26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL291/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.12.72
REGULATION (EEC)No2720/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December1972
amendingArticle52ofRegulation (EEC)No542/69onCommunitytransit
Communitytransitoperation;whereasthey
donotenabletheMemberStateofdestination
tocompileitstransitstatisticsfromitsown
documentation ;
Whereasitshouldaccordinglybestipulated
that,whererequired,thenecessarydatafor
compilationoftransitstatisticsshallbesentby
theMemberStateofdeparturetotheMember
StatesinvolvedintheCommunitytransit
operationandthatacopyofdocumentT1or
T2shallbesentbytheofficeofdestination
totheserviceoftheMemberStateofdestination
responsibleforexternaltradestatistics;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andin
particularArticle235thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomic
andSocialCommittee;
WhereasArticle50ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No542/691of18March1969onCommunity
transitspecifiesthat,wheretheCommunity
transitprocedureisapplied,transitandexport
statisticsshallbebasedonit;
WhereasArticle51ofthatRegulationspecifies
thattheT1andT2documentsshallconstitute
thesourceofstatisticalinformationinrespect
ofthemovementofgoodscarriedunderthe
Communitytransitprocedure;
WhereasArticle52ofthatRegulationmakes
provisionforacopyoftheT1orT2document
tobesenttotheserviceoftheMemberState
ofdepartureresponsibleforexternaltrade
statistics;
WhereasuntilaCommunitymethodformaking
statisticalreturnsontransitisfinalised,the
mostrationalandefficientsystemshouldbe
selectedwithouttherebyintroducingnew
formalitiesinthemovementofgoods;whereas
inthemeantimetheMemberStateofdeparture
andtheMemberStateofdestinationshouldbe
allowedtocompiletheirtransitstatisticsfrom
theirowndocumentation ;
Whereastheabovementioned Articlesdonot
makeadequateprovisionforstatisticalreturns
ontransitinallMemberStatesinvolvedintheThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle52
ofRegulation (EEC)No542/69:
'UntiltheCouncil,onaproposalfromthe
Commission ,haslaiddownprovisionson
thestandardisation oftransitstatistics:
(a)theofficeofdepartureshall,without
delay,sendacopyofthatcopyoftheT1
orT2documentreturnedtoitbythe
officeofdestinationtotheserviceofthe
MemberStateofdepartureresponsible
forexternaltradestatistics;thelatter
copyshallcontainallthenecessarydata
forthestatisticalrecordingofthe
Communitytransitoperationinallthe
MemberStatesinvolvedtherein;
(b)theofficeofdestinationshall,without
delay,sendacopyofthatcopyofthe
T1orT2documentthatitretainsto
theserviceoftheMemberStateofdesti­
nationresponsibleforexternaltrade
statistics;thelattercopyshallcontain
allthenecessarydataforthestatistical
recording'oftheCommunitytransit
operationinalltheMemberStates
involvedtherein; OJNoL77,29.3.1969,p.1.

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exceptionoftheMemberStateof
destination.'(c)theserviceintheMemberStateof
departureresponsibleforexternaltrade
statisticsshallwithoutdelayforward
thedatainthecopyoftheT1orT2
documentsenttoitasprovidedforin
(a)above:otheservicesresponsiblefor
externaltradestatisticsintheother
MemberStatesinvolvedintheCom­
munitytransitoperation,withtheArticle2
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19December1972.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1973.
entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP