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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
relating
totheconclusion oftheAgreementintheformofanexchange
oflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreement betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofAustria
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransitandto
theimplementation ofDecision No3/79of
theJointCommitteesetupunderthatAgreement
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
relating
totheconclusionoftheAgreementintheformofanexchange
oflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreement betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheSwissConfederation
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransitandto
theimplementation ofDecision No3/79of
theJointCommitteesetupunderthatAgreement
(presentedbythe,,Commission totheCouncil)
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Explanatory Memorandum
Subject:Application ,intheCommunity,ofRecommendation No1/79
DecisionNo3/79oftheEEC–AustriaJointCommittee–
CommunityTransitamendingtheAgreementontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
1.TheEEC–AustriaJointCommittee–CommunityTransit–hasadopted
-Recommendation Nol/79ontheamendmentoftheAgreementreferred
toabove(1),
–DecisionNo3/79on"theamendmentofAppendicesI,IIandIIIofthe.
Agreement.
Thesetwomeasuresareintendedtomakethenecessaryamendmentsto
theAgreementanditsAppendicesarisingfromtheintroduction intothe
CommunityrulesrelatingtotransitoftheEuropeanunitofaccount.
2.ThedraftRecommendation andDecisionhavealreadybeenexaminedbythe
Councilwithaviewtoestablishing ajointpositionoftheCommunity
(cf.doc9247/79AELEA23TRANS114anddoc.-9246/79AELEA22
TRANS113)
Therehasbeennosignificant changemadeincomparisonwiththetexts
submittedtothe'Councilatthattime.
•/
3.TheRegulation ,whoseadoptionbytheCouncilisproposedisintended
tomaketheamendmentsoftheAgreementbytheabovemeasuresofthe
JointCommitteeapplicableintheCommunity.
(1)OJNoL294,29.12.1972,p.86.

Proposal for a
Council Regulation (EEC)
relating
tothe conclusion ofthe Agreement inthe form ofan
exchange ofletters ontheamendment oftheAgreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Republic ofAustria ontheapplication oftherules
onCommunity transit and to "theimplementation of
Decision No3/79of "theJoint Committee setupunder
that Agreement
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters ontheamendment
oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic of
Austria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit (l),signed on30
November 1972^should beconcluded ;whereas theproposed amendment isthe
subject ofRecommendation l/79of "theJoint Committee setupunder that Agreement ;
Whereas that Recommendation provides fortherules regarding theunit ofaccount
which are atpresent inforce tobeapplicable toallCommunity transit ope­
rations forwhich thedeclaration isregistered before 1July I98O ;whereas it
isnecessary totake themeasures that theapplication intheCommunity of
this provision requires ;
Whereas itshould bestipulated that Decision No3/79oftheJoint Committee
takes effect atthesame time astheAgreement tobeconcluded ,
(l)OJNoL294 ,29.i2.i972 ,p. 1.

-HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 '
TheAgreement Inthe form ofanexchange ofletters ontheamendment ofthe
Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic of
Austria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit ishereby
approved onbehalf oftheCommunity . " _ .
Thetext oftheAgreement issetoutinAnnex 1.
■Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate theperson '
empowered tosign theAgreement inorder tobind theCommunity .
Article 3
Decision No .3/79oftheEEC-Austria Joint Committee –Community transit –
of9November 1979 amending Appendices I,IIandIIIoftheAgreement
shall take effect intheCommunity atthe same time astheAgreement ,re­
ferred toinArticle 1.
The text ofthe Decision isset outinAnnex 2.
Article 4 i
Theprovisions regarding theunit ofaccount intheversion asatpresent contained
intheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofAustria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit shall .
apply toallCommunity transit operations forwhich thedeclaration is
registered before 1July 1980 . ' ,
Ν

-3-
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
inthe Official Journal ofthe European Communities »
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

-4-
ANNEX 1
* '■AGREEMENT
inth«form efan .dflettarn
ontheamendment oftheAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofAustria ontheapplication ofthe
rules onCommunity transit
Brussels ,...
Your Excellency ,
TheEEC–Austria Joint Committee –Community transit –hasproposed ,
initsRecommendation l/79of9November 1979 >certain amendments tothe
Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community and theRepublic of
Austria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit .Theproposed
amendments are annexed hereto .
Ihave thehonour toinform you'that theCommunity isinagreement with
these amendments and Iwould propose that they enter into force on1July
1980 .Ishould begrateful ifyouwould ,confirm theagreement ofthe
Republic ofAustria tothese amendments and tothedate fortheir "entry
into force . >
Please accept ,Your Excellency ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
.*
For the Council
oftheEuropean Communities

