PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF DECISION 1/89 OF THE EEC-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE " SIMPLIFICATION OF FORMALITIES " AMENDING ANNEX II TO THE CONVENTION ON THE SIMPLIFICATION OF FORMALITIES IN TRADE IN GOODS AND THE APPLICATION OF DECISION 1/89 OF THE EEC - EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE " COMMON TRANSIT " AMENDING APPENDICES I, II, AND III TO THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY ON A COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE
Date: 1989-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Union transit, customs document, customs formalities, mixed agreement, single document, trading operation

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC89) 1°1 final 

Brussels,  1  June 1989 

Proposal for a 

concerning  the application  of  Decision  1/89 

of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Simplification  of  formalities 
amending  Annex  II to the  Convention  on  the  simplification  of 
formalities  in trade  in  goods 
and  the application  of  Decision  1/89 
of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Common  Transit" 
amending  Appendices  I,II and  III to the  Convention  of 
20 May  on a common  transit  procedure 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

SUBJECT ; Application  in  the  Community  of: 

-  Decision  1/89  of  the  EEC-EPTA  Joint  Committee  "Simplifi 

cation  of  formalities"  amending  Annex  II  to  the  Conven 

tion  between  the  European  Community  and  the  EFTA-coun-

tries  on  the  simplification  of  formalities  in  trade  in 

goods,  approved  on  behalf  of  the  Community  by  Council 

Decision  87/267/EEC  of  28  April  1987  (1). 

-  Decision  1/89  of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Common 

transit"  amending  Appendices  I,  II  and  III  to  the  Conven 

tion  between  the  European  Community  and  the  EFTA-Coun-

tries  on  a  common  transit  procedure,  approved  on  behalf 

of  the  Community  by  council  Decision  87/415/EEC  of  15 

June  1987 (2). 

1. The  annexes  or  appendices  to  those  Conventions  reproduce  in 

regard  to  trade  between  the  Community  and  the  EFTA-countries  and 

between  those  countries  themselves,  the  essential  points  of  Com 

munity  rules  relating  to  the  single  document  and  Community  tran 

sit  respectively. 

2.  The  rules  on  the  single  document  and  on  Community  transit  were 

recently  amended  and  adapted,  in  the  light  of  experience  gained. 

2.1.  With  regard  to  the  single  document,  these  amendments  or 

adaptations  are  essentially  aimed  at: 

-  clarifying  certain  provisions  regarding  the  methods  of 

printing,  completion  and  use  of  the  said  document; 

-  providing  for  a  colour  marking  of  the  different  copies  of 

the  forms. 

(1) OJ  NO  L  134,  22  May  1987 

(2)  OJ  No  L  226,  23  August  1987 

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2.2.  With  regard  to  Community  transit,  these  amendments  or  adap 

tations  are  essentially  concerned  with: 

-  the  use  of  additional  lists  as  loading  lists; 

-  adaptations  of  a  technical  nature  to  the  simplified 

procedure  for  the  carriage  of  goods  by  rail  by  means  of 

large  containers; 

-  the  content  of  the  authentication  of  T2L  and  T2Lbis 

documents ; 

-  the  waiver  of  signature  in  the  issue  of  T2L  documents 

within  the  framework  of  the  simplification  of  formalities 

at  departure; 

-  the  simplification  of  certain  forms. 

3. Consequently,  it  is  therefore  necessary  to  amend  and  adapt 

certain  provisions  of  the  abovementioned  Conventions. 

4.  This  is  the  purpose  of  the  attached  Decision  1/89  which  has  been 

adopted  by  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Simplification  of  forma 

lities"  and  of  the  attached  Decision  1/89  adopted  by  the  EEC-EFTA 

Joint  Committee  "Common  transit". 

5. These  Decisions  will  have  to  be  made  applicable  in  the  Community 

by  means  of  a  regulation,  the  proposal  for  which  is  also 

attached. 

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DRAFT 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No. 

Of 

concerning  the  application  of  Decision  1/89 

of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Simplification  of  formalities 

amending  Annex  II  to  the  Convention  on  the  simplification  of 

formalities  in  trade  in  goods 

and  the  application  of  Decision  1/89 

of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Common  Transit" 

amending  Appendices  I,II  and  III  to  the  Convention  of 

20  May  on  a  common  transit  procedure 

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, 

Whereas  Article  11(3)  of  the  Convention  between  the  European  Economic 

Community,  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland,  the 

Republic  of  Iceland,  the  Kingdom  of  Norway,  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and 

the  Swiss  Confederation  on  the  simplification  of  formalities  in  trade 

in  goods  ( 1 )  confers  on  the  Joint  Committee  set  up  by~EHTt  Convention 

the  power  to  adopt,  by  decision,  amendments  to  the  Annexes  to  the 

Convention ; 

Whereas  the  Joint  Committee  has  decided  to  amend  certain  provisions  of 

Annex  II  to  the  Convention; 

(1) O.J.  No.  L  134,  22.5.1987,  p 

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Whereas  those  amendments  are  the  subject  of  Decision  1/89  of  the  said 

Joint  Committee;  whereas  it  is  necessary  to  take  measures  for  the 

implementation  of  that  Decision, 

Whereas  Article  15  (3) of  the  Convention  between  the  European  Economic 

Community,  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland,  the 

Republic  of  Iceland,  the  Kingdom  of ..Norway,  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and 

the  Swiss  Confederation  on  a  common  transit  procedure  (1)  confers  on 

the  Joint  Committee  set  up  by  that  Convention  the  power  to  adopt,  by 

decision,  amendments  to  the  Appendices  to  the  Convention; 

Whereas  the  Joint  Committee  has  decided  to  amend  and  adapt  certain 

provisions  of  Appendices  I,II  and  III  to  the  Convention; 

Whereas  those  amendments  and  adaptions  are  the  subject  of  Decision 

1/89  of  the  Said  Joint  Committee;  whereas  it  is  necessary  to  take 

measures  for  the  implementation  of  that  Decision, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article  1 

Decision  1/89  of  the  EEC/EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Simplification  of 

formalities"  amending  Annex  II  to  the  Convention  on  the  simplification 

of  formalities  in  trade  in  goods  shall  apply  in  the  Community. 

The  text  of  the  said  Decision  is  attached  to  this  Regulation. 

(1) O.J.  No.  L  226*,  13.8.1987  p.1 

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Article  2 

Decision  1/89  of  the  EEC-EFTA  Joint  Committee  "Common  transit" 

amending  Appendices  I,  II  and  III  to  the  Convention  on  a  common 

transit  procedure  shall  apply  in  the  Community. 

The  text  of  the  said  Decision  is  attached  to  this  Regulation. 

Article  3 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  its 

publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirely  and  directly 

applicable  in  all  Member  States. 

Done  at 

1989. 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

DECISION  No  1/89 

OF  THE  EEC-EFTA  JOINT  COMMITTEE 

" S I M P L I F I C A T I ON  OF  F O R M A L I T I E S" 

OF  3  MAY  1989 

AMENDING  ANNEX  II  TO  THE  C O N V E N T I ON  ON  THE  S I M P L I F I C A T I ON 

OF  FORMALITIES  IN  TRADE  IN  GOODS 

CONV/AELE/en 1 

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THE JOINT COMMITTEE, 

Having regard  to the Convention on the simplification  of formalities  in trade in 

goods, and in particular Article  11(3) thereof, 

Whereas Annex  II to the Convention  contains the methods of print, completion and 

use of the single document; whereas experience has shown the necessity of 

clarifying some of these provisions; whereas the manual processing of the 

different  copies of the single document  would be facilitated  by a colour marking 

of those copies; whereas it is therefore appropriate to amend  this Annex; whereas 

this amendment  is without prejudice to Article 4(3) fifth indent of the 

Convention, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

The following paragraph is inserted  in Article 2 of Annex  II to the Convention: 

"la. A colour marking of the different  copies of the forms shall be effected in 

the following manner: 

(a) on forms conforming to the specimens  shown  in Appendices  1 and 3 of Annex I: 

CONV/AELE/en  2 

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- copies  1, 2, 3 and  5 shall have at  the right hand edge a continuous margin 

coloured respectively  red, green, yellow and blue; 

- copies 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall have at  the right  hand edge a broken margin 

coloured  respectively  blue, red, green and yellow. 

(b) on forms conforming  to the specimens shown in Appendices  2 and 4 of Annex I, 

copies  1/6, 2/7, 3/8 and 4/5 shall have at the right hand edge a continuous 

margin and, to the right  of this, a broken margin coloured  respectively  red, 

green, yellow and blue. 

The width of these margins  shall be approximately  3 millimetres.  The broken 

margin shall comprise a series of squares with a side measurement  of 

3 millimetres each one separated by 3 millimetres." 

Article 2 

Title  II of Appendix  3 of Annex  II to the Convention  is amended as follows under 

the heading "I. Formalities  in the country of export": 

1) the second  subparagraph of "Box 8: Consignee" is replaced by the following: 

CONV/AELE/en 3 

7 

"This box is optional  for the Contracting Parties as far as export  formalities 

are concerned.  For transit  purposes,  it shall be obligatory  but the 

Contracting Parties may allow that  this box need not be completed  where the 

consignee is established  outside the territory of the Contracting Parties. 

The identification number need not be shown at this stage.". 

2) The first  subparagraph of "Box 31: Packages and description of goods - Marks 

and numbers  - Containers No(s) - Number and kind" is amended as follows: 

"Enter the marks, numbers, number and kind of packages or, in the case of 

unpackaged goods, the number of such goods covered by the declaration, or the 

word "bulk", as appropriate; the normal trade description must be entered in 

all cases; for export purposes this description must  comprise the particulars 

necessary to identify the goods.  Where box 33 "Commodity Code" must be 

completed,  this description must be expressed  in sufficiently precise terms 

to allow classification of the goods.  This box must  also show the 

particulars required by any specific rules  (excise duties, etc.).  If 

containers are used, the identifying marks of the containers should also be 

entered  in this box.". 

CONV/AELE/en  4 

4° 

Article 3 

Forms which were used prior to the date of entry  into force of this Decision may 

continue  to be used until  stocks are exhausted,  and, at  the  latest  until 

31 December  1991. 

Article  4 

This Decision  shall enter into force on  1 July  1989. 

However, Article  2 shall apply with effect  from  1 October  1989. 

Done at  Innsbruck,  3 May  1989 

For the Joint  Committee 

The Chairman 

0.  GRATSCHMAYER 

CONV/AELE/en  5 

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DECISION No 1/89 

OF THE EEC-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE - COMMON TRANSIT 

OF 3 MAY 1989 

AMENDING APPENDICES I. II and III 

TO THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 

ON A COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE 

CONV/AELE/I/en 1 

At 

THE JOINT COMMITTEE -

Having regard  to the Convention of 20 May  1987 on a common  transit  procedure and 

in particular Article  15(3)(a) thereof, 

Whereas Appendix  I to the Convention contains, in particular, the provisions on 

the possibility of changing the office of destination; whereas it is necessary to 

adapt  these provisions to take account  also of the case of goods subject to 

restrictions or duties on exit  from the EFTA countries; 

Whereas the provisions  in the Convention between the European Economic  Community 

and the EFTA countries on the simplification  of formalities  in trade in goods 

allow authorization of the use of additional  lists; whereas for the purposes of 

simplification  this possibility  should be extended  to common  transit operations; 

whereas  it is therefore necessary  to amend Appendix  II to the Convention; 

Whereas the simplified  common  transit procedure for the carriage of goods by rail 

by means of large containers  is effected under cover of a special  transport 

document which is equivalent  to a customs transit document and which is entitled 

"TR Transfer Note"; 

Whereas the model of this document has been recently adapted; whereas, moreover, 

nothing prohibits the use of this document by the transport undertaking  concerned 

for all transports carried out even without  application of the simplified 

procedure for common  transit; 

CONV/AELE/I/en 3 

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Whereas  these reforms necessitate a number of adaptations of a technical nature 

to the provisions concerning this simplified procedure; 

Whereas  it is necessary to specify the elements which must  comprise the 

authentication of T2L documents and, where necessary, T2L bis documents, where 

these are authenticated  by the customs authorities of the country of departure; 

Whereas it is desirable to exempt  the authorized  consignor from the handwritten 

signature requirement  in respect  of T2L documents where such documents are 

produced by an electronic or automatic data processing  system; 

Whereas it has proved useful to simplify  the presentation of certain forms used 

in the application of the common  transit procedure by replacing their 

multilingual  title by a code attributed  to each form for the purposes of 

identifying it, together with the title in the language of the form itself; 

Whereas Appendix  III to the Convention contains the methods of print,  completion 

and use of the forms on which T1 or T2 declarations are established;  whereas 

experience has shown the need to clarify some of these provisions; whereas the 

manual processing of different  copies of forms on which T1 or T2 declarations are 

established would be facilitated by a colour marking of these copies; whereas it 

is therefore appropriate to amend this Appendix, 

CONV/AELE/I/en 4 

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

Appendix I to the Convention is hereby  amended as follows: 

Article  26(4),  third  subparagraph is replaced by the following: 

"However, no such change of office of destination  shall be authorized in respect 

of a T1 document  bearing one of the following  endorsements: 

-  Sa I ida de 

(1) 

-  U d f 0 r s el  fra  ( 1) 

-  A u s g a ng  a us 

- 

EZoôoç  airô 

( 1) 

( 1) 

s o m e t i da  a  r e s t r i c e i o n es 

u n d e r g i v et  rest r i k t i o n er 

B e s c h r a n k u n g en  u n t e r w o r f en 

uiroKetpevn  oe  Ttep i op i o p o ûç 

-  Export  from 

s u b j e ct 

to 

r e s t r i c t i o ns 

-  S o r t le  de 

soumise  à  des 

r e s t r i c t i o ns 

-  Usci ta  d a l la  (dal I ' ) 

( 1) 

a s s o g g e t t a ta  a 

r e s t r i z i o ni 

-  V e r l a t en  van 

aan  b e p e r k i n g en  o n d e r w o r p en 

-  S a l da  da 

s u j e i ta  a  r e s t r i c o es 

(1)  This  endorsement  shall  comprise,  as  appropriate  and  in  the  language  of  the 

said  endorsement,  the  words:  "the  Community",  or  "Austria",  or  "Finland",  or 
"Iceland",  or  "Norway",  or  "Sweden",  or  "Switzerland". 

j 

CONV/AELE/I/en  5 

A) 

-  Vi e nt i 

< 1 ) 

rajoitusten  alaista 

Ut flut ni n g ur  f ra 

/  ( 1 ) 

haô*ur  takmorkunum 

-  U t f a r s el  fra 

(1 ) 

-  Utforsel  frân 

(1 ) 

underlagt  restriksjoner 

underkastad  restriktioner 

-  Sa I i da  de 

(1 ) 

-  Udf0rsel  fra 

(1 ) 

-  A u s g a ng  a us 

-  EEoôoç  aire 

(1 ) 

(1 ) 

sujeta  a  pago  de  derechos 

betinget  af  afgiftsbeta Iing 

Abgabenerhebung  unterworfen 

uTTOKEipevn,  OE  eiuBâpuvon, 

-  E x p o rt 

f r om 

subject  to  duty 

-  S o r t ie  de 

soumise  à  imposition 

-  U s c i ta  d al la  ( d a ll ' ) 

(1) 

assoggettata  a  tassazione 

-  Verlaten  van 

-  Sa i da  da 

(1 ) 

w .  „ . ( 1) 
Vienti 

Gjaldskyldur 

ut flutningur  f ré 

(1 ) 

-  Utf0rseI  fra 

(1 ) 

-  Utforsel  frSn 

(1  ) 

aan  be lastingheffing  onderworpen 

sujeita  a  pagamento  de  imposiçoes 

m a k s u j en  a l a i s ta 

b e l a gt  med  a v g i f t er 

u n d e r k a s t ad 

a v g i f t e r" 

(1)  This  endorsement  s h a ll  comprise,  as  appropriate  and  in  the  language  of  the 

s a id  endorsement,  the  words:  "the  Community",  or  "Austria",  or  "Finland",  or 
"Iceland",  or  "Norway",  or  "Sweden",  or  "Switzerland". 

