No C 153/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 11.6.83 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on standard exchange arrangements 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 May 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, in the context of the international division 
of labour, many Community undertakings have 
recourse to standard exchange arrangements, that is 
the importation of goods which are replacements for 
Community goods exported for repair, including 
restoration and adjustment; whereas recourse to these 
arrangements is justified for economic and technical 
reasons; 
Whereas it is necessary to set up a system to provide 
partial or total exemption from customs duties and 
charges having equivalent effect applicable to 
replacements which are substituted for goods 
exported from the Community; 
Whereas, by their very nature, agricultural products 
or products resulting from the processing of agri­
cultural products can hardly be repaired; whereas, in 
addition, the standard exchange arrangements are not 
compatible with the common agricultural policy or 
with the specific arrangements applicable to certain 
goods resulting from the processing of agricultural 
products; whereas the products and goods subject to 
that policy or to those arrangements must therefore 
be excluded from the scope of application of the 
standard exchange arrangements; 
Whereas the use of standard exchange arrangements 
must be refused by the competent authorities where 
the essential interests of Community producers are 
likely to be seriously affected; Whereas the standard exchange arrangements are 
governed at Community level by Council Directive 
78/1018/EEC of 27 November 1978 on the harmo­
nization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or 
administrative action in respect of standard exchange 
of goods exported for repair ('); 
Whereas the importance of these arrangements in the 
context of the customs union is such as to require 
that they be uniformly applied in the Community; 
whereas it is therefore necessary to provide for an act 
which is binding in its entirety and directly applicable 
in the Member States and accordingly offers 
individuals the greatest measure of legal certainty; 
whereas it is appropriate to incorporate in a Regu­
lation the principles of the Directive; 
Whereas it is necessary to ensure the uniform 
application of this Regulation and to provide for this 
purpose a Community procedure whereby 
implementing measures may be adopted; whereas it is 
advisable to organize close and effective collaboration 
between the Member States and the Commission in 
this area within the framework of the Committee.for 
Customs Procedures with Economic Impact set up by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of ... on inward 
processing relief arrangements; 
Whereas standard exchange arrangements constitute 
an instrument of the Community's commercial policy, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
TITLE I 
General provisions 
Article 1 
1. This Regulation lays down the rules governing 
standard exchange arrangements. 
2. The standard exchange arrangements allow 
importation with total or partial exemption from the 
amount of customs duties and charges having 
equivalent effect chargeable in respect of 
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replacements which are substituted for Community 
goods exported under these arrangements outside the 
customs territory of the Community for repair, 
restoration or adjustment. 
3. For the purposes of this Regulation: 
(a) 'export goods' means Community goods exported 
under standard exchange arrangements; 
(b) 'Community goods' means goods: 
— entirely obtained in the customs territory of 
the Community, without the contribution of 
goods imported from third countries, 
— imported from countries or territories not 
forming part of the customs territory of the 
Community, which have been placed in free 
circulation in a Member State in accordance 
with the Treaties, 
— obtained in the customs territory of the 
Community either from goods as provided for 
in the second indent above only, or from 
goods provided for in the first and second 
indents above; 
(c) 'replacements' means goods imported as sub­
stitutes for export goods; 
(d) 'prior importation' means the importation of 
replacements before the exportation of the export 
goods; 
(e) 'person' means a natural or legal person. 
Article 2 
Standard exchange arrangements shall be open to 
Community goods except those subject to the 
common agricultural policy or to specific 
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting 
from the processing of agricultural products. 
TITLE II 
Content of the authorization and conditions for the 
granting thereof 
Article 3 
1. The use of the standard exchange arrangements 
shall be conditional on the issue of an authorization 
by the competent authorities of the Member State in 
which the export formalities are to be carried out. 
2. The authorization shall be issued at the request 
of the person on whose behalf the standard exchange 
is to be carried out. That person shall be obliged to 
supply all the information needed for the issue of the 
said authorization. Article 4 
1. The authorization shall be granted only to 
persons established in the Community who supply 
evidence that the standard exchange is to be carried 
out on their behalf. 
2. The competent authorities shall refuse to grant 
an authorization to persons who do not offer all the 
guarantees which they consider appropriate. 
Article 5 
Authorization shall not be granted where the use of 
the standard exchange arrangements are likely 
seriously to damage the essential interests of 
Community undertakings. 
Article 6 
1. The authorization shall lay down the conditions 
on which the arrangements may be used. 
2. The holder of the authorization is required to 
notify the competent authorities of any factors arising 
after the issue of the authorization which are likely to 
affect its validity or content. The competent auth­
orities may alter the authorization accordingly. 
Article 7 
1. The authorization shall be revoked where one 
or more of the conditions laid down for its issue are 
not or are no longer fulfilled. Such revocation shall 
not affect the retention under the arrangements of 
goods already temporarily exported before the date 
on which such revocation takes place. 
2. The authorization shall be null and void if it is 
established that it was issued in consideration of 
inexact or incomplete information knowingly 
furnished by the person concerned. 
TITLE III 
Provisions relating to the operation of the 
arrangements 
Article 8 
The conditions for placing goods under the standard 
exchange arrangements shall be determined in 
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 
18 of Regulation (EEC) No ... 
