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Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3237/76ontheadvance
implementation oftheTechnical Annexesandtheadvance
useofthespecimenTIRcarnetoftheCustomsConvention
ontheinternational transportofgoodsundercoverof
TIRcarnets(TIR'Convention )of14November1975,Geneva
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inaccordance with the resolution whioh the conference onthe revision
ofthe Customs Convention ontheinternational transport ofgoods
under cover ofTIRcarnets ,meeting inGeneva from 3to14November
1975 »adopted attheconclusion ofitswork ,theEuropean Economic
\ .Community decided onadvance implementation oftheprovisions ofthe
Technical Annexes andofthespecimen TIRparnet oftheTIRConvention
adopted on14 .November 1975 *
2.This advance implementation was enacted inCouncil Regulation EECNo
3237/76of21December 1976 .
3.Since theentry into force oftheRegulation ,anumber ofamendments to
theTechnical Annexes andtotherules regarding theuseoftheTIR
caraet have been adopted applying theamendment procedure provided
forinthe TIR Convention .
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4.ItisintheCommunity 'sinterests that theprovisions which the
Community already applies within theframework oftheTIRConvention
should bekept inline with developments intransport techniques ,
commercial praotioes andtheneed tocombat fraud andthat theprovisions
should therefore beamended toreflect such developments ..
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5.Thepurpose ofthefollowing draft Regulation ,proposed foradoption by
theCouncil ,istoincorporate such amendments into therelevant
Community rules .
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Recommendation for?Council Regulation (EEC) »
amending
,Regulation (EEC)NO3237/76
ontheadvance implementation
ofthe Technical Annexe sand the advance use
ofthespecimen TIRcarnet oftheCustoms Convention
ontheinternational transport ofgoods
under cover ofTIRcarnets (TIRConvention )
of14November 1975 »Geneva
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , .
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
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Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No3237/76 (l) into
effect intheCommunity theadvance implementation oftheTechnical Annexes
andthe specimen TIRcarnet oftheTIRConvention concluded on14November
1975 ;
Whereas anumber ofamendments have recently been made totheTechnical
Annexes andtotherules regarding th^useoftheTIRcarnet ,under the
amending procedure provided forintheConvention ;
Whereas ,intheinterests oftheCommunity ,such amendments should be
incorporated assoon aspossible into theTechnical Annexes totheTIR
Convention andinto therules regarding theuseoftheTIRcarnet which
theCommunity isimplementing inadvance ;
Whereas onemain aimofsuch amendments istoallow theuseofloading
lists insupport oftheTIRcarnet ,although such loading lists would nothave the
effect ofreplacing themanifest oftheTIRcarnet butofsimply being
annexed toit;
(l)OJNoL368 ,3i.i2.i976 ,p.1.

Whereas Regulation (EEC)No3237/76should therefore "beamended ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ;
Article 1
TheAnnexes toRegulation (EEC)_No 3237 /76arehereby amended asfollows :.
1.InAnnex I,rule 10(c )oftheRules regarding theuseoftheTIR carnet is
replaced bythe following:"(c )Separate sheets ofthe same model asthemanifest
orcommercial documents providing allthe information required bythemanifest may
beattached tothevouchers' insuch cases >allthevouchers must contain thefollow
particulars :
(i)the number ofsheets attached (box 10). • -
(ii)thenumber andtype ofpackages orarticles andthetotal gross weight ofthe
goods listed onthe attached sheets (boxes 11to13)."
2.InAnnex *2/Article 3(8 )isreplaced bythefollowing :
"8.Thespaces "between therings andthespaces between theeyelets
shall notexceed 200mm.Thespace mayhowever hegreater hut
shall notexceed 300mm "between rings andeyelets onei'b .•?side
oftheupright ifthe construction ofthevehicle andthe sheet
issuch astoprevent allaccess totheload compartment .The
eyelets shall "bereinforced ."
3.InAnnex 6(a)thefollowing Explanatory Note isinserted after theIntroduction :
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"1Annex I
1.10 .(c)Rules regarding theuseoftheTIRcarnet
–Loading lists annexed tothegoods manifest
No.10(c)oftherules regarding theuseoftheTIR
carnet permits theuseofloading lists as .annexed to
the TIR carnet even when ,there would otherwise he ,
-enough ,space inthdmanifest toenter allthegoods ,
■ carri'ed .However ,this ispermissible only ifthe
loading lists contain alltheparticulars required
bythegoods manifest inlegible andrecognizable
form andallother provisions ofrule 10"(c)are
oomplied with ."

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(b)thefollowing newExplanatory Note isinserted after Explanatory Not *
2„3„6 .(b):
n8»3 c8»Parag raph 8~Spac eslaetween therir.gs andbetween the
eye'J .ets
Spaces exceeding 200 nunbatnetexceeding 300mmare
acceptable over theuprights ifthe rings arerecessed in
the side boards and the eyelets are oval and sosmall
that they canjust pass over therings e"
Article 2
TheCommission shall inform theExecutive Secretary oftheEconomic
Commission forEurope oftheprovisions adopted inArticle 1.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into fprce on1June 1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President