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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(81)161 final
Brussels,1April1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheadaptationoftheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunityto
t
theDirectives concerning theharmonization ofproceduresfortheexport
ofgoodsandforthereleaseofgoodsforfreecirculation
submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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Explanatory memorandum
V-:A\i.y >.x.■-;:iroctive No79/695/EECof2bJuly 1979 ontheharmonization of
pi'o'of-.'uires fortherelease ofgoods forfree circulation ,andCouncil
r:•.?v:':-/o ?.'o8l/177/-SCof2bFebruary 1981 ontheharmonization ofexport
pr,;cf.-dur.;s forCommunity goods d,will enter into force during 1982 .
H'hvjy h*vere-percussions ontherecording ofdata forCommunity external
U-ade tnfjsties each time that therelease ofgoods for free circulation
■ti;;;.not coincide with their introduction into home use ,orwhen the export
ofCommunity goods outside thecustoms territory oftheCommunity is
dv.clav iinaMembar State where these goods ha^e been warehoused after
iuiving bfcen sent there from another Member State andwithout having been
introduced into home use inthat State .
Inother .vords ,each time that acommodity hasnotbeen introduced into
home use ir .apivfcw Member State ,itsrelease for free circulation must
actual ";,/boaccompanied ,oritsactual export must have been preceded ,by
the t\vrrralities necessary forplacing thecommodity under acustoms ware­
house ortransit £7stem .Pursuant toArticle 2,paragraphs 1and 2,of
Council Regulation (EEC )No1736/75of2bJune 1975 ontheexternal trade
(3)statistics oftheOcmmunity andstatistics oftrade between Member States ,
acommodity ofthis kind isincluded inthe transit statistics orinthe
warehousing f.i.atistios and ,under the terms ofparagraph 5ofthe same
Article ,tr.i-irules onthecollection ,processing andpublication ofdata ,
which arc s^k out laArticles 3~39oftheabove-mentioned regulation and
ac.fi ticthe --•.opecithaexisting Community external trade statistics ,are
.01 i.cab,' ,a:o jt.
:mr .ly , /e-r,this com.nodity must beincluded intheCommunity 's
1llestatistics ,either from themoment itisreleased for free
i.rcu'J.a u.. .,.ic;ce this act has the effect ofgiving thecommodity an
idvnti cp.i ci.-.v;i*>m.<3 status tothat ofproducts originating intheMember States ,
orat .the "oaior.t ofitsexport ,since this latter act constitutes theonly
formal -!..."vh-'ctiprove ethat ithasinfact left itscountry oforigin for
ch.;ru t:\y -1-isIr.irefore important toprovide forandmake
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compulsory the statistical recording ofall declarations ofrelease for
free circulation and all declarations ofexport lodged inapplication of
theabove-mentioned directives ,even ifsuch declarations relate togoods
that arenotcovered bytheprovisions ofArticle 2,paragraph 5jof
Regulation (EEC )No173&/75*
This isnot ,however ,toobliterate thedistinction between transit
statistics ,warehousing statistics andtheexisting system ofCommunity
external trade statistics ,asdefined bytheabove Article 2.Inaddition ,
this Article relates just asmuch togoods that are included inthe
statistics oftrade between Member States .Rather than amend these complex
provisions ,itwould seem preferable that the extension ofthe field of
application oftherules setoutinArticles 3~39ofRegulation (EEC )
No1736/73sho\ild beexpressly provided forinaspecial regulation covering
only those cases which ,asthey arise from new customs directives ,fail
outside the scope ofthegeneral rule .
Moreover ,thedetails given inthis proposal ontheCommunity statistical
territory and inward processing arrangements arenecessary inorder to
keep theprocessing ofstatistical information within the framework of
Articles 3and8ofRegulation (EEC )No1736/75•

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheadaptation oftheexternal trade statistics oftheCommunity
totheDirectives concerning theharmonization ofprocedures forthe
export ofgoods and fortherelease ofgoods forfree circulation
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 235thereof .
i
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion ofthe European Parliament ,
Whereas onimportation allgoods released forfree circulation inthe
statistical territory ofthe Community areincluded intheexternal trade
statistics ofthe Community ;
Whereas inthe interests ofthe completeness ofthe external trade statistics
oftheCommunity itistherefore necessary toensure that allgoods released
for free circulation inthe statistical territory ofthe Community are
recorded ,even ifthey arenotsimultaneously released for home use;

WhereasCouncilDirective 79/695/EECof24July1979ontheharmonization of
1
proceduresforthereleaseofgoodsforfreecirculation enablesgoodstobe
enteredseparatelyforfreecirculation andforhomeuse;
Whereasgoodsreleasedforfreecirculation may,however,includegoodswhich
havepreviously beensubjecttotheinwardprocessing customsprocedure and
havethusalreadybeenincludedintheexternaltVadestatisticsofthe
Communityunderthecorresponding statistical procedure;whereasitisimportant
toensurethatinthosestatistics suchgoodsarenotreferredtoagainin
accordance withtherulesgiveninArticles 3to39ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1736/75of24June1975ontheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunity
2andstatistics oftradebetweenMemberStates;
WhereasallgoodswithinthemeaningofArticle9(2)oftheTreatywhichleave
thestatistical territoryoftheCommunitydefinitively areincludedinthe
externaltradestatistics oftheCommunity;
Whereasintheinterestsofthecompleteness oftheexternaltradestatistics
oftheCommunityitisthereforenecessarytoensurethatallsuchgoodswhich
leavethestatisticalterritoryoftheCommunitydefinitively arerecorded,even
ifthedeclaration ofexportation fromthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityis
lodgedinaMemberStatetowhichthegoodswereinitiallyforwardedfromanother
MemberState;
WhereasCouncilDirective 81/177/EECof24February1981ontheharmonization
ofproceduresfortheexportofCommunitygoods3requiresthatatthemomentof
exportfromthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity anexportdeclaration be
lodgedatacompetent customsoffice;whereasthisofficemaybesituatedina
MemberStatetowhichthegoodswereinitiallyforwardedfromanotherMemberState,
OJNoL205of13.8.1979,p.19
20JNoL183of14.7.1975,p.3
30JNoL83of30.3.1981,p.40

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
'"or ihepurposes ofthe external trade statistics ofthe Community ,the
following sia-l betreated inaccordance with the rules laid down inArticles
3to39ofRegulation (EEC)No1736 /75 :
a)onimportation ,goods entering orhaving entered the statistical territory
oftheCommunity ,atthetime they aredeclared for free circulation in
accordance with the measures adopted bytheMember States for thepurpose
ofimplementing Directive 79/695/EEC,with the exception ofgoods having
previously been subject tothe inward processing procedure ;
b)onexportation ,goods leaving orabout toleave the statistical territory
oftheCommunity ,atthetime they aredeclared forexportation from the
customs territory ofthe .Community inaccordance with the measures adopted
theMember States forthepurpose ofimplementing Directive 81/177/EEC,
even ifthese goods arenotreferred toinArticle 2(5)oftheabove Regulation .
Article 2
Tms Regulation shall enter into force ontheday ofitspublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities .Itshall apply ,from 1July 1982 ,
tothegoods referred toinArticle 1(a)and,from 1January 1983 ,tothegoods
referred toinArticle 1(b)*
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done at
for the Council
The President
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