Council Regulation (EEC) No 222/77 of 13 December 1976 on Community transit
Official Journal L 038 , 09/02/1977 P. 0001 - 0019
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 3 P. 0003
Spanish special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 3 P. 0091
Portuguese special edition Chapter 02 Volume 3 P. 0091
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77
OF 13 DECEMBER 1976
ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 235 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 542/69 OF 18 MARCH 1969 ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE ACT OF ACCESSION , HAS BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE ADOPTION ; WHEREAS THE SAID REGULATION SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A NEW CONSOLIDATING REGULATION SO THAT USERS CAN REFER TO THE TEXT OF THE REGULATION ACTUALLY IN FORCE WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH ;
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY IS BASED ON A CUSTOMS UNION ;
WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOVERNED IN THE MAIN BY CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE I OF PART TWO OF THE TREATY ; WHEREAS THAT CHAPTER CONTAINS A SERIES OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS DEALING IN PARTICULAR WITH THE ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES , THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROGRESSIVE INTRODUCTION OF A COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND THE AUTONOMOUS ALTERATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE DUTIES THEREIN ; WHEREAS WHILE ARTICLE 27 PROVIDES THAT MEMBER STATES SHALL , BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE IN SO FAR AS MAY BE NECESSARY , TAKE STEPS TO APPROXIMATE THEIR PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW , REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN RESPECT OF CUSTOMS MATTERS , THAT ARTICLE DOES NOT EMPOWER THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ISSUE BINDING PROVISIONS IN THAT FIELD ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , A THOROUGH EXAMINATION UNDERTAKEN JOINTLY WITH MEMBER STATES HAS SHOWN THE NEED TO ESTABLISH , BY MEANS OF A REGULATION , A COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO AVOID A SUCCESSION OF NATIONAL CUSTOMS PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS ;
WHEREAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE , UNDER WHICH GOODS MOVE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN THE COMMUNITY , WILL FACILITATE TRANSPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR SIMPLIFY THE FORMALITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT WHEN INTERNAL FRONTIERS ARE CROSSED ;
WHEREAS UNDER A COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE GOODS BROUGHT INTO THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY CAN BE CARRIED FROM THE PLACE OF ENTRY TO THEIR DESTINATION OR , IN THE CASE OF PASSAGE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY , TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE AT THE POINT OF EXIT , WITHOUT RENEWED CUSTOMS FORMALITES WHEN THE GOODS CROSS FROM ONE MEMBER STATE TO ANOTHER ;
WHEREAS THE ADVANTAGES ARISING FROM THE SAID PROCEDURE IMPROVE THE FLOW