CONV/AELE/I/en  6 

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Appendix  II to the Convention  is hereby  amended  as follows: 

Article  2 

(1) Article  8 is replaced  by  the  following: 

"Article 8 

1.  The competent  customs  authorities  of each  country may allow  the use, as 

loading  lists within  the meaning of Article  1(2), of  lists which do not 

comply with all the  requirements  of Article  2(1), 5(a) and  (9), second  and 

third  subparagraphs,  and of Article  6. 

Use of such  lists shall only be allowed where: 

(a) they are produced  by  firms whose  records  are based  on an electronic  or 

automatic  data processing  system;  and 

(b) they  are designed  and  completed  in such a way  that  they  can be used 

without  difficulty  by  the competent  customs  and  statistical  authorities; 

and 

(c) they  include  for each  item  the number,  kind  and marks  and numbers  of 

packages, the description  of the goods, the country  of  dispatch/export 

and  the gross mass  in kilograms. 

CONV/AELE/I/en  7 

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2.  Use, as loading lists as referred to in paragraph  1, of descriptive lists 

drawn up for the purposes of carrying out dispatch/export  formalities may 

also be allowed even where these  lists are produced by firms whose records 

are not based on an electronic or automatic data processing  system." 

(2) The following Article 8(a) is inserted after Article 8: 

"Article 8(a) 

The competent  customs authorities of each country may allow firms whose 

records are based on an electronic or automatic data processing system and 

who, by virtue of Article 8, are already authorized  to use lists of a special 

type, to use such lists for T1 or T2 operations involving only one type of 

goods where this facility is made necessary by the computer programmes  of the 

firms concerned." 

(3) In the Italian and Portuguese versions Article 38(3) is replaced by the 

following in the language concerned: 

"3. No formalities need to be carried out at the office of destination." 

(4) Article 44 is replaced by the following: 

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"Article 44 

Formalities under the T1 or T2 procedure shall be simplified  in accordance 

with Articles 45 to 61, for the carriage of goods which the railway 

authorities effect by means of large containers, using transport  undertakings 

as intermediaries and making use of Transfer Notes referred  to for the 

purposes of this Appendix as "TR Transfer Note".  These operations include, 

where appropriate, the dispatch of consignments by transport  undertakings 

using modes of transport other than rail, in the country of consignment  to the 

railway station of departure in that country and in the country of destination 

from the railway station of destination  in that country and any transport  by 

sea in the course of the movement  between these two stations." 

(5) Article 45(3),  first  subparagraph,  the last sentence is replaced by the 

following: 

"This number shall be made up of 8 digits preceded by the letters "TR"." 

(6) Article 45(4),  second subparagraph, the first  sentence  is replaced by the 

following: 

"The number of lists shall be shown in the box provided for indicating the 

number of lists at the top right hand corner of the TR Transfer Note." 

CONV/AELE/I/en 9 

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(7) Article 61(1) is replaced by the following: 

"1. The provisions of Articles 29 to 58 shall not preclude the use of the 

procedure provided for in Appendix  I, in which case Articles 31 and 33 or 47 

and 50 shall nevertheless apply." 

(8) Article 61(2) is replaced by the following: 

"2.  In the case referred to in paragraph  1, a reference to the transit 

document or documents used shall be clearly entered  in the box reserved for 

particulars of accompanying documents, at the time when the International 

Consignment  Note or the International  Express Parcels Consignment  Note or 

the TR Transfer Note is filled in.  That reference shall specify the type, 

office of issue, date and registration number of each document  used. 

