2000/8/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1999 extending the prohibition on the use of the comprehensive guarantee for certain Community transit operations introduced by Decision 96/743/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 3988) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Union transit, agricultural product, alcoholic beverage, animal product, customs regulations, tobacco industry

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 December 1999

extending the prohibition on the use of the comprehensive guarantee for certain Community
transit operations introduced by Decision 96/743/EC

(notified under document number C(1999) 3988)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/8/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council (2), and in particular Article
249 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of
2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1662/1999 (4), and in particular Article 362 thereof,

Whereas:

Under Commission Decision 96/743/EC of 9 December
1996 on the adoption of specific measures to tempor-
arily prohibit the use of the comprehensive guarantee
for certain external Community transit operations (5), as
amended by Decision 97/583/EC (6) and extended by
Decision
decided
temporarily to prohibit the use of the comprehensive
guarantee in such operations in respect of cigarettes of
HS subheading 2402 20 and certain goods listed in the
Annex to the Decision, which present an increased risk
of fraud;

the Commission

98/697/EC (7),

(4)

(5)

To protect the financial interests at risk in those opera-
it is necessary to maintain the measures for a
tions,
further 12 months pending full application of the new
rules on the comprehensive guarantee;

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
the Customs Code
accordance with the opinion of
Committee,

(1)

(2)

Under Article 362(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93
use of the comprehensive guarantee may be temporarily
prohibited, at the request of one or more Member States,
for goods presenting an increased risk of fraud;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The Commission has to determine at least once a year
whether there are grounds for maintaining the measures
adopted under Article 362(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93;

Article 1

The measures adopted by Decision 96/743/EC shall be
extended for a further period of 12 months.

(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 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.

(5) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 105.
(6) OJ L 237, 28.8.1997, p. 41.
(7) OJ L 332, 8.12.1998, p. 19.

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Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2000.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission