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

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

( 3 ) OJ NO L 207 , 27 . 7 . 1981 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3220/81

OF 11 NOVEMBER 1981

AMENDING FOR THE TENTH 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 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 57 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2105/81 ( 3 ), PROVIDES FOR A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY MEANS OF LARGE CONTAINERS BASED ON A DOCUMENT KNOWN AS A ' COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE ' ; WHEREAS ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF LARGE CONTAINERS MAY BE ENTERED ON THIS DOCUMENT ; WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE , IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROCEDURE FULLY , TO PROVIDE , UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS , FOR A LIST COVERING LARGE CONTAINERS FORMING ONE AND THE SAME CONSIGNMENT TO BE ATTACHED TO THIS COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE ;

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 HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . A NEW DEFINITION 4 IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 50B :

' 4 . " LIST OF LARGE CONTAINERS " , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " LIST " , MEANS THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO A COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE , OF WHICH IT FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART , WHICH IS INTENDED TO COVER THE CONSIGNMENT OF SEVERAL LARGE CONTAINERS FROM THE SAME STATION OF DEPARTURE TO THE SAME STATION OF DESTINATION , AT WHICH STATIONS THE CUSTOMS FORMALITIES ARE CARRIED OUT .

THE NUMBER OF LISTS SHALL BE SHOWN IN THE BOX USED FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE . MOREOVER , THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF EACH LIST ' .

2 . IN ARTICLE 50I THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPH 3A IS INSERTED AFTER PARAGRAPH 3 :

' 3A . WHEN IN THE CASE PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 3 LISTS OF LARGE CONTAINERS ARE USED , SEPARATE LISTS MUST BE COMPLETED FOR CONTAINERS CONTAINING GOODS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 AND FOR CONTAINERS CONTAINING ONLY GOODS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION .

THESE LISTS MUST BEAR A SERIAL NUMBER SO THAT THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED . A REFERENCE TO THE SERIAL NUMBER(S ) OF THE LIST(S ) OF LARGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING THE GOODS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 IS TO BE ENTERED BY THE OFFICE OF DEPARTURE IN THE BOX RESERVED FOR USE BY CUSTOMS ON COPY NOS 2 , 3A AND 3B OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT TRANSFER NOTE OPPOSITE THE SYMBOL T1 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 DECEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 NOVEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION