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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)657 final
Brussels -13November 1981
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement intheform ofanexchnage
ofletters ontheamendment oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andSwitzerland /Austria ontheapplication ofthe rules on
■Community transit
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MMORANDUM
Subject:ApplicationintheCommunityofRecommendation 1/81ofthe
EEC-Austriaa andEEC–Switzerland JointCommittees
–Communitytransit–toamendtheAgreements ontransit.
t "•
1.TheEEC–Switzerland andEEC–AustriaJointCommittees–Community
.transit–haverecentlyadoptedRecommendation 1/81nontheamendment '
oftheAgreements "betweentheEECandSwitzerland andbetweenthe. 1
EECandAustriaon.theapplicationoftherulesofCommunitytransit^..
TheRecommendation aimsto:
–extendmutualassistancebetweenthecustomsauthorities ofContracting
Parties;
–permitchangesinofficesofdestination wherethenewofficeis
situatedinanotherContractingParty;
–replacetheEuropeanunitofaccountbytheECU.
2.ThedraftRecommendation hasbeenexaminedalreadybytheCouncilwith
aviewtotheformulationofacommonCommunityposition(seeDoc.7183/81
AELEA25andDoc.7184/81AELECH15).
NosubstantialalterationtothetextsubmittedtotheCouncilhasbeen.
madeintheintervening period.
3.TheobjectoftheRegulation,whoseadoptionisproposedtotheCouncil,,
.istobringintoforceintheCommunitytheamendmentoftheAgreements
providedforintheabovementionedactoftheJointCommittees.
0JNOL294,29.12.1972,pp.1and86

Proposal for a
COJMCTL REGULATION (EEC)
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement inthe .
form ofanexchange ofletters ontheamendment of
theAgreement netweentheEuropean Economic Community
and Switzerland /Aust ria
ontheapplication oftherules onCommunity transit
THECOUNCIL OPTHE HJROPEAIT COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Trs.aty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters onthe
amendment oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
Switzerland /Austria ontheapplication ofthe rules onCommunity transit
should "beapproved ;whereas theproposed amendment isthesubject of
Recommendation l/8-1oftheEEC/ Joint Committee –Community transit ;
Wherea.3 that Recommendation provides for theextention ofmutual assistance
"between thecustoms authorities ofContracting Parties ,permits changes in
offices ofdestination inanother Contracting Party andreplaces theEuropean
unit ofaccount bytheECU ;whereas theRecommendation also provides that
rights andobligations arising before 1January 1983 andexpressed in
European units ofaccount shall continue tobeadministered onthebasis
ofthedefinition ofthe ,European unit ofaccount asapplied before that
date ;whereas itisnecessary totake themeasures which theapplication
intheCommunity ofthis provision requires ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
OJKoL294 ,29.12.1972 ,P.

Article 1
»
TheAgreementmtheformofanexchangeoflettersontheamendment
oftheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityarid,
ontheapplication ,oftherulesonCommunitytransitisherebyapproved
on"behalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextoftheAgreementisgivenintheannex.
Article 2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethe
personempoweredtosigntheAgreementinordertobindtheCommunity.
Article3
Rightsandobligationsarisingbefore1January1983andexpressedin
Europeanunitsofaccountshallcontinueto*beadministered onthebasis
ofthedefinitionoftheEuropeanunitofaccountasappliedbeforethat
date.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

AENEX
Brussels .
•ν
Sir ,
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter oftoday worded
asfollows :
TheEEC– Joint Committee -Community transit –has
proposed ,initsRecommendation 1/81of ,certain
amendments totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community and ontheapplication oftherules on
Community transit .Theproposed amendments areannexed hereto .
Ihave thehonour toinform youthat theCommunity isin
agreement with these amendments and Iwould propose that they
enter into force on1January 1983 .Ishould begrateful if
youwould confirm theagreement of tothese
amendments and tothedate proposed fortheir entry into force .
Ihave thehonour toconfirm theagreement of
tothecontents ofyour letter andtothedate proposed for theentry
into force ofthe amendments .
Please accept ,Sir ,the'assurance ofmyhighest consideration .