-5-
Brussels ,...
Sir-
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter oftoday worded
asfollows :
"TheEEC-Austria Joint Committee –Community transit -hasproposed ,
initsRecommendation l/79of9November 1979 »certain amendments to
theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofAustria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit .The
proposed amendments areannexed hereto .
Ihave thehonour toinform you that theCommunity isinagreement
with these amendments and Iwould propose that they enter into force
on1July 1980 .Ishould hegrateful ifyouwould confirm theagreement
oftheRepublic ofAustria tothese amendments and tothedate fortheir
entry into force ."
Ihave thehonour toconfirm theagreement oftheRepublic ofAustria to
the contents ofyour letter and tothe date proposed for the entry into
force ofthe amendments .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
PortheRepublic ofAustria

Prof -rj.1for the artendnent .ofthe Agrees;© r.fc
between the European Economic Community
and thehepublic ofAustria ontheapplication ofthe
rules onCorrjnunity transit
Article 13<?fthe Agreement shall bereplaced bythe following :
"Article 13
1. The provisior sset out insquare brackets in ,
Appendices 1aid IIand listed below shall not apply :
Appendix I :Artide 1(1);Article 2(2),second
subparagraph ;Articles 3»**>ar.d 10;Article -J2-<
last sentence ;Article 15;Article 22(1 )
■last sentence ;Article 26(2 );Article 29;
Article 30(3 );Article 32(1 >second sub­
paragraph and (3);Article 35(1 )last . •
sentence ;Article "1;Article 4U(i ),ar.d (2);
Article ^5(2)^;Article 17;Article >*8(2);'
Articles 50to53ar.u 55to61;
Apper.cix II :Article 1(3)»1(6 )fir3t sentence L.-.U1(9);
Article 2(11 );Article 4.Article ,7(3);
- Articles 10to1U;Article 15(2 );Article 2l\
Article 2^(5 )seccnd subparagraph last
sentence ;Articles 27to3^;Article 35(a );
Article ^2(2 )and (1);Article 50(a );
Artide 51*Article 51second paragraph ;
Articles 6o(l )and 71.

,Howi.r," [:'oviions ofArticles «,15,«1, and
C'),''7,¥>'t-.>J«-r ixIand ofArticles ?*<(:,) r.econi
subparagraph lust convince ,27to ,}'3(a),42<2)ar.d (<i),'jO(a
51»5^second paragraph ,63(1 )and 7^ofAppendix IIshall
continue toapply inthe Ker.ber States .. fc
Where reference isrr.^dti intheAppendices tothis Agreement
totheprevisions oftheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Co~:r.unity ortheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Coal ar.dSteel Community ,such reference shall relate only to
the custor.s status ofthe coeds within tne Conur;unity .
Intheapplication oftheprovisions ofthis Agreement ,
the "European unit ofaccount (EUA)"r.eans the total ofthe
following amounts : -
0.623 German Ear It
O.OsbS Pour.d Sterling -
1.15 French Frar.c
109 Italian lire
O.iit Dutch Florin
to Belgian Francs^4
0.1^ Luxer ,bourg Franc
0•<>i7 Du*i i3aurcwn '
0.00759 Irish Pound . ,
The value cfthe European ur.it ofaccount inagiven
currency shall beequal tothe sun oftheexchange values in
that currency oftheamounts set out intheprevious sufcparag :
V

Point (c)ofArticle 16(3 )ofthe Agreement shall be
replaced bythe following :
"(c)amendments tothis Agreement having adirect
relationship with the accession totheEuropean _
Communities ofnew Member States ;". -
Thefollowing point (d)shall beadded toArticle 16(3 ):
"(d)amendments tothedefinition oftheEuropean unit
ofaccount referred toinArticle 13(3 )ofthis
Agreement made necessary byamendments tothe
Community rules relating thereto .".
Appendix IoftheAgreement ishereby amended asfollows
the square brackets around Article 8shall bedeleted .

DECISION No 3/79
OFTHE EEC-AUSTRIA JOINT COMMITTEE
-Community transit -
OF9NOVKRPER 1979
onthe amendment ofAppendices I,IIand III
tothe Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic ofAustria
onthe application ofthe rules
onCommunity transit
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,
Having regard tothe Agreement between the European Economic
Community 'and the Republic' ofAustria onthe application ofthe
rules onCommunity transit ,and inparticular Article l6(3)(a )
thereof .
Whereas the rules onCommunity transit have been changed toapply ,
from 1July 1980 ,theEuropean unit ofaccount totheflat-rate
guarantee system ;whereas the aforementioned Agreement and its
Appendices should therefore beamended accordingly :

2
Whereas the amendments tothe Agreement are the subject of
Recommendation No 1/79which the Joint Committee has addressed to
the Contracting Parties ; :
' ' *
V.'hereas the amendments tothe Appendices laid down in "this Decision
are directly connected with the amendments tothe Agreement proposed '
inthe said Recommendation ;whereas ittherefore seems advisable
for the amendments tothe Appendices totake effect atthe same
time asthe amendments tothe Agreement itself , ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS : ' ; ,' '
\ .. - . • , ,
Article 1 '
Appendix Itothe Agreement between the European Economic
Community and theRepublic ofAustria onthe -application ofthe
rules onCommunity transit ishereby amended asfollows : . -
(a)Article 32isamended toread asfollows : i ,
"Article 32
1. Each Member State may accept that the natural or
, '.legal third person standing asguarantor under the
conditions laid down inArticles 27and 28guarantees ,
byasingle guarantee and for aflat-rate amount ,of
7,000 Eurojpean units ofaccount inrespect ofeach
declaration,' payment ofduties and other charges which
may become chargeable inthe course ofaCommunity
;transit operation carried out under his responsibility ,
whoever theprincipal may be .Ifcarriage ofthe goods
presents increased rir.ks ,having regard inparticular
tothe amount ofduties and other charges to "which they
areliable inone ormore Member States ,the flat-rate
amount shall befixed bythe office ofdeparture ata
higher level .
•é•/•

/Theguarantee referred *tointhefirst subparagraph
shall conform toSpecimen III intheAnnex .1
2. The exchange values innational currencies ofthe
European unit ofaccount tobeapplied totheprovisions
forCommunity transit shall becalculated bnce ayear .
/3. The following shall bedetermined under the procedure
laid down inArticle 57 :
(a)movements ofgoods which may give rise toanincrease
inthe flat-rate amount ,and the conditions under
which such anincrease shall apply ;
(b)the conditions under which the guarantee referred to
inparagraph 1shall apply toany particular Community
transit operation ;
(c)the detailed rules for applying the exchange values in
national currencies oftheEuropean unit ofaccount ._7
(b)Article 49isamended toread asfollows :
"Article 49
1. The Community transit procedure shall not becom­
pulsory for the carriage ofgoods accompanying travellers
orcontained intheir luggage ,ifthe goods concerned
are not intended for commercial use .

,2. The provisions oftheTreaty establishing the European
Economic Community which relate tothe free movement of
goods shall apply togoods which ,byvirtue ofparagraph 1,
are not carried under theCommunity transit procedure :
v ,
(a)ifthey are declared asCommunity goods and there is
nodoubt astothe accuracy ofthat declaration ;
(b)inother cases ,ifaninternal Community transit
document issued to -establish the Community status of
thegoods .isproduced ." * .
Article 2
Appendix II ,tothe Agreement ishereby amended asfollows :
(a)InArticles 23(2 )and 24(1 ), (2), (3)and (4)thewords "7,COO
European units ofaccount "shall besubstituted for the word s
"5,000 units ofaccount".'
(b)The following paragraph 5shall beadded toArticle 24ofthe
*Appendix :" .
«*
"5. The exchange value inanational currency of
the amounts expressed inEuropeati units ofaccount
referred tointhis Regulation shall becalculated
byusing the exchange rate inforce onthe first
working day ofthemonth ofOctober and shall be
applied from 1January ofthe following year .

Ifarate isnot available for aparticular
national currency ,therate tobeapplied for that
currency shall bethat obtaining onthe last day
forwhich arate waspublished ./~For theappli­
cation ofthis provision ,therates published in
theOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities
are tobeused ._/
•The exchange value ofthe European unit of
account to.be used inapplying the first subpara­
graph shrill bethat which was applicable onthe
date onwhich the Community transit declaration
covered -bythe flat-rate guarantee voucher or
vouchers was registered ."
\* '
(c)Annex Xshall bereplaced byAnnex Atothis Decision .
s
I ''
(d)Annex XIII shall bereplaced byAnnex Btothis Decision .
\ '■
Article 3
I–– ––
Specimen IIIofAppendix III totheAgreement shall bereplaced
bythe specimen inAnnex Ctothis Decision .
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force onthe same date asthe
amendments totheAgreement which are .the subject of
Recommendation No1/79of9November 1979
t
t Done atBrussels ,yNoveivher 1979
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman
Dr.Paul Steigcr

ANSTXA
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(recto)
COMMUN1TY
TRANSITA000000
Issuedby.FLAT-RATE GUARANTEE VOUCHER
(Nameandiddrniofindividualor6rmf
(Undertakingoftheguarantoracceptedon
bytheofficeofguaranteeof ).
Thisvoucherisvalidforanamountof.upto7000EuropeanunitsofaccountforoneCommunity
transitoperationbeginningnotlaterthan .•
andinrespectofwhichtheprincipalis
(NameandaddreaaofindividualOffirm) '
(Signatureoiprincipal(*)) (SignatureINstampofguauntor).
(*)Signatureoptional.
(verso)
Tobecompletedbyofficeofdeparture
CommunitytransitoperationeffectedunderdocumentT1/T2
registeredon . underNo
officeatbythe
(Officialstamp) '(Signature)

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LISTOFGOODSWHICHWHENTRANSPORTED GIVERISETOANINCREASE IN
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L Ijamount'■*fmitFliA
09.01AI Coffre,unroasted 5000kg
09.01AII Coffee,roasted 3500kg
ex21.02A Coffeeextrasisandessences 12<K>kg
09.02 Teà .3500kg
ex21.02B- Teaextractsamiessences I2lH)kg
22.05A1I
22.06|Alcoholicbeveraecsotherthan
non-spjrkling wincs 20hi
ex22.09 JI
ex22.08| '10hl Fthylaliohol,undenatured
ex22.09J
24.02A Cigarettes 125000pieces
ex24.02B Cigarillos \ 1250i?0pieces
ex24.02B ■Cigars 50OtH)pieces
24.02C Smokingtobacco . 1(HiOkg
ex27.10 Petrol,gas-oil 400h1
ex33.06AII Perfumesandtoiletwater 10hl

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Explanatory Memorandum
Subject !Application ,intheCommunity ,ofRecommendation No1/79and
Decision No3/79of "theEEC–Switzerland Joint Committee -
Community Transit amending theAgreement ontheapplication
oftherules onCommunity transit
1.TheEEC-Switzerland Joint Committee -Community Transit -hasadopted
-Recommendation Nol/79ontheamendment oftheAgreement referred
toabove (l),
-Decision No3/79ontheamendment ofAppendices I,IIandIIIofthe
Agreement .
These twomeasures are intended tomake thenecessary amendments to
theAgreement anditsAppendices arising from *theintroduction into the
Community rules relating totransit oftheEuropean unit ofaccount .
2.Thedraft Recommendation andDecision have already been examined bythe
Council with aview toestablishing ajoint position oftheCommunity /
(cf.doc9245/79AELE.CH 19TRANS 112anddoc9244/79AELE CH18
TRANS 111).
There hasbeen nosignificant change made incomparison with thetexts
submitted tothe Council atthat time .
3.TheRegulation ,whose adoption bytheCouncil isproposed isintended
tomake theamendments oftheAgreement bytheabove measures ofthe
Joint Committee applicable intheCommunity .
(1)ojNoL294,29.12.1972 ,p.1.;

Proposal for a
Council Regulation (EEC )
relating
totheconclusion oftheAgreement intheform ofan
exchange ofletters ontheamendment oftheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Swiss Confederation ontheapplication oftherules
onCommunity transit and tothe implementation of
Decision No3/79oftheJoint Committee setupunder
that A-rrreement
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ' .-
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
I•
inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission , '
Whereas theAgreement inthe form ofanexchange ofletters ontheamendment
oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe Swiss Confede­
ration ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit (l),signed on23
November 1972 ,should beconcluded ;whereas theproposed amendment isthe
subject ofRecommendation l/79of "theJoint Committee setupunder that Agreement
Whereas that Recommendation provides fortherules regarding theunit ofaccount
which are atpresent inforce tobeapplicable toallCommunity transit ope­
rations forwhich thedeclaration isregistered before 1July 1980 ;whereas it
isnecessary totake themeasures that theapplication intheCommunity of
this provision requires ;
Whereas itshould bestipulated that Decision No3/79oftheJoint Committee
takes effect atthesame time astheAgreement tobeconcluded ,
(I)OJNoL294 ,29.i2.i972 ,p.1.

HADADOPTEDTUTSREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAf-rremnntintheformofanexchangeoflettersontheamendmentofthe
A^e^mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwissConfede–
rationontheapplicationoftherulesonCommunitytransitish^r^by
approvedonbehalfoftheCommunity..
ThetextoftheAgreementissetoutinAnnex1.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtoeipntheAgreementinordertobindtheCommunity.
Article3
DecisionNo3/79oftheEEC-Switzerland JointCommittee–Communitytransit-
of6December1979amendingAppendicesI,IIandIIIoftheAgreement
shallt.ikeeffectintheCommunityatthesametimeastheAf-reeraentre­
ferredtoinArticle1. ~ ■
ThetextoftheDecisionissetoutinAnnex2.
\
ArticleL
Theprovisionsregardingtheunitofaccountintheversionasatpresentcontained
intheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwissCon­
federationontheapplicationoftherulesonCommunitytransitshall
applytoallCommunitytransitoperationsforwhichthedeclarationis
registeredbefore1July1980.

ThisRc*rulationshallent^rintoforooonthedrxyfollowingitepublicatio
intheOfficialJournaloftheKuropennCommunities .
ThisHe,^ulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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AJ.TrJC i -
AGRiCr'IKrT
1
inthe form ofanexchange ofletters
onthe amendment ofthe Ajrreemdnt between
the European Economic Community and the
Swiss Confederation ontheapplication ofthe
rules ;onCommunity tranoit
Brussels ,...
Your iixcellency ,
TheE.XI-Switzerland Joint Committee –Community transit –hariproposed ,
init-iRecommendation l/79of6December 1979 »certain amendments tothe .
A,rreerer.t between theEuropean Economic Community and the Swiss Confede­
ration pntheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit .Theproposed
ar.cr.dr.entn are annexed hereto ..
Ihivr thehonour toinform you that theCommunity isinaf^eement with
these amendments and Iwould propose that they enter into force on1July
!•SO.Ishould bef^rateful ifyouwould confirm theagreement ofyour
Government ,tothese amendments andtothedate fortheir entry
into force .
Please accept ,Your Excellency ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
For the Council
oftheEuropean Communities

Sir ,
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyoxr letter oftoday worded
asfollowni
"The "r^nC–Switzerland Joint Committee –Community transit –hasproposed ,
initsRecommendation l/79of6December 1979 »certain amendments to
theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofAuntria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit .The
proponed amendments areannexed hereto .
1have thehonour toinform you that theCommunity iBinagreement
with these amendments and Iwould propose that they enter into force
on 1July '1080 .Ishould begrateful ifyouwould confirm thea/^reement
ofyour Government »-tothese amendments and tothedate fortheir
entry into force .n
Ihave thehonour toconfirm theagreement of myGovernment sto
the contents ofyour letter and tothedate proposed forthe entry into
force ofthe amendments .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
For the Government of
the Swiss Confederation

Proposal for the arendnent ofthe .^greer.eht
v tetveen theturopean Economic Corr.ur.it y
ar.d the Swiss Confederation onthe application ofthe
rules onComrunity transit *
Article 13ofthe Agreement shall bereplaced bythe following
_"Article 13
1. The provisions set out insquare bracket ?in
Appendices Xand IIand listed below shall not apply :
Appendix I :Article 1(4);Article 2(2),second suc-
. . paragraph ;Articles 3,14and 10;Article 12(1
last sentence ;Article 15;Article 22('!)_.
last sentence ;Article 26(2 );Article 2-9;
.v""'"x ' Article *30(3 );Article 32(1 )second suh-'
-paragraph and (3);Article •39(1 :)last
sentence ;Article 4l;Article ^4(1 )arA (2);
Article 45(2);Article 47;Article 4P(?);
Articles 50to53and 55to61 ;--
Appendix II :Article 1(3),1(6 )first sentence and 1(9);
Article 2(11 );Article Article 1(J);
Articles 10to14;Article 15(2 );Article 22;
Article 24(5 )second subparagraph last
sentence ;Articles 27to34;Article 35(a);
Article 42(2 )and (4);Article 50(a );:"
Article 51,Article 54second paragraph ;
Articles 68(1 )and 74.

However' ,the provisions ofArticles fc,15,"l,tlj(l)ani .-
(?)» *°53'ofAppendix Iand ofArticles 2*1(5 )secorc
subparagraph last sentence ,27to31*,35(a ), *J2(2 )and (h),r0(»),
51,5^second paragraph ^68(1 )and 7*4ofAppendix IIshall .*
continue toapply inthe Member States .
Where reference ismade inthe Appendices tothis Agreement
tothe provisions ofthe Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community orthe Treaty establishing the European
Coal and Steel Community ,such reference shall relate only to
the customs status ofthe goods within the Community .
Intheapplication oftheprovisions ofthis Agreement ,
the "European unit ofaccount (EUA )Wmeans the total ofthe
following amounts :
•' !
0.028 German Mark
0.0985 - Pound Sterling
1.15 French Franc
109 Italian lire
0.286 • ■, Dutch Florin
3.66 Belgian Francs
0.1*1 . -Luxembourg Franc
0.217 Danish Crown
0.007,59 _Irish Pound .
The value oftheEuropean unit ofaccount inagiven
currency shall beequal tothe sum ofthe exchange values in
that currency ofthe amounts set out inthe previous subparagraph

Point (c)ofArticle 16(3 )ofthe Agreement shall be
replaced bythe following :
f"(c)amendments tothis Agreement having adirect k
relationship with the accession tothe European
Communities ofnew Member States ;".
The following point (d)shall beadded toArticle 16(3 ):
"(d)amendments tothedefinition ofthe European unit
ofaccount referred toinArticle 13(1 )ofthis
Agreement made necessary byamendments tothe
/ Community rules relating thereto .".
Appendix Iofthe Agreement ishereby amended asfollows
the square brackets around Article 8shall bedeleted .~

ΛΙ"ΠίΧ ? –
DECISION No 3/79
OFTHE EEC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
-Community transit -
•%
v . 0F6DECniBKR 1979
onthe amendment ofAppendices I,IIand III
tothe Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Swiss Confederation
onthe application ofthe rules
onCommunity transit
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,'
Having regard tothe Agreement between the European Economic
Community and theSwiss Confederation ontheapplication ofthe
rules onCommunity transit ,and inparticular Article l6(3)(a )
sthereof .
Whereas therules onCommunity transit have been changed toapply
from 1July 1580 ^theEuropean unit ofaccount totheflat-rate
guarantee system ;whereas theaforementioned Agreement and its
Appendices should therefore beamended accordingly ; ,

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Whereas the amendments tothe Agreement are the subject of
Recommendation No1/79which theJoint CoTnmittee has addressed to
the Contracting Parties ;
' ' -•
Whereas the amendments tothe Appendices laid down inthis Decision
aredirectly connected with theamendments totheAgreement proposed
inthe said Recommendation ;whereas ittherefore seems advisable
-for theamendments tothe Appendices totake effect atthe same
time astheamendments tofcheAgreement itself ,
» /
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Appendix Itothe Agreement between the European Economic
Community and theSwiss Confederation onthe application ofthe
rules onCommunity transit ishereby amended asfdllows :
(a)Article 32isamended toread asfollows :"
"Article 32 .
1. Each Member State may accept that the natural or -
legal third person standing asguarantor under the
conditions laid down inArticles 27and 28guarantees ,
byasingle guarantee and for aflat-rate amount of
7,000 European units ofaccount inrespect ofeach
declaration ,payment ofduties and other charges which
may become chargeable in .the course ofaCommunity
transit operation carried out under his responsibility , ,
whoever the principal may be .Ifcarriage ofthe goods
presents increased risks ,having regard inparticular
tothe amount ofduties and Other charges towhich they
are liable inone ormore Member States ,the flat-rate
amount shall befixed bythe office ofdeparture ata
higher level .
•••I•

/Theguarantee referred tointhefirst subparagraph
shall conform toSpecimen III in'the Annex .7
2. The exchange values innational currencies ofthe
European unit ofaccount tobeapplied totheprovisions
forCommunity transit shall becalculated once ayear .
/~3. Thefollowing shall bedetermined under theprocedure
laid down mArticle 57 :
.(a).movements ofgoods which may give rise toanincrease
inthe flat-rate amount ,and the conditions under
which such anincrease shall apply ;
(b)the conditions under which the guarantee referred to
inparagraph 1shall apply toanyparticular Community
transit operation ;
(c)the detailed •rules for applying the' exchange values in
national currencies oftheEuropean unit ofaccount ._7"
(b)Article ^9isamended toread asfollows :
"Article 49 ^
1.' The Community transit procedure shall not becom­
pulsory for .the carriage ofgoods accompanying travellers
orcontained intheir luggage ,ifthe goods concerned
are not intended for commercial use .

2. The provisions oftheTreaty establishing the European
Economic Community which relate -tothe free movement of
goods shall apply togoods which ,byvirtue ofparagraph 1,
are not carried under the Community transit procedure :
(a)ifthey are declared asCommunity goods and there is
nodoubt astothe accuracy ofthat declaration ;
(b)inother cases ,ifaninternal Community transit
• •document issued toestablish .the Community status of
thegoods isproduced ." •
Article 2
Appendix IItothe Agreement ishereby amended asfollows :
(a)InArticles 23(2 )and 24(1 ), (2), (3)and (4)thewords "7,0(50
European units ofaccount "shall besubstituted for thewords
"5>000 units ofaccount ".
(b)Thefollowing paragraph 5shall beadded toArticle 2*4ofthe
Appendix :
"5. The exchange value inanational currency of'
the amounts expressed inEuropean units ofaccount
~ referred tointhis Regulation shall becalculated
byusing the exchange rate inforce onthe first
working day ofIhomonth 01'October andyhall bo
* ^
applied from 1January ofthe following year .

Ifarate isnot available for aparticular
national currency ,therate tobeapplied for that
currency shall bethat obtaining onthe last day
forwhich arate waspublished ./~For theappli­
cation ofthis provision ,therates published in
the Official Journal ofthe European Communities
'are tobeused .J7 ,
The exchange value ofthe European unit of
account tobeused in -applying the first subpara­
graph shall bethat which was applicable onthe
date onwhich the Community transit declaration .
covered bythe flat-rate guarantee voucher or
vouchers was registered ."
(c)Annex Xshall bereplaced byAnnex Atothis Decision .
(d)Annex XIII shall bereplaced byAnnex Btothis Decision .
Article 3
(Specimen IIIofAppendix IIItotheAgreement shall bereplaced
bythespecimen inAnnex Ctothis Decision .
•Article H
This Decision shall enter into force onthe same date asthe
amendments totheAgreement which are the subject of
Recommendation No1/79of6 December 1979 .
'Done atBrussels .6December 1979
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman
P.Klein

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COMMUNITY
TRANSITA000000
FLAT-RATE GUARANTEE VOUCHER
Issuedby.
[Nimc»ndadjrrciofindividualoffirm)
(Undertakingof(heguarantoracceptedon
bytheofficeofguaranteeof.. ).
isvoucherisvalidforanamountoftipto7000EuropeanunitsofaccountforoneCommunity
transitoperationbtjimninfnotlatrrthan
andinrespectofwhichtheprincipalis
(NmmandkUtui«lindividual•«tin)
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LISTOFGOODSWHICHWHENTRANSPORTED GIVERISETOANINCREASEIN
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09.01AII
|Coffer,roasted3500kg
ex2102A Coffeeextractsandewence* I200kg
0902 Tea 3500kg
ex21.02& Trieviraci»tnd«wnen 1200kg
22.05AMi
....!Alcoholicbeverage*otherth*o
2Z06non-iparkling wmes' 20hl
ex22.0V JI
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ex22.09J
2402A Cigarette* 125000pieté*
ex24.02B Cigarillo» \ 125OX)pte^e*
ex24.02B Cigar*' 50OX)piece*
24.02C Smokingtobacco 1000kg
ex27.10 Petrol,gat-oil 400hl
ex3306AII Perfume*andtoiletwater 10hl

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