2002/281/EC: Decision No 1/2002 of the EC-San Marino Cooperation Committee of 22 March 2002 amending Decision No 4/92 of the EEC-San Marino Cooperation Committee concerning certain methods of administrative cooperation for the implementation of the Interim Agreement and the procedure for forwarding goods to the Republic of San Marino
Date: 2002-03-22
Institutions: EEC–San Marino Cooperation Committee
Subjects: San Marino, administrative cooperation, free movement of goods, interim agreement (EU)

16.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 99/23

DECISION No 1/2002 OF THE EC-SAN MARINO COOPERATION COMMITTEE

of 22 March 2002

amending Decision No 4/92 of the EEC-San Marino Cooperation Committee concerning certain
methods of administrative cooperation for the implementation of the Interim Agreement and the
procedure for forwarding goods to the Republic of San Marino

(2002/281/EC)

THE EC-SAN MARINO COOPERATION COMMITTEE,

1. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1:

Having regard to the Interim Agreement on trade and customs
union between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of San Marino (1), and in particular Article 13(8)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(EEC) No

Commission Regulation (EC) No 75/98 of 12 January
1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying
down provisions for the implementation of Council
the
Regulation
Community Customs Code (2) lays down detailed rules
for the identification of goods bound for, or coming
from, parts of the customs territory of the Community
where the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on
VAT (3), as last amended by Directive 2001/4/EC (4),
does not apply.

establishing

2913/92

Article 2(4) of Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25
February 1992 on the general arrangements for products
subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement
and monitoring of such products (5), as last amended by
Directive 2000/47/EC (6), provides
transactions
originating in, or intended for, San Marino are to be
treated as transactions originating in, or intended for,
the Italian Republic.

that

Decision No 4/92 of the EEC-San Marino Cooperation
Committee (7) defines the documents to be used for
movement of goods between the Community and San
Marino. That Decision should therefore be amended to
take account of
the abovementioned provision of
Directive 92/12/EEC and the rules laid down in Regula-
tion (EC) No 75/98,

For the purposes of Article 3 and Article 4(1), “docu-
‘3.
ment having equivalent effect” shall mean in particular the
accompanying administrative document referred to in Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2719/92 (*).

(*) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2719/92 of 11

September 1992 on the accompanying administrative
document
for the movement under duty-suspension
arrangements of products subject to excise duty (OJ L
276, 19.9.1992, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2225/93 (OJ L 198, 7.8.1993, p.
5).’;

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

In order to prove that goods dispatched to San Marino
are in free circulation within the Community:

— document T2 or T2F, duly stamped by the customs

office of departure, or

— the original of document T2L or T2LF, or

— a document having equivalent effect

shall be submitted to the competent authorities of San
Marino.’;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

3. Article 4(2) shall be replaced by the following:

Article 1

Decision No 4/92 of
Committee is hereby amended as follows:

the EEC-San Marino Cooperation

(1) OJ L 359, 9.12.1992, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 7, 13.1.1998, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 26, 27.1.2001, p. 40.
(5) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 197, 29.7.2000, p. 73.
(7) OJ L 42, 19.2.1993, p. 34.

‘2. Where goods previously brought into San Marino
under the cover of a T2F or T2LF document or a docu-
ment having equivalent
are presented to the
effect
competent authorities of San Marino for forwarding to
the Community, those authorities shall draw up a T2F or
T2LF document or a document having equivalent effect
including a reference to the document which accompa-
nied the goods at the time of their arrival in San Marino.
This document (T2F, T2LF or document having equivalent
effect) must be submitted to the office of entry in the
Community.’

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Official Journal of the European Communities

16.4.2002

This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its adoption.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2002.

For the EC-San Marino Cooperation
Committee

The President

Matthias BRINKMANN