Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999 of 28 July 1999 amended Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs regulations, customs territory (EU), customs union, legal code, re-export, vehicle rental

29. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 197/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1662/1999

of 28 July 1999

amended Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of
12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs
Code (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council
Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 (2), and in particular Article 249
thereof,

for cases

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 502/1999 (4),
in which simplifications of
provides
the
inward-processing
authorised
procedure may
pursuant to a decision of the Commission; whereas it is
appropriate to modify the procedure for granting an
authorisation allowing facilitation of specific triangular
trade flows with a sufficiently large number of prior
export operations;

be

(2) Whereas temporary importation of means of transport
should meet the needs of tourism in geographic regions
of the Community depending on third-country transport
infrastructures;

(3) Whereas it is desirable to extend the list in Annex 87 on
economic grounds for PVC material for processing into
filmscreens;

(4) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore

be amended accordingly;

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall be amended as follows:

1. Article 601(6) is replaced by the following:

‘6. Where more than one Member State is involved in the
aggregation of prior exports, the procedure provided for
in Article 556(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.';

2.

in Article 719(11), the following point (d) is added:

‘(d) in general or individual cases other than those referred
to in points (a), (b) and (c), the customs authorities may
authorise natural persons established in the customs
territory of the Community to use in that territory a
vehicle hired under a written contract outside it and
meeting the conditions laid down in paragraph 3(c).
The authorisation for such use shall be subject to the
condition that
the countries where the vehicles are
hired and registered authorise temporary importation
under comparable circumstances for vehicles hired and
registered in the customs territory of the Community.

The vehicle shall be re-exported or returned to a car-
hire service established in the customs territory of the
Community for later re-exportation within eight days of
the entry into force of the contract. The contract shall
be presented at the request of the customs authorities.';

3. Annex 87 is amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.

Article 2

(5) Whereas the measures provided for by this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 65, 12.3.1999, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 7. 1999

The following point is added to Annex 87 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93:

ANNEX

Column 1

Column 2

Order No

Goods for which processing under customs
control is authorised

Processing which may be carried out

‘19

PVC material
3921 90 60

falling within CN code

Processing into fimscreens falling within CN
code 9010 60 00'