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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 182 final 
Brussels, 30 March 1983
Amendment to -the proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
... - 1-----
on
 the facilitation of formalities and inspections in 
respect of the carriage of goods between Member States
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the 
second paragraph of Article 1^9 °f the EEC Treaty)
CCM(83) 182 final

Communication to the Council
Explanatory Note
1In April 1982 , the Commission submitted a proposal for a Council  
Directive on the facilitation of formalities and inspections in  
respect of the carriage of goods between Member States. The European  
Parliament delivered its opinion on 13 January 1983^. In the light  
of this opinion, the Commission has decided to amend its proposal,  
as permitted by Article 149 of the EEC Treaty.
Details of the amendments
Article 4
This addition expands on the provisions of the second paragraph of  
Article 4. The intention is that the Commission will use the  
information supplied by the Member States in order to compile a  
guide containing copies of the main national inspection certificates  
and translations in the other official languages. An adequate number  
of guides will be sent to the Member States so that each control  
,post can have a copy.
Article 5  
No comment.
Article 6a  
No comment.
Article 9
It is feared that the setting-up of mixed committees at national and  
local level might create excessively rigid and cumbersome structures.
The procedure now proposed, whereby one Member State can consult another  
Member State on an optional basis with the Commission arbitrating,  
should make it possible to achieve the desired result.
OJ No C 127, 18.5.1982, p. 6.  
20J No C 42, 14.2.1983, p. 62.

Amendments to be made
Art i  c le1:Unchanged
Artie le2:Unchanged
Article3:Unchanged
Artie le4:Add a third alinéa worded as follows:
"The Commission shall provide each Member State with official  
translations of all such documents in the official language(s)  
of the Member State in question. Member States shall ensure  
that officials at inspection posts have at their disposal the  
authentic national inspection documents and translations thereof".
Article 5:  Amend paragraph 2 to read as follows:
"Bilateral contacts between Member States shall be established  
or, where they already exist, shall be strengthened, in order  
to seek appropriate cooperation between the various inspection  
departments on either side of common frontiers between  
Member States".
Add an Article 6a, worded as follows:
"Member States shall ensure that any payments due at frontier crossing-points  
may be made with bank cheques such as Eurocheques or similar means of payment  
or in the currency of another Member State where no exchange facilities are  
available at the frontier crossing-point in question".
Amend Article 9 to read as follows:
"A Member State may consult another Member State in order to seek solutions  
to problems arising in respect of inspections or formalities within the  
meaning of this Directive. If the problems in question cannot be resolved  
by such consultations, a Member State may inform the Commission, and the  
latter shall make such recommendations as it considers necessary to resolve  
these problems".