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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77 )23final .
Brussels ,15February 1977 *
DRAFT AGREEMENT
between theEuropean Economic Community ,
theRepublic ofAustria and theSwiss
Confederation onthe extension ofthe
application oftherules onCommunity
transit
RECOMMENDATION FOR AREGULATION
ofthe Council onthe conclusion ofan
Agreement between theEuropean Economic
Community ,theRepublic ofAustria and
theSwiss Confederation ,ontheextension
oftheapplication ofthe rules on
Community transit
(Presented bytheCommission tothe
Council )
COM(77 )23final

REPORT ONTHE NEGOTIATIONS i
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I. INTRODUCTION
!
TheCouncil authorized theCommission inaDecision adopted on !
25June 1976 "tonegotiate anAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community ,theRepublic ofAustria andtheSwiss Confederation tofcxtend
theapplication ofthe rules onCommunity transit ."
This Decision followed the recommendation from theCommission tothe
Council on12March 1976^' .
TheAgreement isintended toextend thescope ofthebilateral Agreement
concluded on23and 30November 1972 between the EEC and the Swiss
Confederation andthe EECandtheRepublic ofAustria respectively onthe
application ofCommunity transit rules^o goods crossing Community territo­
ryaswell astheterritories ofAustria andSwitzerland .Aseach of
thetwoAgreements wasstrictly bilateral ,noprovision wasmade for
that kind oftraffic .
Negotiations ontheproposed Agreement were held inBerne on20 -and 21
October 1976 .Thedraft Agreement ,Annex Atothis report ,wasinitialled
on21October 1976 .
II.BRIEF FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS
Negotiations were carried outonthebasis oftheguidelines laid down
bytheCouncil intheDecision of25June 1976 .
A.Scope oftheAgreement
Theapplication oftheEEC-Austria andEEC-Switzerland Agreements areto
beextended tocover the carriage ofgoods between twopoints inthe
Community which also cross both Austria andSwitzerland soastoreduce
. . (3)formalities toaminimum .
Theproposed Agreement also provides that theregulations onCommunity
transit maybeapplied toanyother carriage ofgoods which cross both
Austria and Switzerland (seeArticle 2ofAnnex A).
(1)See S/498/76 (EFTA )<CH2)(A5)(EC02)+corr.1
(2)0JNoL365 of31.12.1973 and 0JNoL58of28.2.1974
(3)TheAgreement isexpected toapply also tothePrincipality of
Liechtenstein (seeArticle 4ofAnrt?xA)
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B«Undertakinq qiven foyAustria andSwitzerland
TheAgreement ,asnegotiated ,stipulates thatAustria andSwitzerland
intheir mutual relations subject tothelimits referred tounder A
above ,shall have thesame rights andobligations asanyMember State
vis-a-viseither ofthem (seeArticle 3(1)and (2)ofAnnex A).Special
provisions intheEEC-Switzerland Agreement ,forwhich there arenocorres
ponding provisions intheEEC-Austria Agreement ,shall alsoapply in
dealings between Austria andSwitzerland (seeArticle 3(3)ofAnnex A).
C.Administration ofthe^Agreement
Inaccordance with Directives adopted bytheCouncil ,under which
anyproblem ofimplementation oftheproposed Agreement must bedealt
with bytheJoint Committees setupunder thetwoAgreements referred to
under I,aspecial clause tothis effect inthedraft Agreement was
notconsidered necessary -Thework ofthetwo Joint Committees isprepared
atWorking Party meetings setupforthis purpose bytheprocedural
rules ofthose Joint Committees .
0.Implementation oftheAgreement
TheAgreement will come intoforce onthefirst dayofthesecond month
following thedate onwhich theContracting Parties notify each other of
thecompletion ofthenecessary procedures (seeArticle 5ofAnnex A).
AnyoftheContracting Parties maydenounce theAgreement ,providing
sixmonths' notice isgiven (seeArticle 6ofAnnex A).
III .LEGAL BASIS
TheCommission considers that theAgreement should beconcluded under
Article 113oftheTreaty .Thebilateral Agreements ontheapplication
oftheCommunity transit rules were concluded onthesame basis .
IV.CONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMENDATIONS
Briefly ,theCommission considers that theAgreement asnegotiated
fully meets theaims ofthenegotiations .
Accordinly ,theCommission issubmitting totheCouncil :
-thetext oftheAgreement ,asnegotiated ,(Annex A)
-aRecommendation foraregulation ontheconclusion ofthis
Agreement (Annex B).
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ANNEXA
PRAFT
AGREEMENT
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity /,
theRepublicofAustriaandtheSwiss
Confederation ontheextensionofthe
application oftherulesonCommunity
transit
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
THEREPUBLIC OFAUSTRIAand
THESWISSCONFEDERATION ,
DESIRINGtosimplifythecustomsformalities atthefrontiersin
respectofgoodstrafficthroughbothAustrianandSwissterritories
CONSIDERINGthatsimplification canbeachievedbytheextensionofthe
application oftheprovisionsoftheTransitAgreements concludedbetween
^theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwissConfederation and
theRepublicofAustriainrespectofthecarriageofgoodsthroughboth
thoseContracting Parties.
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
ForthepurposeofthisAgreement :
(a)the"EEC-Switzerland TransitAgreement"meanstheAgreementsignedon
23November1972,ascurrently amendedorasmaybeamended,between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheSwissConfederation onthe
application oftherulesonCommunitytransit;
(b).the"EEC-AustriaTransitAgreement"meanstheAgreementsignedon
30November1972,ascurrently amendedorasmaybeamended,betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofAustriaontheapplica­
tionoftherulesonCommunitytransit;
<c)the"Community"meanstheEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
(d)a"MemberState"meansaMemberStateoftheCommunity.

