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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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EEC-AUSTRIAAGREEMENT
-COMMUNITY TRANSIT-
DRAFTOPA
DECISION OFTHE.'JOINTCOMMITTEE
amendingAppendixVIItotheAgreement "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
DRAFT
DECISION OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
amendingAppendixIIAtotheAgreement "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
DRAFT
DECISION OFTOEJOINTCOMMITTEE
adoptingitsRulesofProcedure
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(74)1577final

TIOTEFROMTESCOTISSIOTT TOTEECCWCIL
TheCommunityprovisions(l)relatingtothelistofairlinecompanies
towhichtheConmuratytransitwaiverofguaranteeappliesandtotheuseof
loadinglistsasthedescriptivepartofCommunitytransitdeclarations have
recently "beenmodified "byCommissionregulations (2).
TheseamendmentsalsoaffectthetrafficofgoodswithAustriaunderthe
AgreementconcludedbetweentheCommunityandthatcountryinrespectofthe
implementation oftheregulationsonCommunitytransit(3).Consequentlythe
amendmentsmust"betalconintoaccountundertheAgreementmodifyingAnnexes
IIAandVIIannexedthereto.
ThiswillbetheeffectofthetwodraftDecisionsoftheJointCommittee
ESC-Austria"Communitytransit*'whichtheCouncilisrecommendedtoadopt
"bytheCommunityundertheaegisoftheJointCommitteessetup"bythe
Agreements EEC-AustriaandEEC-Switzerland ontheimplementation ofthe
regulations on(2)Communitytransit.
ThethirddraftdecisionwhichtheCouncilisrecommendedtoadopton
behalfoftheCommunityconcernstheProceduralRulesoftheJointCommittee.
Thetextofthedrafthasbeenlargelydrawnfromproceduralrulesadoptedunder
otheragreementsconcludedbetweentheComnunityandAustria,.
ThedraftDecisionstobesubmittedtotheJointCommittee EEC-Switzerland
vailbeidenticalwiththosexfhicharethesubjectofthisnote.Itshouldbe
notedthatthedraftshavebeendiscussed:theWorkinggroupssetupbythe
JointCommittees EEC-AustriaandEEC-Sv/itzerland.
ThesedraftsshouldbesubmittedforapprovaltotheJointCommitteesas
soonaspossible.
(1)"Reflations (EEC)2588/69of22.12.1969(O.J.ITo.L322,24.I2.I969,p.32
Regulation (EEC)1461/73ofI6.5.1973(O.J.Ho,L145,2.6.1973,p.7
(2)Regulation(EEC)757/74of1.4.1974(O.J.L91,2.4.1974,p.4
Regulation(EEC)I670/74of28.6.1974(O.J.L175,29.6.1974,p.79
(3)Regulation(EEC)2813/72of21.11.1972,O.J.L294,29.12.1973,p.86

SEC-AUSTRIA AGREE®®T AnnexI
-CGÎSTUNIÏT TRANSIT-
JOINTC0MŒÏTS3
DRAFTOFA
DECISION OPTHEJOINTC02-9MITTEHH
amendingAppendixVIItotheAgreement "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
THEJOINTCOMMITME,
HAVINGREGARDtotheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theRepublicofAustriaontheapplicationoftherulesonCommunitytransit,
signedinBrusselson30November1972,andinparticularArticle16(3)
thereof;
WHEREASthelistofairlinecompaniesexemptfromtherequirement ofaguarantee
undertheCommunitytransitarrangements hasrecently "beenamended "byaRegu­
lationoftheCommission :whereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendaccordingly
thelistsetoutinAppendixVIItothesaidAgreement;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS s
Article 1
AppendixVIItotheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofAustriaontheapplicationoftherulesonCommunitytransit,as
amended "byJointCommitteeDecisionNo2/74of1January1974>isamendedas
follows s
1.Thefootnoteisreplaced "bythefollowing s
"(1)Listasrevised "byRegulation(EEC)2625/73of26September1973,
asamended "byRegulation757/74(ERIC)of1January1974".
2.ThelistsetoutintheAnnexisamendedasfollowss
(a)Theexpression"AerLingusTeorarita(IrishInternational),Dublin"isreplaced "bytheexpression"AerLingusTeoranta(IrishAirlines),
Dublin":
("b)Thefollowingcompaniesareaddeds
-after"AustrianAirlines,Wien",insert
"AustrianAirtransport ,Osterreichische Flug"betrie"bs Gm"bH,Wien";
-after"Aviation Hamburg'',insert
"BalairLtd.,Basel"
–after"SAS......Stockholm",insert
"SATA-S.A.detransportaerien,Geneve".