In addition, sheet 2 of the International Consignment  Note or of the 

International Express Parcels Consignment  Note or sheets  1 and 2 of the TR 

Transfer Note shall be authenticated by the railway authority  responsible 

for the last railway station involved  in the transit operation.  That 

authority  shall authenticate the document  after ascertaining that  carriage 

of the goods is covered by the transit document  or documents referred to. 

CONV/AELE/I/en  10 

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to 

Where  the transit  operations  referred  to in paragraph  1 and  in the first 

subparagraph  of this paragraph  end  in an EFTA  country,  that  country may 

stipulate  that  sheet  2 of  the  International  Consignment  Note or of the 

International  Express  Parcels Consignment  Note or sheets  1 and  2 of the TR 

Transfer Note shall be produced  at the customs  office  responsible  for the 

last  station  involved  in the transit  operation.  That  customs  office  shall 

authenticate  the sheet  after  ascertaining  that  carriage  of the goods  is 

covered  by the transit  document  or documents  referred  to." 

(9) Article 61(3) is deleted. 

(10) Article  84(2) is replaced  by  the  following: 

"2.  The T2L document  and, where necessary, T2Lbis  document(s) shall be 

authenticated  by the customs  authorities  of the country  of departure  on 

application  by  the person  concerned.  The authentication  shall  comprise  the 

following which  should,  as far as possible,  appear  in box C  (office of 

departure) of these documents: 

(a) in the case of the T2L document  the name and  stamp  of the  customs 

office, the signature  of the competent  official,  the date of 

authentication  and either a registration  number  or the number  of the 

dispatch  or export  declaration; 

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(b) in the case of the T2Lbis document  the number appearing on the 

T2L document.  This number must be inserted either by means of a stamp 

incorporating the name of the customs office of the country of 

departure or by hand.  In the latter case it must be accompanied  by the 

official stamp of the office. 

These documents shall be returned  to the person concerned as soon as the 

customs formalities connected with the dispatch of the goods to the country 

of destination have been  completed." 

(11) In Article 85(2) the first  subparagraph  is replaced by the following: 

"The upper part of the box referred to in Article 6(b) is intended for the 

symbol "T2L"; the lower part of that box is intended for the authentication 

by customs as provided for in Article  84(2Mb)." 

(12) The following Article 92(a) is inserted after Article 92: 

"Article 92(a) 

1. The customs authorities may authorize the authorized  consignor, not to 

sign T2L documents bearing the special stamp referred  to in Annex  IX to 

this Appendix and drawn up by an electronic or automatic data processing 

system.  Such authorization  shall be subject  to the condition that the 

authorized  consignor has previously given those authorities a written 

undertaking acknowledging his liability for the legal consequences arising 

from all T2L documents issued bearing the special stamp." 

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2.  T2L  documents  drawn  up  in  accordance  with  paragraph  1,  shall  contain  in 

the  box  rftserved  for  the  authorized  consignor's  signature  one  of  the 

following  forms  of  wording: 

-  D i s p e n sa  de 

f  i  rma 

-  F r i t a g et 

f or 

u n d e r s k r i ft 

-  F r e i s t e l l u ng  v on  d er  U n t e r s c h r i f ts  l ei  s t u ng 

-  ÛEV  a n a  i  T e  i  T a  i  u T r o y p a vn 

-  S i g n a t u re  wa i ved 

-  D i s p e n se  de  s i g n a t u re 

-  Dispensa  dalla  firma 

-  Van  o n d e r t e k e n i ng  v r i j g e s t e ld 

-  D i s p e n s a da  a  a s s i n a t u ra 

-  V a p a u t e t tu  a I l e k i r j o i t u k s e s ta 

-  Undanbegiô"  u n d i r s k r i ft 
f or  u n d e r s k r i ft 
-  F r i t a tt 

-  B e f r i ad 

f r Sn 

u n d e r s k r i f t" 

A r t i c le  3 

Annexes II, III, IV and V of Appendix II to the Convention shall be replaced 

respectively by Annexes A. B, C and D to this Decision. 

Article 4 

Appendix III to the Convention is amended as follows: 

(1) In Article 2, the following paragraph is inserted: 

•'l(a) A colour marking of the different  copies of the forms shall be effected 

in the following manner: 

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(a) on forms conforming  to the specimens shown in Annexes  I and III: 

- copies  1, 2, 3 and 5 shall have at the right hand edge a continuous 

margin coloured  respectively  red, green, yellow and blue; 

- copies 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall have at the right hand edge a broken 

margin coloured respectively blue, red, green and yellow; 

(b) on forms conforming to the specimens shown in Annexes  II and IV 

copies  1/6, 2/7, 3/8 and 4/5 shall have at the right hand edge a 

continuous margin and to the right of this a broken margin coloured 

respectively, red, green, yellow and blue. 

The width of these margins shall be approximately 3 millimetres.  The 

broken margin shall comprise a series of squares of a side of 

3 millimetres, each one separated by 3 millimetres." 

(2) Annex VII, Title II, under the heading "Box 8: Consignee", the first 

subparagraph  is replaced by the following: 

"Enter the full name and address of the person(s) or company(ies) to whom the 

goods are to be delivered.  The Contracting Parties may allow that this box 

need not be completed where the consignee is established  outside the 

territory of the Contracting Parties". 

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(3) Annex VII, Title  II, the text under the heading "Box 31: Packages and 

description of goods - Harks and numbers  - Container No(s) - Number and kind" 

is replaced by the following: 

"Enter the marks, numbers, number and kind of packages or, in the case of 

unpackaged goods, enter the number of such goods covered by the declaration, 

or the word "bulk", as appropriate; the normal trade description must be 

entered  in all cases; where box 33 "Commodity Code" must be completed,  this 

description must be expressed  in sufficiently precise terms to allow 

classification of the goods.  This box must  also show the particulars 

required by any specific rules  (excise duties, etc.).  If containers are 

used, the identifying marks of the containers must  also be entered  in this 

box." 

(4) Annex VII, Title  II, the following subparagraph  is added under the heading 

"Box 35: Gross Hass": 

"Where a declaration  concerns several types of goods, it is sufficient  to 

indicate the total gross* mass- in the first box 35, the other boxes 35 shall 

not be  completed." 

(5) Annex VIII, the text under the heading "Box 31: Packages and description of 

goods - Harks and numbers  - Container No(s) - Number and kind" is replaced by 

the following: 

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"Enter the marks, numbers, number and kind of packages or, in the case of 

unpackaged goods, enter the number of such goods covered by the document, or 

the word "bulk", as appropriate, together with the particulars necessary to 

identify the goods; the description  of the goods means the normal trade 

description; where box 33 "Commodity Code" must be completed,  this 

description must be expressed  in sufficiently precise terms to allow 

classification of the goods.  This box must  also show the particulars 

required by any specific rules  (excise duties, etc.).  If containers are 

used, the identifying marks of the containers should also be entered  in this 

box." 

(6) Annex VIII, the following subparagraph is added under the heading "Box 35: 

Gross Mass": 

"Where a T2L document  concerns several types of goods, it is sufficient  to 

indicate the total gross mass in the first box 35, the other boxes 35 shall 

not be completed." 

Article 5 

Forms shown in Annexes  II, III, IV and V of Appendix  II to the Convention 

(transit advice notes, receipts, guarantee certificates, flat rate guarantee 

vouchers) and forms shown in Annexes  I to IV of Appendix  III (single document) 

which were used prior to the date of entry into force of this Decision may 

continue to be used until stocks are exhausted,  and at the latest until 

31 December 1991. 

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Article 6 

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1989. 

However, Articles 1, 2(1), (2), (10),  (11) and (12), 3 and 4(2) to (6) shall 

apply with effect from 1 October 1989. 