Article2
TheprovisionsoftheEEC-Switzerland TransitAgreementandofthe
EEC-AustriaTransitAgreementshallbeextendedtothemovementofgoods
betweentwopointssituatedintheCommunitythroughboththeterritoryof
AustriaandtheterritoryofSwitzerland .
Theserulesmayalsoapplytoanyothermovementofgoodsthrough
boththeterritoryofAustriaandtheterritoryofSwitzerland.
Article3
1-ForthepurposesofapplyingArticle2andwithoutprejudiceto
Article13(1)oftheEEC–Switzerland andEEC–AustriatransitAgreement *
"theSwissConfederation shall,inrelationtotheRepublicofAustria,
havethesamerightsandobligations asaMemberState;
-theRepublicofAustriashall,inrelationtotheSwissConfederation,
havethesamerightsandobligations asaMemberState.
2.Guaranteesdrawnupinaccordancewiththespecimensinthetwo
Agreementsshallbecompletedaccordingly .
3.ThefollowingprovisionswhichdonotappearintheEEC-AustriaTransit
AgreementshallalsoapplyindealingsbetweentheSwissConfederation and
theRepublicofAustria:
Ca)where,inapplicationofArticle4,paragraphs 1and2ofthetwo
TransitAgreements,criminalproceedings provenecessarytheseshall
becarriedoutineachStateinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofnational
lawonprosecutions forcustomsoffences.
(b)thecustomsadministrations oftheRepublicofAustriaoroftheSwiss
Confederation shall,inthecircumstances coveredbyArticle4ofthe
twoTransitAgreements,furnishallinformationoftheirdisposal,
wherenecessaryfollowinginvestigation carriedoutattherequestof
thecustomsadministrations oftheSwissConfederation oroftheRepublic
ofAustriarelatingtothegoodsortopersonsconvictedorsuspected
ofhavinginfringedprovisionsoftheCommunitytransitregulations.
However,theadministrative assistancereferredtointhesaidArticle4
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infringedtneseprovisionshavingregardtotheprovisionsof
nationallawwhichguaranteetheprotectionofindustrial,commercial
orprofessional secrecy,belimitedtosuchinformation asdoesnot
imperilthisprotection.
(c)InternalCommunitytransitdocumentsshallnotbeissuedinrespect
ofgoodsreconsigned fromSwitzerlandafterbeingwarehousedina
privatewarehousewithinthemeaningoftheSwissFederalcustomslaw.
Article4
ThisAgreementshallapplytothePrincipality ofLiechtenstein as
longasthatPrincipality remainsboundtotheSwissConfederation bya
customsuniontreaty.
Article5
ThisAgreementshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthesecond
monthfollowingthedayonwhichtheContractingPartiesnotifyeachother
ofthecompletionoftheproceduresnecessarytothatend.
Article6
ThisAgreementmaybedenouncedbyanyoftheContractingParties,
subjecttosixmonths*notice.
Article7
ThisAgreementisdrawnupinthreecopiesintheDanish,Dutch,
English,French,GermanandItalianlanguages,allsixtextsbeingequally
authentic.
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ANNEXB
RECOMMENDATION
foraCouncilRegulation onthe
conclusionofanAgreement between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,the
RepublicofAustriaandthe
SwissConfederation ,ontheextension"
oftheapplication oftheruleson
Communitytransit
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission;
WhereastheAgreements*^^^betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andSwitzerland andAustriaontheapplication oftherulesonCommunity
transit,signedrespectively on23and30November1972,aredesigned
tosimplifyfrontierformalities inrepsectofgoodscrossingSwitzerland
orAustriafromandtopointsintheCommunity;
Whereasthisobjectiveisnotachievedwhenevergoodsduringthesame
journeycrossbothSwitzerland andAustria,eachAgreementbeingstrictly
bilateral;
Whereasitwouldbethe1nt9festsofalltheContracting Partiestothe
twoaforementioned Agreementstoextendtheirscopetoincludethe
carriageofgoodsthroughbothAustriaandSwitzerland;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,theRepublicof
AustriaandtheSwissConfederation ,ontheextensionoftheapplication
oftherulesonCommunitytransitisconcludedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
(1)0JNoL365,31.12.1973,p.226
(2)0JNoL58,28.2.1974,p.AO •••/••

ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisRegulation.
Article 2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilshall,byvirtueofArticle5oftheAgree­
ment,notifythecompletionbytheCommunity^'of theproceduresnecessary
fortheentryintoforceoftheAgreement.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(1)ThedateonwhichtheAgreemententersintoforcewillbepublished
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities