PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/89 OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMON TRANSIT AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE
Date: 1990-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Union transit, euro, mixed agreement

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Proposal 

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

ON  THE  APPLICATION  OF  DECISION  NO  2 / 69 

.OF  THE  EEC/EFTA  JOINT  COMMITTEE 

ON  COMMON  TRANSIT 

AMENDING  THE  CONVENTION  OF  20  MAY  1987  ON  A 

COMMON  TRANSIT  PROCEDURE 

( p r e s e n t ed  by  t he  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 

Application within the Community  of Decision No 
2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee - Common 
transit - amending Article 10(3) of the Convention 
of 20 May 1987 on a oommon transit procedure 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

The Convention of 20 May 1987, which sets out the essential 
rules governing trade betwwen the Community and the EFTA 
countries as well as between those countries, includes a 
definition of the value of the ecu. 

Since the Community provisions on the composition of the 
ecu have recently been amended, the Convention should also 
be amended to take account of the new composition. 

Such was the purpose of Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA 
Joint Committee - Common transit  , which is attached. 

That Decision needs to be rendered applicable within the 
Community by means of a Council regulation a proposed text 
for which is also attached. 

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PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION 
ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/89 
OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 
ON COMMON  TRANSIT 

OF 

AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY  1987 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 15(3)(b) 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) empowers the Joint Committee established by that 
Convention to adopt by decision amendments to the definition of 
the ecu as set out in Article 10(3) of the Convention; 

Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to amend Article 10(3) in 
order to take account of the recent change in Community rules 
governing the definition of the ecu; 

Whereas that amendment was the subjeot of Decision No 2/89 of the 
Joint Committee; 

Whereas measures to implement  that Deoision should therefore be 
taken, 

(1)  OJ NO L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

ARTICLE 1 

Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee amending the 
Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure shall 
apply within the Community. 

The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation. 

ARTICLE £ 

This Regulation shall enter into force on  the day following its 
publication in the Offical Journal of the European Communities. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

DECISION No  2/89 

OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 

ON COMMON  TRANSIT 

OF  8.12.1989 

AMENDING THE CONVENTION 

OF 20 MAY  1987 ON A 

COMMON TRANSIT  PROCEDURE 

THE JOINT COMMITTEE, 

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

in particular Article  15(3)(b) thereof. 

Whereas for the purposes of the Convention  the ecu is defined  in the same way as 

it is in the Community rules; 

Whereas those rules were recently changed, so that the ecu has been composed 

differently  since 21 September  1989; whereas the Convention  should therefore be 

adapted  to take account of the new composition of the ecu; 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

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Article 1 

In Article  10 of the Convention, paragraph 3 is hereby replaced by the following: 

"3.  For the purposes of the flat rate guarantee as provided  for in Appendices I 

and  II to this Convention, the ecu means the total of the following amounts: 

0,6242 

German mark 

0,08784  Pound  sterling 

1,332 

French franc 

151,8 

Italian lira 

0,2198 

Dutch guilder 

3,301 

Belgian  franc 

0,130 

Luxembourg franc 

0,1976 

Danish krone 

0,008552  Irish pound 

1,440 

Greek drachma 

6,885 

Spanish peseta 

1,393 

Portuguese  escudo 

The value of the ecu in a given currency shall be equal to the sum of the 

exchange values  in that currency of the amounts set out above." 

Article 2 

This decision shall enter into force on  1 May 1990. 

Done at 

For the Joint Committee 

The Chairman 

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DECLARATION  DE LA  COMMISSION 

AU SUJET DE L'IMPACT SUR L'ACTIVITE  ECONOMIQUE 

1. La  décision  n'  2/89  faisant  l'objet  de  la  présente  proposition  de 

règlement  du Conseil  vise à amender  la Convention  CEE-AELE  relative  à un 

régime  de  transit  commun  de manière  à  l'adapter  pour  tenir  compte  de  la 

nouvelle  composition  de  l'Ecu  telle  qu'elle  figure  dans  le  droit 

communautaire. 

2.  il  est  rappelé  que  cette  Convention  constitue  en  elle-même  un  facteur 

d'harmonisation  et  de  simplification  dans  les  échanges  entre  la 

Communauté  et  les pays de  l'AELE; elle s'inscrit  dans  le prolongement  de 

la déclaration  de  Luxembourg  du  9  avril  1984  visant  à  la création  d'un 

vaste  espace  économique  européen  dynamique  et  profitable  à  tous  et 

partant  a  pour  vocation  de  promouvoir  l'activité  économique  de 

l'ensemble  des partenaires. 

3. La décision  2/89 et  la proposition  de  règlement  qui  vise  à rendre  celle-

ci  applicable  dans  la  Communauté,  ayant  pour  objet  d'apporter  à  cette 

Convention  une  adaptation  technique  de  nature  à 

l'actualiser, 

s'inscrivent,  à  la fois  dans  leur  contexte  général  et  dans  leur  contenu 

spécifique  dans  la  ligne  d'action  positive  de  cette  Convention  sur 

l'activité économique. 

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