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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective 79/695/EEContheharmonization
ofproceduresforthereleaseofgoodsforfreecirculation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In .thecourse ofthework which resulted intheadoption ofCouncil
Directive 79/695/EECof24July 1979 ontheharmonization ofprocedures
fortherelease ofgoods forfree circulation (1),some oftheMember
States indicated that they felt thedirective should have "included a
definition oftheconditions under which aperson (hereinafter rcfsrrtd
toas"declarant ")ispermitted tomake acustoms entry .
Since thedefinition ofadsclarant concerns entries r>ade inrespect
ofallcustoms procedures andnotmerely therelease ofgoods forfree
circulation ,,itwasagreed that itshould beUid down in«separate
regulation andthat theP,ember States could wake theimplementation ©f
Directive 79/695/££Csubject topublication ofthat regulation .
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Article 27(1)oftheDirective thus provides that "Member States ,
shall take themeasures necessary tocomply with this Directive notlater
than sixmonths after thedate ofpublication intheOfficial Journal
oftheEuropean Communities ©ftheRegulation laying down theconditions
under which aperson ispermitted tomake »customs entry ".
2?hasbecome apparent from theensuing discussions ontheproposal
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foraregulation |hatthere areconsiderable differences ofopinion
between some Membfr States and itislikely that further lengthy ■
.%negotiations will' :benecessary ,which would delay thtadoption ofthe
regulation forso»e time . .
(1)OJNoL2Q$,13.8,1979 .p.19

The Implementation ofDirective 7.9/695/EECbytheMember Spates 1ST
therefore likely tobesimilarly delayed .Such adelay would cause serious
'IdifficuUies ,given theneed toeliminate assoon aspossible thepresent
disparities innational laws onfree circulation ,which result i<nconsiders *"
bledistortions oftreatment between Community Importers ,depending onth«
Member State inwhich they areestablished .
Morevover ,theproposal for aCouncil directive ontheharmonization •
ofexport procedures <1>isabout tobeadopted ancl this text ,which is
thecounterpart tothedirective onthe release ofgoods forfree
circulation ,contains norest'rifction making thedatevof Itsentry Into
force subject topublication oftheregulation onthedefinition ofa
declarant .
Forall these reasons ,and since there isnopractical reason why
theprovisions ontherelease ofgoods for free circulation should notbe
implemented even without acommon definition ofadeclarant ,theCommission
considers itnecessary tospecify thedate bywhich directive 79/695/££C
must beimplemented bytheMember States .
This proposal isdesigned toamend Article 27(1)accordingly by
fixing thefinal date fortheimplementation ofDirective 79/695/EECas
1April 1982 .
s .
Inview ofthemajor changes which will berequired inthepresent
laws ofsome Member States inorder toimplement thespecific procedures
laid down inArticle 17to22ofthedirective ,itdoes not seem
advisab'le tochange thedate ,fixed as1January 1984 ,until which fh«
introduction ofthese procedures maybepostponed . ,
(1)OJKoC201,10.8.1979 ,p.6

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SincethisproposalioradirectiveisbasedonArticle100oftheEEC
Treaty,theEuropeanParliament andtheEconomicandSocialCommitteemust
givetheiropinions.,.

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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending . Directive 79/695/ESContheharmonization of
procedures forthe release ofgoods for freacirculation
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreat /establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 100thereof .
Having regard totheproposal frota theCommission <1>,
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Having regard totheopinion ofthe European Parliament <2)„
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Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic and Social Committee <3),
Whereas Article 27 (1)ofCouncil Directive 79/695/EEC (4)
provides that 'Member States shall take themeasures .
necessary tocomply with the Directive not later than sixmonths after
the date ofpublication inthe Official Journal ofthe European
Communities oftheRegulation laying down the conditions under which
aperson ispermitted tomake acustoms entry ;
whereas the odootion bythe Council ofthe above "nent ioned Regulation has
nottaken place "witHin "theperiod originally specified ;whereas ,however ,the
distortions oftreatment resulting from theconsiderable disparities in
thelaw,,regulations andadministrative provi sions ^oftheMember
States ontherelease ofgoods forfree circulatiort'should beeliminated
asquickly aspossible ; ,
(1)0JNoC
C2)0JNoC ' •/v.,
<3)0JNoC •' * *
(4)0JNoL205,13.8.1979 ,p.19 " ./.
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Whereas there isnoreason why theprovisions onthe release ofgoods
for free circulation should not beimplemented even inthe absence ofa
Community definition ofthe conditions under which aperson ispermitted
tomake acustoms entry ;whereas itisnecessary ,therefore ,tospecify
thedate bywhich Member States must bring into force themeasures
necessary tocomply with Directive 79/695/EEC;whereas ,however ,itis
notnecessary toamend thedate until which theeffective implementation
ofArticles 17to22oftheDirective may bepostponed ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
The first andsecond sub-paragraphs ofArticle 27<1)of
Directive 79/695/EECarehereby replaced bythefollowing :
"Member States shall ,take themeasures necessary tocomply with this
Directive not later than 1April 1982 ",
Article2
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
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Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President