29.2.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 57/3 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on standard exchange arrangements 
(84/C 57/02) 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the 
European Communities No C 153 of 11 June 1983, page 6. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 7 June 1983 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic 
and Social Committee in accordance with Article 198 of the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 
214th plenary session held in Brussels on 25 and 26 January 1984. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 1. General comments Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 198 thereof, 
Having regard to the request made by the Council of 
the European Communities on 7 June 1983 for an 
opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation 
on standard exchange arrangements, 
Having regard to the decision taken by its chairman 
on 12 July 1983 instructing the Section for Industry, 
Commerce, Crafts and Services to draw up an 
opinion and report on the matter, 
Having regard to the opinion adopted by the Section 
for Industry, Commerce, Crafts and Services at its 
meeting on 4 January 1984, 
Having regard to the oral report made by the rap­
porteur, Mr Broicher, 
Having regard to the discussions at its 214th plenary 
session, held on 25 and 26 January 1984 (meeting of 
25 January), 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
unanimously: 1.1. The Committee welcomes the proposed Regu­
lation which incorporates the principles of Council 
Directive 78/1018/EEC of 27 November 1978. 
It deals with the customs treatment of replacements 
which are substituted for Community goods ex­
ported for repair. As the standard exchange arrange­
ments constitute a special case under the outward 
processing regime, the Committee considers that it 
would have been better to include the provisions in 
a separate title in the planned Regulation on out­
ward processing. This would not only have been 
more systematic, but the standard exchange arrange­
ments as a whole could have been made simpler and 
clearer; in particular Articles 13 to 18 would be 
largely superfluous. 
1.2. The Committee has no objections to the sub­
stance of the proposed Regulation. 
2. Specific comments 
2.1. Article 3 et seq. 
Prior authorization should not be required for the 
customs concession. Only in this way can repairs be 
carried out rapidly and, for instance, lengthy stop­
pages be avoided when machinery breaks down. 
No C 57/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 2. 84 
2.2. Article 12 
Instead of the mandatory provision of a guarantee 
stipulated in Article 12, the Committee would prefer 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 198 thereof, 
Having regard to the request made by the Council of 
the European Communities on 11 July 1983 for an 
opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation 
on outward processing relief arrangements, 
Having regard to the decision of its Bureau on 5 July 
1983 instructing the Section for Industry, Com­
merce, Crafts and Services to prepare an opinion 
and a report on the matter, 
Having regard to the opinion adopted by that Sec­
tion at its meeting on 4 January 1984, 
Having regard to the oral report of the rapporteur, 
Mr Broicher, to allow the competent authorities a certain degree 
of discretion. It therefore proposes inserting the 
words 'as a rule' after 'shall'. 
Having regard to the discussions at its meeting, on 
25 January 1984 (214th plenary session of 25 and 
26 January 1984), 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
unanimously: 
1. General comments 
1.1. The Committee welcomes the present pro­
posal. Incorporating the principles of Council 
Directive 76/119/EEC of 18 December 1975 into a 
Regulation is in keeping with the generally reco­
gnized need to codify existing customs legislation 
and make Community law clearer. 
However, the Committee would have liked the pre­
sent proposal to have also included the provisions Done at Brussels, 25 January 1984. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Francis CEYRAC 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on outward processing relief 
arrangements 
(84/C 57/03) 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the 
European Communities No C 203 of 29 July 1983, page 16. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 11 July 1983 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic 
and Social Committee in accordance with Article 198 of the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 
214th plenary session held in Brussels on 25 and 26 January 1984.