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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)46 final
Brussels^11February1982
-Draft
RECOMMENDATION No^/82
OFTHEEEC-AUSTRIA ANDEEC-SWITZERLAND JOINTCOMMITTEES
Communitytransit
regardingtheamendmentoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandAustriaandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSwitzerland
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit
fy
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerning theconclusionoftheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersontheamendmentoftheAgreementbetweenthe.EuropeanEconomic
Community andAustriaandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andSwitzerland
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(82)46final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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Subject:ApplicationintheCommunityofRecommendation No1/82oftheEEC-Austria
andEEC-Switzerland JointCommittees onCommunitytransittoamendthe
agreementsontransit.
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1.AdraftamendmenttotheAgreementsbetweentheEECandSwitzerlandandbetween
theEECandAustria*isshortlytobesubmittedtotheEEC-Switzerland andEEC-
AustriaJointCommitteesonCommunitytransit.Thepurposeoftheamendmentisto
allowCommunitygoodstomoveundercoverofaTIRcarnetinapplicationofthe
AgreementsunderthesameconditionsasbetweenMemberStatesoftheCommunity.
2.ThisisthesubjectoftheattacheddraftRecommendation oftheJointCommittees.It
isproposedthatthedraftbeadoptedastheCommunity'scommonpositionwithinthe
EEC-AustriaandEEC-Switzerland JointCommitteesonCommunitytransit.
3.OncethisRecommendation hasbenadoptedbytheJointCommittees ,aCouncil
RegulationwillbeneededtomadeitapplicableintheCommunity;thedraftis
attachedhereto.
1OJNoL294,29.12.1972,pp.1and86.

Draft
RECOMMENDATION No2/81
OFTHEEEC-
JOINTCOMMITTEE
Communitytransit
regardingtheamendmentofthe_Agreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityand on
theapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit
THEJOINTCOKMITTEE .
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit,andin
particularArticlel6(?)(a)thereof;
WhereasArticle6(4)oftheAgreementdoesnotrermit,inprinciple,the
issueofT?Ldocumentsforgoodstransported undertheTIRprocedure;
Whereasthisprovisionpreventstheissueoftheabovementioned documents -
111caseswhereCommunitygoodsaredispatchedundertheTIRprocedurefrom
Austria/Switzerland ,viaathirdcountry,toaMemberState,orvice-versa;
Whereas,however,undertheapplicable Communityrules,tradebetweentwo
MemberStatesviaathirdcountrymaybeeffectedundertheTIR
procedureandT?Ldocumentsmaybeissued;
Whereas,intheinterestsofequalityoftreatment ,theissueofT2L
documentsshouldbepermittedincasestowhichtheAgreementapplies;whereas
Article6(4)oftheAgreementshouldbeamendedaccordingly ;
RECOMMENDSthattheContractingPartiestotheAgreement;
emendedthesaidAgreement,witheffectfrom1July1983,assuggestedin
theproposalattachedtothisRecommendation ;
informoneanotherthroughemexchangeoflettersthattheyaccentthis
Recommendation ,
D&reat •on
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident

ANNEX
Proposal
concerningtheamendmentoftheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
ontheapplication oftheruleson
Communitytransit
Artielo6(4)oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
ontheapplication oftherulesofCommunitytransitshallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
"A.CustomsofficesmaynotissueT2Ldocumentsforgoodscarriedunderthe
procedurefortheinternational transportofgoodsundercoverofTIR
carnetnunless:
–;;oodstobeunloadedintheterritoryofoneoftheContracting
Partiesarecarriedtogetherwithgoodstobeunloadedinthe
territoryofaStatewhichisnotaContracting Partytothe
A^eement ,or
-goodsarecarriedfromoneContractingPartytotheotherviathe
territoryofanon-contracting PartytotheAgreementsconcluded
bytheCommunityontheapplicationoftherules011Communitytransit.

PROPOSAL FORA
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
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?
concerningtheconclusionoftheAgreementintheformofanexchange
oflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Communityand ontheapplicationoftheruleson
Communitytransit
.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
♦ ■
particularArticle113thereof,
HayingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
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WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersontheamendmentofthe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand onthe
applicationoftherulesonCommunitytransit*shouldbeapproved;whereastheproposed
amendmentisthesubjectofRecommendation No1/82oftheEEC/ Joint
CommitteeonCommunitytransit;
WhereasthepurposeoftheamendmentistopermitT2Ldocumentstobeissuedwhere
Communitygoodsaredispatched,undercoverofaTIRcafrnet,fromAustriaor
SwitzerlandviatheterritoryofathirdcountrytoaMemberStateorviceversa;whereas
itisnecessarytotakethemeasureswhichtheapplication intheCommunityofth
provisionrequires,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
1OJNoL294,29.12.1972,p

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Article1
TheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand ontheapplicationoftherules
onCommunitytransitisherebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextoftheAgreementisgivenintheannex.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethepersonempoweredto
signtheAgreementinordertobindtheCommunity.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingthatofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat FortheCouncil

ANNEX
AGREEMENT
intheformofanexchangeoflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityand ontheapplicationoftheruleson
Communitytransit
Brussels,
YourExcellency,
TheEEC- JointCommitteeonCommunitytransithasproposed,inits
Recommendation No1/82of anamendmenttotheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityand ontheapplicationoftheruleson
Communitytransit.Theproposedamendmentisannexedhereto.Ihavethehonourto
informyouthattheCommunityagreestothisamendmentandIwouldproposethatit
enterintoforceon1July1983.1shouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmtheagreement
of totheamendmentandtothedateproposedforitsentryintoforce.
Ihavethehonourtobe,Sir,
Yoursfaithfully,
V
FortheCounciloftheEuropean
Communities

ANNEX
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Brussels,
Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftoday,whichreadsasfollows:
!
"TheEEC- JointCommitteeonCommunitytransithasproposed,inits
Recommendation No1/82of ,anamendmenttotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityand ontheapplicationoftheruleson
Communitytransit.Theproposedamendmentisannexedhereto.Ihavethehonourto
informyouthattheCommunityagreestothisamendmentandIwouldproposethatIt
enterintoforceon1July198SIshouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmtheagreement
of totheamendmentandtothedateproposedforitsentryintoforce."
Ihavethehonourtoconfirmtheagreementof tothecontentsofyourletter
andtothedateproposedfortheentryintoforceoftheamendment.
Ihavethehonourtobe,Sir, .|
Yoursfaithfully,
For
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