Done at Innsbruck, 3 May 1989 

For the Joint Committee 

The Chairman 

0. GRATSCHMAYER 

\ 

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ANNEX  A 

"ASSEXU 

TO 10 TRANSIT ADVICE NOTE 

Identification of muni of trantporc: 

TRANSIT DOCUMENT 

Type  (T1.T2.T2ES 
T2PT) and number 

Office of departure 

OFFICE OF TRANSIT INTENDED 
(AND COUNTRY* 

CONV/AELE/I/Annex  A/en  1 

2Ï 

ANNEX  B 

'KNNEX  111 

TC  11  RECEIPT 

The  customs  office  at 

hereby  certifies  that  document  T l,  T 2,  T2ES,  T 2 P T (l) 

Control  Copy  T  5  (l  ) 

registered  on 

under  No 

by  the  office  at 
has been lodged  and that no irregularity has been observed to date concerning the consignment  to  which 
this  document  refers. 

Official 
stamp 

At 

. . on 

19. 

(Place) 

(Date) 

(')  Delete as necessary. 

(Signature) 

CONV/AELE/I/Annex  B/en  1 

if 

T.C. 31 - CERTIFICATE OP GUARANTEE 

"ANNEX IV 

ANNEX  C 

(recto/ 

1.  Valid  until 

3.  Principal 

(Surname  and  forename,  or  name 
of company, and complete address 
and country) 

4.  Guarantor 

(Surname  and  forename,  or  name 
of company, and complete address 
and  country) 

5.  Guarantee  office 

(Complete  address and country) 

6.  Guarantee cover 

(in  national  currency) 

Day  Month  Year 
ll 

i

t

2.  No 

(in  figures): 

(in words): 

7.  The guarantee office  certifies that the above-named principal it authorized to carry out  T 1 / T 2 / T 2 E S / T 2 PT  O p e r a t i o ns 

f o l l o w i ng  c o u n t r i es 

( e x c e pt  where  d e l e t e d) 

in  t.he 

BELGIUM  DENMARK  GERMANY' 
IRELAND 
AUSTRIA 

ITALY 
FINLAND 

LUXEMBOURG  NETHERLANDS 
ICELAND 

NORWAY 

GREECE 

FRANCE 

SPAIN 
PORTUGAL  UNITED  KINGDOM 
SWEDEN 

SWITZERLAND 

8.  Validity  extended  until 

Day  Month  Year 

1 

1 

1 

1  inclusive 

(Place <rf signature) 

< DJI*' 

(Place of signature) 

(Date) 

(Signature and stamp) 

(Signature and stamp) 

s 8 
«s 
II 

9.  Persons-authorizediosign  Ï 1 / T 2 / T 2 E S / T2  PT  d e c l a r a t i o ns  on  b e h a lf  of  t he  p r i n c i p al 

1 

t«  Surname, forename  and 
specimen signature  of 
.luthorired person 

11.  Signature  of  principal  (') 

10.  Surname,  forename  and 
specimen signature  of 
authorized  person 

11.  Signature of  principal  (') 

2 
t 
s 
x 
I 

M 

"I  c. 
i 
•* 

1  I 

CONV/AELE/i/Annex  C/en  1 

?o 

'ANKEX  V 

ANNEX  D 

(reeto) 

T . C.  32  -  FLAT-RATE  GUARANTEE  VOUCHER 

A  OOO  OOO 

Issued  by: 

(Name and address of individual or  firm) 

(Undertaking  of  the guarantor  accepted  on 

by  the office  of  guarantee  of 

, 

, 

.). 

This voucher is ralid for an amount of up to 7 000 ECU for one  T 1 / T 2 / T 2 E S / T 2 PT  o p e r a t i on 
beginning not later...than 

and  in  respect  of  which  the principal  is 

(Name and address of individual or firm) 

(Signature of principal (')) 

(Signature and sump of guarantor) 

(>) Signature optional. 

To  be completed  by  office  of  departure 

Transit 

operation 

effected 

under 

document 

T 1 / T 2 / T 2 E S / T 2 PT 

registered 

on 

under  No 

by  die 

office  at 

(verso) 

(Officiai «camp) 

(Signature) 

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