1. 6. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 143/11 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 concerning 
the abolition within the framework of the TIR Convention of customs formalities on exit from a 
Member State at a frontier between two Member States, and (EEC) No 4283/88 on the 
abolition of certain exit formalities at internal Community frontiers — introduction of common 
border posts 
(91/C 143/08) 
COM(91) 146 final — SYN 388 
(Submitted by the Commission on 17 May 1991) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 O and 
(EEC) No 4283/88 (2) simplified formalities in respect of 
goods crossing an internal frontier of the Community 
under cover of a TIR or ATA carnet, a Community 
movement carnet or NATO form 302 by providing for 
the introduction of common border posts, thus ensuring 
that the same checks are not repeated on both sides of 
the frontier and that the sole administrative operation 
takes place at the office of entry in the Member State 
into which the goods are brought; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 719/91 (3) 
further simplifies the rules for use of TIR and ATA 
carnets with effect from 1 January 1992 by providing 
that the Community is to be considered for this purpose 
to form a single customs territory, thus eliminating 
entirely the need for any formalities or controls in this 
context at internal frontier crossings; 
Whereas in anticipation of the total elimination of 
internal frontiers and the establishment of the single 
market, these additional facilities should be extended 
O OJ No L 341, 4. 12. 1986, p. 1. 
(a) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 6. from 1 January 1992 to operations under cover of 
NATO form 302 as well; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 (4), which 
introduced the Community movement carnet, as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 718/91 (5), is due to 
be repealed with effect from the date of application of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 of 17 September 
1990 on Community transit (6); 
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 and (EEC) No 
4283/88 will become redundant when the measures for 
which they provide cease to be applicable, and should 
therefore be repealed with effect from the dates in 
question, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 is hereby repealed. 
Article 2 
1. Where, in accordance with the provisions in force, 
goods are transported from one point in the Community 
to another under cover of form 302 established under 
the Convention between the Parties to the North 
Atlantic Treaty on the Status of their Forces, signed in 
London on 19 June 1951, the Community shall be 
considered, for the purposes of the rules governing the 
use of the said form for such transport, to form a single 
territory, as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2151/84 of 23 July 1984 on the customs territory of the 
Community (7). 
2. Where, in the course of a transport operation 
referred to in paragraph 1, goods pass through the 
territory of a third country, the procedures governing 
(4) OJ No L 2, 4. 1. 1984, p. 1. 
(s) OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 4. 
(*) OJ No L 262, 26. 9. 1990, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1. 
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the use of form 302 shall be applied at the points where 
the goods temporarily leave the customs territory of the 
Community and where they re-enter that territory. 
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 is hereby repealed. 
However, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 
4283/88 concerning the Community movement carnet 
shall continue to apply until the date of application of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90. Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1992. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.