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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1974 .
Done atBrussels For the Joint Committee
The Secretaries Hie President

:i -0--.^JSOKIA ATirriT Annex II
«COELOIŒï TRANSIT -
JOUIT CQMMimE
DRAFT
DECISION OFTHE JOINT OOKHT!® !
emending' Appendix IIAtotheAgreement "between theEuropean
Economic Cornmur.ity andtheRepublic ofAustria ontheapplication
oftherules onCommunity transit
THE JOINT COffi.nTUSE
HAVING REGARD totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
theRepublic ofAustria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit ,
signed inBrussels on30November 1972 ,andinparticular Article 16(3)(a)
thereof :
WHEREAS Community provisions ontheuse ofloading lists asthedescriptive
part ofCommunity transit declarations have reoently been amended byaRegu­
lation oftheCommission "whereas itistherefore necessary toamend accordingly
theprovisions ofAppendix IIAtotheAgreement :;
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS s
Article 1
Appendix IIA,asadded byJoint Committee Decision No3/74totheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofAustria onthe
application oftherules onCommunity transit ,isamended asfollows s
(a)IntheTitle there isinserted insuperscript ,between thedate
"16May1974"andthedash ,thefigure "(1)".
(b)Thefollowing footnote isadded s
"(l)Asamended byRegulation (EEC)No1676/76of28.6.74 ". ,
(c)There isinserted intheRegulation setouttherein ,after
Article 3anArticle 3aasfollows s
"Article 3a
Thecustoms authorities ofeach Member State mayallow firms established
intheir country whose records arebased onasystem ofelectronic ormechanical
data processing touseloading lists which ,although notcomplying with all
theconditions ofArticles 2and3,aredesigned andcompleted insuch away
that they canbeused without difficulty bythecustoms andstatistical
authorities inquestion ".

(d)Article 4oftheRegulation asaforesaid isemended toread asfollows s
"Article 4 1
!
1.WhenRegulation (EEC)No.30 .1-/71(l)onthesimplification ofCommunity '
procedures forgoods carried byrailways operates ,theprovisions of
.Articles 2,3and3Aofthis Regulation shall apply toloading lists
which acconpany theInternational Consignment Note andthenumber ofihn
accompanying lists shall beshown inbox32oftheConsignment Note .
Inaddition each loading list must include thewagon number towhich tha
Consignment Note refers or,where appropriate ,thenumber ofthecontain *,:;
inwhich .thegoods arecarried .
2,Foroperations beginning within theCommunity comprising atthesame tiue
goods referred toinArticle 1(2)andinArticle 1(3)ofRegulation
(SEC)No.542/69separate loading lists shall beused andtheserial
numbers oftheloading lists relating tothegoods referred to .inArticle
1(2)ofthat Regulation inserted inthe"Description ofgoods "boxon
theInternational Consignment Note ."
Article 2
Loading lists asreferred toinArtiole 3aofAppendix IIAmust inc,llcac ?**
include particulars astothenumber ,nature ,marks andnumbers ofthepaolcogen t,
thedescription of "thegoods ,theg?oss .weight inkilograms ofeach oonsi^imeni
andthecountry from which thegoods areoonsigned .
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on/,.
Done atBrussels
The SecretariesFor the Joint Committee
The President

EEC-AUSTRIAAGHEEIEITT AnnexXXX
-COMUMTTT TEIMSIT- -r"n"J''
JOIITTCOMMITTEE
DRAPT ;
DECISION OPTHEJOINTCOMETESE
adoptingitsRulesofProcedure
THEJOIÎTTCOM.UTTEE,
HAVTMJREGARDtotheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicferanunityand
theRepublicofAustriaontheapplicationoftherulesonCommunitytransit,
andinparticularArticle15thereof;
HAS1ECIIEDASPOLLOIJSî
Article 1
TheJointCommitteeshallhechairedinturn.foreachcalendaryearbya
representative ofeachofthetwoPartiestotheAgreement.
Article2
\AfterobtainingtheagreementofbothParties,theChairmanoftheJoint
Committeeshallfixthedatesandtimesofmeetings.
Article3
BeforeeachmeetingtheChairmanshallbeinformedofthenamesofthe
membersofeachdelegation.
Article4
Subjecttoanydecisiontothecontrary,themeetingsoftheJointCommittee
shallnotbeopentothepublic.
Article5
aQ.<-•»
TheJointCommittee'sdeoisionsonurgentmattersmay,-ifbothPartiesso
agreetbetakenbywrittenprocedure.

