COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVLUNITIES 
C0M(90) 41 final 
Brussels, 21 February 1990 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/69 
.OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 
ON COMMON TRANSIT 
AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A 
COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Subject: Application within the Community of Decision No 
2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee - Common 
transit - amending Article 10(3) of the Convention 
of 20 May 1987 on a oommon transit procedure 
1. The Convention of 20 May 1987, which sets out the essential 
rules governing trade betwwen the Community and the EFTA 
countries as well as between those countries, includes a 
definition of the value of the ecu. 
2. Since the Community provisions on the composition of the 
ecu have recently been amended, the Convention should also 
be amended to take account of the new composition. 
3. Such was the purpose of Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA 
Joint Committee - Common transit , which is attached. 
4. That Decision needs to be rendered applicable within the 
Community by means of a Council regulation a proposed text 
for which is also attached. 
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PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION 
ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/89 
OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 
ON COMMON TRANSIT 
OF 
AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A 
COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES-, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 15(3)(b) of the Convention between the European 
Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of 
Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the 
Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit 
procedure (1) empowers the Joint Committee established by that 
Convention to adopt by decision amendments to the definition of 
the ecu as set out in Article 10(3) of the Convention; 
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to amend Article 10(3) in 
order to take account of the recent change in Community rules 
governing the definition of the ecu; 
Whereas that amendment was the subjeot of Decision No 2/89 of the 
Joint Committee; 
Whereas measures to implement that Deoision should therefore be 
taken, 
(1) OJ NO L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
ARTICLE 1 
Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee amending the 
Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure shall 
apply within the Community. 
The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation. 
ARTICLE £ 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the Offical Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
DECISION No 2/89 
OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 
ON COMMON TRANSIT 
OF 8.12.1989 
AMENDING THE CONVENTION 
OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A 
COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE 
THE JOINT COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure, and 
in particular Article 15(3)(b) thereof. 
Whereas for the purposes of the Convention the ecu is defined in the same way as 
it is in the Community rules; 
Whereas those rules were recently changed, so that the ecu has been composed 
differently since 21 September 1989; whereas the Convention should therefore be 
adapted to take account of the new composition of the ecu; 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
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Article 1 
In Article 10 of the Convention, paragraph 3 is hereby replaced by the following: 
"3. For the purposes of the flat rate guarantee as provided for in Appendices I 
and II to this Convention, the ecu means the total of the following amounts: 
0,6242 German mark 
0,08784 Pound sterling 
1,332 French franc 
151,8 Italian lira 
0,2198 Dutch guilder 
3,301 Belgian franc 
0,130 Luxembourg franc 
0,1976 Danish krone 
0,008552 Irish pound 
1,440 Greek drachma 
6,885 Spanish peseta 
1,393 Portuguese escudo 
The value of the ecu in a given currency shall be equal to the sum of the 
exchange values in that currency of the amounts set out above." 
Article 2 
This decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1990. 
Done at 
For the Joint Committee 
The Chairman 
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DECLARATION DE LA COMMISSION 
AU SUJET DE L'IMPACT SUR L'ACTIVITE ECONOMIQUE 
1. La décision n' 2/89 faisant l'objet de la présente proposition de 
règlement du Conseil vise à amender la Convention CEE-AELE relative à un 
régime de transit commun de manière à l'adapter pour tenir compte de la 
nouvelle composition de l'Ecu telle qu'elle figure dans le droit 
communautaire. 
2. il est rappelé que cette Convention constitue en elle-même un facteur 
d'harmonisation et de simplification dans les échanges entre la 
Communauté et les pays de l'AELE; elle s'inscrit dans le prolongement de 
la déclaration de Luxembourg du 9 avril 1984 visant à la création d'un 
vaste espace économique européen dynamique et profitable à tous et 
partant a pour vocation de promouvoir l'activité économique de 
l'ensemble des partenaires. 
3. La décision 2/89 et la proposition de règlement qui vise à rendre celle-
ci applicable dans la Communauté, ayant pour objet d'apporter à cette 
Convention une adaptation technique de nature à l'actualiser, 
s'inscrivent, à la fois dans leur contexte général et dans leur contenu 
spécifique dans la ligne d'action positive de cette Convention sur 
l'activité économique. 
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