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Article 9 Article 13 
Replacements must be imported by the holder of the 
authorization into the Member State from which the 
export goods were or are to be exported. However, 
provisions permitting the importation of replacements 
into a Member State other than that of export may be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in 
Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No ... The competent authorities shall allow the standard 
exchange arrangements to be applied to the holder of 
an outward processing authorization, at his request 
submitted not later than the time of importation of 
the replacements, where the goods were exported 
under Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of ... on 
outward processing relief arrangements. 
Article 10 
1. Replacements must fall within the same tariff 
subheading, be of the same commercial quality and 
have the same technical characteristics as the export 
goods if the latter had undergone the repair in 
question. 
2. Where the export goods have been used before 
export, the replacements must also have been used 
and may not be new products. 
The competent authorities may, however, grant dero­
gations from this rule if the replacement has been 
supplied free of charge either because of a guarantee 
imposed by contract or by law or because of a manu­
facturing defect. 
Article 11 
1. Without prejudice to Article 2 and 3, the period 
within which the importation of replacements must 
take place shall not exceed six months calculated 
from the date of acceptance by the competent auth­
orities of the export declaration covering the export 
goods. 
2. Where the replacements have been supplied free 
of charge because of a guarantee imposed by contract 
or law or because of a manufacturing defect, the 
period within which their importation must take place 
shall be 12 months calculated from the date when the 
export goods were first put into free circulation. 
3. In the case of prior importation, the exportation 
of the export goods must take place within two 
months calculated from the date when the competent 
authorities accept in the declaration of entry for free 
circulation of the replacements. 
4. The competent authorities may permit the 
periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 to be 
exceeded in duly substantiated exceptional cases 
provided that the total period does not exceed twice 
that provided for in each case in the said paragraphs. Article 14 
The amount of customs duties and charges having 
equivalent effect to be charged at the time of entry 
for free circulation of the replacements, where appro­
priate after being placed under another customs 
arrangement, shall be calculated under the rules fixed 
by Articles 13 and 15 of Regulation (EEC) No ... 
(outward processing); replacements shall be treated in 
the same manner as the compensating products 
mentioned in those Articles. 
However, where the replacements are the subject of 
prior importation, the amount to be deducted under 
Article 13 of the Regulation shall be determined 
according to the taxation components applicable on 
the date of acceptance of the export declaration for 
the export goods. That date shall also be used for the 
determination of the quantity and nature of the said 
goods. However, the value of export goods shall be 
determined in accordance with provisions fixed under 
the procedure provided for by Article 18 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No .. . (inward processing). 
TITLE IV 
Final provisions 
Article 15 
The Committee for Customs Procedures with 
Economic Impact set up by Article 16 of Regulation 
(EEC) No ... (inward processing) shall examine any 
matter concerning the implementation of this Regu­
lation referred to it by its chairman either on his own 
initiative or at the request of the representative of a 
Member State. 
Article 16 
The provisions required for the implementation of 
this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with 
the procedure provided for in Article 18 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No ... (inward processing). 
Article 12 
Prior importation of a replacement shall require the 
provision of a guarantee. Article 17 
Transitional measures necessary to facilitate the 
passage from the provisions in force to this Regu-
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lation, in particular as regards cases where the 
application of the new provisions at the date specified 
would give rise to serious difficulties for certain 
goods, may be adopted under the procedure provided 
for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No ... (inward 
processing). 
Article 18 
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 
1 January 1984. With the exception of Articles 15 and 
16, it shall apply six months after the adoption of the 
implementing provisions to be adopted in relation to 
Articles 4, 9, 10 and 15 in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 18 of Regulation 
(EEC) No ... (inward processing). 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Articles 42 and 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1196/81 0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 2993/81 (2), provides that the aid granted may, 
among other things, be used by recognized 
associations for general programmes covering disease 
control and prevention and research in these areas; 
whereas, in the light of the spead in recent years of 
varroa-mite disease in a number of Member States 
and of the threat thus posed to Europe as a whole, it 
is necessary to arrange for research to be carried out 
without delay into this disease at Community level; 
whereas provision should be made for supplementary 
financing for this measure during the 1983/84 
marketing year; whereas expenditure incurred in 
implementing an ad hoc research programme should 
be financed by the Community pursuant to Article 3 
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 2. The provisions of Directive 70/1018/EEC are 
hereby repealed with effect from the date on which 
the provisions of this Regulation are applied. Any 
reference to the said Directive shall be taken as a 
reference to this Regulation. 
3. Authorizations granted by virtue of the 
provisions adopted in pursuance of Directive 
78/1018/EEC before the date of entry into force of 
this Regulation shall be revoked or replaced no later 
than six months after that date if they cannot be 
retained on the basis of this Regulation. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
1970 on the financing of the common agricultural 
policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
929/79 (4); 
Whereas the proposed amendments have delayed the 
adoption of certain provisions provided for in Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1196/81 for the 1983/84 marketing 
year; whereas certain time limits fixed by the 
abovementioned Regulation for that marketing year 
should therefore be extended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1196/81 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following Article 2a is inserted: 
Article 2a 
1. For the 1983/84 marketing year, a 
Community measure aimed at establishing an ad 
hoc research programme on varroa-mite disease 
shall be taken in order to combat this disease at 
Community level. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1196/81 establishing 
a system of aid for bee-keeping in respect of the 1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84 
marketing years 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 May 1983) 
(*) OJ No L 122, 6. 5. 1981, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 299, 20. 10. 1981, p. 26. O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
(4) OJ No L 117, 12. 5. 1979, p. 4.