Article6
Allcommunications fromtheChairmaninaccordancewiththeserulesof
procedureshellbeaddressedtotheSecretaryGeneraloftheCommissionofthe
EuropeanCommunities -tothpSosEK^as'iatot"theOcnanoiloftheEuropoan
Cocmunities andtotheAustrianIliseiontotheEuropeanConnsunities,
Article7
1.TheChairmanshalldrawuptheprovisional agendaforeachdmeeting.It
shallheforwardedtotheaddresseesreferredtointheprecedingArticle
notlaterthanfifteendaysbeforethebeginningofthemeeting.
Theprovisional agendashallincludethoseitemsinreepeotofwhich4h
Chairmanhasreceivedarequestforinclusionintheagendanotlaterthan
twenty-onodays"beforethebeginningofthemeeting.
Itemsshallnotbewrittenintotheprovisional agendamilessthe
relevantdocumentation hasbeenforwardedtotheaddresseesreferredto
intheprecedingArticlebythedateonwhichtheagendaissentout.
TheagendashallbeadoptedbytheJointCommitteeatthebeginningof
imooting.*.Anitemotherthenthoseappearingontheprovisional agendamay
beplacedontheagendaifthetwoPartiessoagree.
2,TheChairmanmay,withtheagreementof-bo^hParties,shortenthe.periods
specifiedinparagraph1inordertotakeaccountoftherequirements of
aparticularcase.
Article8
TheJointCommitteemaysetupworkinggroupsinstructedtoprepareits
"businessendinparticulartoexamineanyproblemconcerningthepr&otioal
applicationoftheAgreement.Theseworkinggroupsmaymeetwithothergroups
setupundertheAgreementsconcludedbytheCommunitywithotherStateswith
aviewtotheimplementation oftheCommunitytransitregulations .

/irticie9
Ilintites shall "betakon foreach meeting andshall include inptrii cul
asummary ,based onasumming up .oftheproceedings bytheChairman ,ofthe
conclusions arrived atbytheJoint Committee .
Upon adoption "bytheJoint Committee ,theminutes shall besigned bythe
acting Chairman ar.dbytheSecretaries oftheJoint Committee and shall bo
kept intherecords oftheJoint Committee .Acopy oftheminutes shall be
forwarded toeach oftheaddressees referred toinArticle 6above .
Article j-0
Tho -or^lsial langwigaa oftheJoint Committee shall heDanish ,Dutsh v'
English ,IVench ,(Soman andItalian ,"
Subject "toany decision tothecontrary ,theJoint Committee shall base
itsdiscussions ondocumentation drawn upinthese sixlanguages .
Article 11'
Acts oftheJoint Committee shall besigned bytheChairman .
Article 12
Recommendations andDecisions oftheJoint Committee within themeaning
ofArticle 16oftheAgreement shs,ll beentitled "Recommendation "or"Decision "
followed byaserial number andareference totheir subject matter .
Article 13
Recommendations andDecisions within themeaning ofArticle 16ofthe
Agreement shall bedivided into Articles . ageneral rule Dooisions -shall
inolude a/provision specifying their dateofentry intoforoe\J7
Theacts referred tointheparagraph above shall endwith thewords
"Done at......... (date)",thedate being that onwhich they were
adopted bytheJoint Committee .
Recommendations and Decisions ofthe Joint Committee shall beforwarded to
theaddressees referred toinArticle 6above .

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Article14
TheofficeofSecretarytotheJointCommitteeshall"befilledjointly "by
anofficialfromeaohofthetwoPartiestotheAgreement.
Article15
Thoti;oPartiestotheAgreementshalleaoh"beartheirownexpensesincurred
asaresultofparticipation inmeetingsoftheJointCommitteeandofthe
workingpartiesinrespectofstaff,travellingandsubsistenceexpenses
andalsoofpostalandtelecommunication costs.
Expensesinrespectofinterpretation atmeetingsandoftranslation and
duplicationofdocumentsandalsothoserelatingtothematerialorgani­
zationofmeetingsshallnormally "be"bornelaytheCommunity.
Article16
Withoutprejudicetootherprovisionsapplicableinthismatter,the"business
oftheJointCommitteeshall "beconfidential .
Article17
Correspondence fortheJointCommitteeshall"beaddressedtoitsChairman.
SecretariesDoneatBrussels,
FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman