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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)599 final
Brussels.26October1981
DRAFTDECISION NO1/81ofthe
EEC-Switzerland
EEC-Austria\
-A
JointCommittee^-Communitytransit-
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amendingAppendixIItotheAgreement !betweentheEuropean
« i
EconomicCommunity andSwitzerlandandAustriaonthe
application oftherulesionCommunitytransit
; Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
ontheapplication ofDecision No1/81oftheEEC-Switzerland
EEC-Austria JointCommittee-Communitytransit-amending
AppendixIItotheAgreement betweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andSwitzerland andAustriaontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)599final

Explanatory memorandum
Subject:ApplicationintheCommunityofDecisionNo1/31ofthe
EEC–Switzerland andEEC–AustriaJointCommittees
-Communitytransit–amendingAppendixIItothe
Agreements ontransit
1CommissionRegulation (EEC)Ho223/77onprovisionsfortheimplementation
oftheCommunitytransitprocedure andforcertainsimplifications of
thatprocedurewasamendedrecentlytopermittheguarantor ,underthe
flat–rateguaranteesystem,tolimittheextentoftheriskheaccepts
"byissuingflat–rateguaranteevouchers.
i ■ »
ThischangeintheCommunityrulesmakesitnecessarytoamendAppendixII
totheAgreementsbetweentheEECandSwitzerland ,andbetweentheESC
2andAustria,ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit.
Suchispurposeof'theattacheddraftdecisionoftheJointCommittees .
Itispurposedthatthedraftbeadoptedasrepresenting theCommunity's
"tagreedpositionwithintheEEC-Austria andEEC–Switzerland JointCommittee
-Communitytransit–.
OnceithasbeenadoptedbytheJointCommittees ,thisdecisionwillhave
tobebroughtintoeffectintheCommunitybywayofaCouncilRegulation
thedraftofwhichisalsoattached.
.QJ-NOL33.9.2.1977,P-20.
0JNoL294,29.12.1972,pp.1.and87.

DRAFT DECISION NO 1/81ofthe
EEC-Switzerland
EEC-Austria
Joint Committee -Community transit -
amending Appendix IItotheAgreement between theEuropean
Economic Community and Switzerland and Austria onthe '
application ofthe rules on .Community transit' ~-•
THE JOINT COMMITTEE , *
Having regard totheAgreement between the European Economic Community
and Switzerland andAustria ontheapplication ofthe rules onCommunity
transit ,and inpartaicular Article 16(3 )(a)thereof .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC )No223 /77of22December 1976 onpro­
visions fortheimplementation oftheCommunity transit procedure and
1for certain simplifications ofthat procedure hasbeen amended byRegu-
2lation (EEC )No1604 /81 inorder topermit theguarantor ,under the
flat-rate guarantee system ,tolimit ,atthetime ofissuing flat-rate
guarantee vouchers ,theextent ofthe risk which 'Kethereby accepts ;.
1
Whereas the said Regulation appears inAppendix IItothe Agreement and
whereas that Appendix should beamended totake account ofthe changes
,thus made intherules onCommunity transit ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
« - - >• I
X.
- Arti.cJ.e_1
Appendix IItotheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
Switzerland andAustria onthe application ofthe rules onCommunity
transit ishereby amended asfollows :
10JNoL38,9.2.1977 ,p.20
20JNoL

ANNEX
Thefollowingsubparagraphs arebeinsertedafterthefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle23(l)s
"Theguarantormayissueflat-rateguaranteevouchers:
–whicharenotvalidforaCommunitytransitoperationinrespectof
goodswhicharelistedinAnnexXIII,and
–whichmaybeusedinmultiples_qfjiptosevenvoucherspermeansof•
transportasreferredtoin.Article16(2)ofRegulation (EEC)To222/77'
forgoodsother,thanthosereferredtointhepreviousindent.
Forthispurposetheguarantorshallmarksuchflat–rateguaranteevouchers
diagonallyincapitalletterswithoneofthefollowingstatements :
/' .
'LIMITEDVALIDITY–REG.(EEC)223/77,.
APPLICATION ART.23(1),2NDSUBPARA .
BEGRÆNSET GYLDIGHED–ANV.AFART..
23.STK.1,2.AFS.FO(EØF)223/77 ;
BESCHRANKTE GELTUNG–ANWENDG .
ΑΚΤ.23ΑΒ5.IυΝΤΕΚΑΒ5 .2νθ(Ε^ΚΌ)223/77
■ ΠΕΡΙΟΡΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΙΣΧΥΣ–ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΗ '
AP0PO23nAP.IEAAO.2KAN.(EOK)223/77
VALIDITÉLIMITÉE–APPLICATION ART.23,
PAR.I,AL.2,REGL.(CEE)223/77.
VALIDITÀLIMITATA–APPLICAZIONE ART.
23,PAR.1,2oCOMMA;REG.(CEE)223/77
BEPERKTEGELDIGHEID–TOEPASSING ,
) ART.23,LID1,2EAL.jVER.(EEG)223/77'.
Article23(3)."isreplacedbythefollowing:
"3.VJithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsinthesecondandthirdsubpara-
graphsofparagraph 1andinArticle24,theprincipalmaycarryoutone
Communitytransitoperationundereachflat–rateguaranteevoucher.■
Thevouchershallbedeliveredtotheofficeofdeparture,whereitshall
beretained".
Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January19°2.
,' '/
Itshallapplyuntil30June1982.
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DoneatBrussels . FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman

Proposal for a
COUNCIL_REGULAIION_(EEC )
ontheapplication ofDecision No 1/81oftheEEC-Switzerland
EEC-Austria Joint Committee -Community transit -amending
Appendix IItotheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andSwitzerland andAustria ontheapplication
ofthe rules onCommunity transit
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , '
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof , , .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,* ..
Whereas Article 16oftheAgreement "between theEuropean Economic CommunitySwitzerland and
and/Austria ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit (l),signed
onNovember 1972 ,empowers theJoint Committee setupunder that Agreement
toadopt decision ?making certain amendments totheAgreement and toits
Appendices ; '
Whereas theJoint Committee hasdecided toamend Appendix IItotheAgreemen
inorder topermit theguarantor ,under theflat–rate guarantee system to
limit ,atthetime ofissuing flat–rate guarantee vouchers ,theextent of
therisk which hethereby accepts ;
Whereas this amendment isthesubject ofDecision Ho 1/31oftheJoint
Committee ;whereas itisnecessary totake theipeasures required to
implement theabove mentioned Decision ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
'1)
v;0JNoL294 ,29.12.1972 ,p

Article 1
Decision No 1/81oftheEEC-Switzerland ,EEC-Austria Joint Committee -
Community transit -amending Appendix IItotheAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andSwitzerland andAustria onthe
application ofrules onCommunity transit shall apply inthe
Community .
Thetext oftheDecision isannexed tothis Regulation .
* Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities . -
«
This Regulation shall bebinding inits -entirety anddirectly applicable -
>~inall Member States . - -
Done at Por the Council
The President