CELEX: 51983PC0182
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Date: 1983-03-30
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the facilitation of formalities and inspections in respect of the carriage of goods between Member States (Submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak---      COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(83) 182 final
                                                 Brussels,  30 March 1 9 8 3
                      Amendment to -the proposal for a
                             COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                  ... - 1 ---- -
           on the facilitation of formalities and inspections in
           respect of the carriage of goods between Member States
           (Submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the
            second paragraph of Article 1^9 °f the EEC Treaty)
CCM(83) 182 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  C o m m u n i c a t i o n to the Council
                                             E x p l a n a t o r y Note
                           1
   In April 1982 , the C o m m i s s i o n s u b m i t t e d a pr o p o s a l for a Council
   D i r e c t i v e on the f a c i l i t a t i o n of f o r m a l i t i e s and i n s p ect io ns in
   respect of the c a r r i a g e of go od s b e t w e e n Me mb er States.                   The European
  P a r l i a m e n t d e l i v e r e d its o p i n i o n on 13 Ja n u a r y 1983^.        In the light
  of this o p i n i o n , the C o m m i s s i o n has d e c i d e d to am en d its pr oposal,
  as p e r m i t t e d by Ar t i c l e 149 of the EEC Treaty.
                                  De tails of the a m e n d m e n t s
  Article 4
  This a d d i t i o n e x p a n d s on the p r o v i s i o n s of the se c o n d p a r a gra ph of
  A r t i c l e 4.       The i n t e n t i o n is that the C o m m i s s i o n will use the
  i n f o r m a t i o n s u p p l i e d by the M e mb er St ates in or d e r to c o mp ile a
 g u i d e c o n t a i n i n g co pies of the ma in n a t i o n a l i n s p e c t i o n ce rt ifi ca tes
 and t r a n s l a t i o n s in the ot h e r o f f i c i a l languages.             An ad e q u a t e nu mb er
 of gu i d e s will be sent to the Me m b e r St at es so that each control
,post can ha ve a copy.
 Article 5
 No comment.
 A r t i c l e 6a
No comment.
Article 9
It is fe a r e d that the s e t t i n g - u p of mi x e d c o m m i t t e e s at nati ona l and
local level mi gh t cr ea te e x c e s s i v e l y rigid and c u m b e r s o m e structures.
The p r o c e d u r e now p r o p o s e d , w h e r e b y one Me mb er State can consult another
M e m b e r State on an o p t i o n a l basis with the Co m m i s s i o n a r bi tra ti ng,
s h o u l d m a k e it p o s s i b l e to a c h i e v e the d e s i r e d result.
  OJ No C 127, 18 . 5 . 1 9 8 2 , p. 6.
20J No C 42, 1 4 . 2 .19 83 , p. 62.
 ---pagebreak---                                       A m e n d m e n t s to be ma de
Art i c le 1:       Unchanged
Artie le 2:         Unchanged
Article 3:           Unchanged
Artie le 4:          Add a th ir d al i n é a                w o r d e d as follows:
                     "The C o m m i s s i o n shall p r o v i d e each Me mb er St at e with o f f i c i a l
                     t r a n s l a t i o n s of all such d o c u m e n t s in the o f f i c i a l language(s)
                     of the Me m b e r St at e in q u e s t i o n .                Me m b e r S t at es shall e n s u r e
                     that o f f i c i a l s at i n s p e c t i o n po st s have at th e i r d i s p o s a l the
                     a u t h e n t i c n a t i o n a l i n s p e c t i o n d o c u m e n t s and t r a n s l a t i o n s t h e r eof ".
Ar t i c l e 5 :     Am en d p a r a g r a p h 2 to read as follows:
                     " B i l a t e r a l c o n t a c t s b e t w e e n Me m b e r States shall be e s t a b l i s h e d
                     or, wh er e they a l r e a d y ex is t, shall be s t r e n g t h e n e d ,                       in or de r
                      to seek a p p r o p r i a t e c o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n the v a r i o u s i n s p e c t i o n
                      d e p a r t m e n t s on e i t h e r si de of co mm on f r o n t i e r s b e t w e e n
                      Me mber States".
 Add an A r ti cle 6a, w o r d e d as f o l l o w s :
 "M e m b e r States shall e n s u r e that any p a y m e n t s due at f r o n t i e r c r o s s i n g - p o i n t s
 may be ma de with bank ch e q u e s such as E u r o c h e q u e s or s i m i l a r me a n s of p a ym ent
 or in the cu r r e n c y of a n o t h e r M e m b e r St a t e w h e r e no e x c h a n g e f a c i l i t i e s are
 a v a i l a b l e at the f r o n t i e r c r o s s i n g - p o i n t in q u e s t i o n " .
 Am en d Ar t i c l e 9 to read as f o l l o w s :
 "A Me m b e r State may c o ns ult a n o t h e r M e m b e r St at e in or d e r to seek s o l u t i o n s
 to pr o b l e m s a r i s i n g in re spect of i n s p e c t i o n s or f o r m a l i t i e s w i t h i n the
 m e a n i n g of this Dire cti ve .                   If the p r o b l e m s in q u e s t i o n ca nnot be r e s o l v e d
 by such c o n s u l t a t i o n s , a M e m b e r State may in fo rm the C o m m i s s i o n , and the
  latter shall make such r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s as it c o n s i d e r s n e c e s s a r y to reso lve
 th e s e p r o b lem s" .