2004/388/EC: Commission Decision of 15 April 2004 on an Intra-Community transfer of explosives document (notified under document number C(2004) 1332)
Date: 2004-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: explosive, intra-EU trade, product safety

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 April 2004

on an Intra-Community transfer of explosives document

(notified under document number C(2004) 1332)

(2004/388/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 1993/15/EEC of 5 April
1993 on the harmonisation of the provisions relating to the
placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil
uses (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The system for transferring explosives within the terri-
tory of the Community established by Directive 1993/
the different
15/EEC provides
for
competent authorities
the zones of
origin, transit and destination of the explosives.

the approval of
responsible for

A model document to be used for the transfer of explo-
the
sives, comprising the information required for
purposes of Article 9(5) and (6) of Directive 93/15/EEC,
should be established, in order to facilitate transfers of
explosives between Member States while preserving the
necessary security requirements for the transfer of these
products.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee established pursuant
to Article 13(1) of
Directive 1993/15/EEC,

(1) OJ L 121, 15.5.1993, p. 20. Directive amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L
284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

1.
The information required for the purposes of Article 9(5)
and (6) of Directive 1993/15/EEC shall be provided using the
model ‘Intra-Community transfer of explosives document’ set
out in the Annex and accompanying explanatory notes.

2.
The model document shall be accepted by the competent
authorities as a valid transfer document to accompany the
explosives for transfers between Member States until the explo-
sives arrive at their destination.

3.

This Decision shall not apply to ammunition.

Article 2

The Intra-Community transfer of explosives document, herein-
after referred to as ‘the document’, shall be established in tripli-
cate. Member States shall take appropriate measures, including
adequate means of secure identification, to ensure that the
document cannot be falsified.

Article 3

The document shall be printed on paper weighing at least
80 g/m2. The paper's strength shall be such that in normal use
it does not easily tear or crease.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from six months after publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union. Its entry into force
shall leave existing fixed period approvals for multiple transfers
valid until their expiry date.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 15 April 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Intra-Community transfer of explosives document

(Article 9(5) and (6) of Directive 93/15/EEC)

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