-3-
iiÏNÎMEX.
AGPJSEKEKT
int;-oformoJanexchangeoflettersontheamendmentoftheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand ontheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransit
Brussels,
YourExcellency ,
TheEEC– JointCommittee–Communitytransit–hasproposed,
initsRecommendation 1/81of ,certainamendmentstothe
Agreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
ontheapplication oftherulesonCommunitytransit.Theproposedamendments
areannexedhereto.IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityis
inagreementwhitbtheseamendments andIwouldproposethattheyenterinto
forceon1January19^3.Ishould "begratefulifyouwouldconfirmthe
agreementof totheseamendments sandtothedateproposed
fortheirentrymtoforce.
Pleaseaccept{YourExcellency ,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities

ANNEX
PROPOSAL
for amendments tothe Agreement
between theEuropean Economic Community and
the onthe application of
therules onCommunity transit
A. The second subparagraph ofArticle 2(2 )shall bereplaced
bythe following :
"Inthese rules anyreference tothe Community or
tothe Member .States shall apply equally tothe
.However iinthe case ofArticles 1and 7
•' oftheRegulation onCommunity transit (Appendix I)and
inthe case ofthe first subparagraph ofArticle Mland
the first subparagraph ofArticle 50h ofthe Regulation
onprovisions for the implementation ofthe Community
transit procedure and for certain simplifications of
that procedure (Appendix II),theword "Community "
relates exclusively totheEuropean Economic Community .".
B. Article ^(2)shall .bereplaced bythefollowing :
"2. Where irregularities orinfringements are
suspected inconnection with goods which are
brought into one ofthe Contracting Parties from
the other Contracting Party orafter having been
inacustoms warehouse inits territory ,the
customs authorities of and ofthe
Member States shall onrequest communicate to
one another all information concerning :
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(a)the conditions under which those goods arrived
or v/«r«forwarded i
-whatever theway inwhich they arrived ,where
they were forwarded under cover ofaTl,T2or
T2Ldocument from theContracting Party to
which therequest was addressed ,or
«
-whatever the way inwhich they were forwarded ,
./ where they arrived under cover ofaTl,T2or
T2L document inthe Contracting Party to
.which therequest was addressed ;
(b)the conditions ofcustoms warehousing -ofthose -
goods where they arrived inthe Contracting
Party towhom the request was ,addressed
under cover ofaT2orT2L document orwhere
, ■they were forwarded from that Contracting Party
under cover ,ofa'T2 orT2L document .",
C. Thefollowing subparagraphs shall beadded toArticle 6(3):
"Ifexceptionally ,itshould prove necessary to
produce the goods with the intention ofterminating their
transport ,atanoffice other 'than that specified inthe
TlorT2document and the two offices belong todifferent
Contracting Parties ,the customs authorities atthe office
where thegoods areproduced may authorize the change in
office ofdestination provided that the Community transit
document does not bear one ofthe following statements :
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E

"Sortie delacommunauté soumise ades restrictions "
"Udférasl fra'Fa«üesska&&£ undèrsivetü tféütiriktidr.ér "
"Ausgang ausder Gemeinschaft Besehrankungen unterworfen "
"Export from the Coramunity subject torestrictions "
"Uscita dalla Comunita assoggettata arestrizioni "
"Verlaten •van d^JJemeeiLscjiap aan beperkingen onderworpen "
""EgoSog .&te.6t^vKotvÖTTjta ,öttoxeiuévri oèTtepiopiauoijc "
-"Sortie delaCommunauté soumise àimposition "
"Udférsel fraFaellesskabet betinget afafgiftsbetaling "
"Ausgang ausder Gemeinschaft Abgabenerhebung unterworfen "
"Export from the Community subject toduty "
"Uscita dalla Comunità assoggettata atassazione "
."Verlaten _yan deGemeen schap aan belastingheffing onderworpen "
"*E£o6oc &Ttó "nWKo^vóxnxa Onoxevuévrj oèéTuÖdouvorj "
The new office ofdestination shall enter mthe
'Control byoffice ofdestination box ofthereturn copy
ofthe T1orT2document inaddition tothe usual statements
which itisobliged toenter one ofthe following statements :
"Différences :marchandises présentées aubureau ....
(nom etpays )" '
"Forskelle :det toldsted ,hvor varerne blev frembudt ,
(navn ogland )"
"Unstimmigkeiten :Zollstelle der Gestellung ....
(Name und Land )"
"Differences :office where goods were presented ....
(name andcountry )"
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"Differenze :ufficio alquale sono state presentate 1
lemerci .... (nome epaese )
"Verschillen :Kantoor waar degoederen zijn aangebracht
_Xuaam enland )" . .
"Διαφορές :Εμπορεύματα παρουσιασθέντα ατό τελωνείο ,
« •
(όνομα και χώρα )"
.The office ofdeparture shall not discharge the T1
T2document until all the obligations arising from' the
change inoffice ofdestination have been complied with ,
. r
'Where appropriate ,itshall inform theguarantor ..ofthe
' non-discharge .". ;
D. Article 10is^hereby repealed . . • ; "
E. Article 12(4 )ishereby repealed . . ..
F. In -theAgreement and itsAppendices ,the expression
"European unit ofaccount (EUA)"shall bereplaced by"ECU".
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