincopyNo3.
TITLEIITITLEIII
Carriageofgoodstoorfromthirdcountries MovementofgoodsbetweenMemberStates
Article7 Article10
1.Ifacarriageoperationstartsandistoend
withintheCommunity,theConsignmentNoteshall
besubmittedtotheofficeofdeparture.1.IfacarriageoperationstartswithintheCom­
munityandistoendoutsidetheCommunity,
Articles7and8shallapply.

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undercoveroftheInternational ExpressParcels
ConsignmentNote.2.Thecustomsofficeforthefrontierstation
throughwhichthegoodsintransitleavetheterritory
oftheCommunityshallactasofficeofdestination .
3.Thereareformalitiestobecarriedoutatthe
officeofdestination .Article15
Article11Withrespecttocarriageoperationseffectedunder
coveroftheInternational ExpressParcels
ConsignmentNote:
(a)theendorsementrequiredunderArticle7(2)
shallbeenteredinthecopyknownasthe
waybill;
(b)thecopyknownasthewaybillandacopyofthe
InternationalExpressParcelsConsignmentNote
showingifappropriatetheendorsementreferred
toin(a)aboveshall,inapplicationofArticle9,
beforwardedtotheofficeofdestinationwhich
shallreturn,withoutdelay,totherailway
authoritiesthecopyknownasthewaybillafter
havingstampedthatcopyandthecopyretained
bythatoffice.1.Whereacarriageoperationstartsoutsidethe
CommunityandistoendwithintheCommunity ,the
customsofficeforthefrontierstationthroughwhich
thegoodsentertheCommunityshallactasofficeof
departure.Noformalitiesneedbecarriedoutatthe
officeofdeparture.
2.Thecustomsofficeforthestationofdestination
shallactasofficeofdestination .However,ifthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuseorplacedundersome
othercustomsprocedureatanintermediatestation
thecompetentofficeforthatstationshallactasoffice
ofdestination .
TheformalitiesprescribedbyArticle9shallbe
carriedoutattheofficeofdestination .
TITLEV
Provisionsrelatingtostatistics Article12
Article16 1.Whereacarriageoperationstartsandistoend
outsidetheCommunity,thecustomsofficeswhich
aretoactasofficeofdepartureandofficeof
destinationshallbeaslaiddowninArticle11(1)and
Article10(2)respectively .
2.Noformalitiesneedbecarriedoutattheoffices
ofdepartureordestination .
Article13
Goodsbeingthesubjectofacarriageoperationto
whichArticle11(1)orArticle12(1)appliesshallbe
consideredasmovingundertheexternalCommunity
transitprocedureunlessmovementcertificateDD3or
aninternalCommunitytransitdocument,drawnup
forthepurposeofestablishingtheCommunitynature
ofthegoodsconcerned,issubmittedinrespectof
them.1.Forthepurposeofcompilingtransitstatistics,
therailwayauthoritiesshallsupplythecompetent
departmentforexternaltradestatisticsinthe
MemberStateofdeparturewiththenecessary
informationregardingeachoperationunderthe
Communitytransitprocedureinwhich,pursuantto
Article4,theyhaveactedasprincipals.
2.UntilaCommunityprocedureisintroducedfor
thepurposeofapplyingparagraph 1andof
transmitting information tothecompetent
departmentforexternaltradestatisticsinMember
States,otherthantheMemberStateofdeparture,the
territoryofwhichiscrossedduringanygiven
operationundertheCommunitytransitprocedure
eachMemberStateshalldeterminethemethod
wherebythenationalrailwayauthoritiesaretosupply
thenecessaryinformationtothecompetentnational
governmentdepartment .
3.Therailwayauthoritiesshallnot,forthe
purposeofapplyingparagraphs1and2,requirethe
consignortosupplyinadditiontotheinformation
shownintheInternational Consignment Noteor
International ExpressParcelsConsignment Note,
furtherinformationapartfromthenameofthe
countriesofconsignmentanddestinationofthe
goodscarried.TITLEIV
Provisionsrelatingtoexpresspackages
Article14
SubjecttoArticle15,theprovisionsofTitlesIIand
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Article19 TITLEVI
Finalprovisions
Article17ThisRegulationshallnotprecludetheuseofthe
procedureprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
542/69.
Insuchcase,Articles3and5shallneverthelessapply.
Furthermore ,copyNo2oftheConsignmentNoteor
thecopyknownasthewaybilloftheInternational
ExpressParcelsConsignmentNoteshallbesubmitted
atoneofthecustomsofficesforthedifferentstations
involvedintheoperationundertheCommunity
transitprocedure.Thatofficeshallapplyitsstamp
afterascertainingthatcarriageofthegoodsis
coveredbyoneormoreCommunitytransit
documents .TheprovisionsofTitlesIIandIIIofRegulation
(EEC)No542/69whichhavenofurtherpurposefor
theapplicationofthisRegulation,inparticular
Articles12(3)to(6),17,23,26(1),and41thereof,
shallnotapply.
Article18
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshall:
(a)notprejudicetheapplicationofRegulation (EEC)
No2315/691ontheuseofCommunitytransit
documentsforthepurposeofapplying
Communitymeasuresforverifyingtheuse
and/ordestinationofgoods;
(b)innowayaffectobligationsrelatingto
formalitiesconcerningexport,re-export,import
orre-import.Article20
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11February1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI
3OJNoL295,24.11.1969,p.14.