HAMPER FURTHER SIMPLIFICATION UNDER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE RULES APPLICABLE WITH REGARD TO REPRESENTATION VIS-A-VIS THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OR REGARDING THE RESPONSIBILITY RESULTING FROM THE TYPE OF REPRESENTATION THAT MAY BE CHOSEN ; WHEREAS IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF THE USE OF MODERN TECHNIQUES , NOTABLY COMPUTERIZED TECHNIQUES , FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF DATA ;
WHEREAS THE INTRODUCTION OF A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES AN INTERMEDIATE STAGE IN THE ABOLITION OF ALL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTATION IN TRADE IN GOODS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THE NEXT STAGE IN THIS ABOLITION MAY BE ACHIEVED BY DEVELOPING COMPUTERIZED TECHNIQUES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES , EVEN WHEN COMPUTERIZED , WILL ONLY BE JUSTIFIED FOR AS LONG AS ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES REMAIN NECESSARY IN THE TRADE CONCERNED , SINCE THE GOAL SET BY THE TREATY IS TOTAL ABOLITION OF THESE FORMALITIES ;
WHEREAS MORE FLEXIBLE PROCEDURES SHOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR IN COMMUNITY TRADE IN GOODS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES BECAUSE OF THE PREFERENTIAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH SUCH TRADE IS CARRIED ON AND THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE CHARGES AND ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO IT ; WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THAT GOODS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF SUCH TRADE ARE NOT HELD UP MORE THAN NECESSARY WHEN THE FORMALITIES REQUIRED ARE BEING COMPLETED , PARTICULARLY WHERE THE DECLARATION LODGED IS INCOMPLETE ; WHEREAS EXTENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION SHOULD ENABLE A RAPID SOLUTION TO BE FOUND TO MANY PROBLEMS ;
WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE UNIFORM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION AND , FOR THIS PURPOSE , TO PROVIDE FOR A COMMUNITY PROCEDURE THAT WILL ALLOW THE ADOPTION WITHIN APPROPRIATE TIME LIMITS OF A NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY FOR CLOSE AND EFFECTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION TO BE ORGANIZED FOR THIS PURPOSE WITHIN A COMMITTEE ;
WHEREAS SUCH SIMPLIFICATION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ATTAIN ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE TREATY HAS NOT PROVIDED THE NECESSARY POWERS SPECIFIC FOR THIS PURPOSE AND THIS REGULATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE BASED ON ARTICLE 235 THEREOF ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO OTHER COMMUNITY PROVISIONS , THIS REGULATION LAYS DOWN MEASURES TO SIMPLIFY FORMALITIES IN TRADE IN GOODS BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES , IN PARTICULAR BY INTRODUCING A SINGLE DOCUMENT TO BE USED FOR THE DISPATCH , COMMUNITY TRANSIT AND ENTRY FOR HOME USE OF COMMUNITY GOODS OR FOR THEIR ENTRY UNDER ANY OTHER PROCEDURE IN THE MEMBER STATE OF DESTINATION .
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 2
SCOPE
THIS REGULATION SHALL APPLY TO GOODS :
- WHICH SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 9 ( 2 ) OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
- WHICH ARE COVERED BY THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT TREATY ,
HEREINAFTER REFERRED