CELEX: 51982PC0218
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Date: 1982-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for COUNCIL DECISION accepting on behalf of the Community a Recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council. (Technical co-operation in customs matters) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(82)218 final.
                                                          Brussels , 27 April 1982
                                                                    VA
                        Recommendation for
                          COUNCIL DECISION             ? ! i l
     accepting on behalf of the Community"^
                                           "             Recommendation
                                           Communi
     of the Customs Cooperation Council , v/ /
                                                  t y ^  Recommendation
      ( Technical co-operation in customs matters )
           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COX ( 82 ) 218 final .
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 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 In the Light of its purpose , which is to facilitate international trade
and to ensure the highest possible degree of harmoni sation and uniformity
 in customs • matters , this rec.ommendation, which deals with a subject of
special interest for the functioning ' of customs services given recent
developments in training techniques , directly concerns the operation of
the customs union and, consequently, the implementation of the Community 's
commercial policy .
The recommendation was adopted by the CCC in . June 1981 .    The Community
should now adopt its position on it .      This recommendation has been
examined in detail by the relevant Commission departments and by
representatives of the Member States .
Following this examination, it seems possible to accept tfie recommendation
with the following special method for its implementation 5
                                                              «
 'The European Economic Community intends to carry out the technical
  cooperation provided for in the recommendation within the framework
  of action by the Community or by certain Member States , bearing in
mind that the institutions of the European Community do not have a
customs school ".
In light of the wish of the Community and the Member States to announce this
acceptance at the next session of the Customs Cooperation Council , the
decision accepting the rscomrncndation should be adopted as scon as possible .
For this reason the Commission, in its concern for operational effectiveness
and guided by the previous practice of the Council when accepting annexes to
the Kyoto Convent ion, recommends it to adopt the decision concerning the recom­
mendation of the Customs Cooperation Council on the basis of the Treaty as a
whole .
CONCLUSION
The Commission recommends that the Council .
                                accept with immediate effect , the
Recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning technical
cooperation in customs matters, with the above --»ent 10ned special
method for its implementation .
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COUNCIL DECISION
accepting on behalf of the Community
a Recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to the recommendation fromthe Commission,
Whereas the Recomrre ndation of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning
technical cooperation in customs matters can be accepted^ by the Community
with immediate effect ;
Whereas it is advisable , however, to indicate the special method by
which it will be implemented taking    : into account the requirements
of the customs union,                                                -
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS   :
                              Article  1
The Recommendation of 18 June 1981 of the Customs Cooperation >
Council concerning technical cooperation in customs matters is hereby
accepted on behalf of the Community with immediate effect ;    but with
the following special method of implementation : the European Economic
Community intends to carry out the technical cooperation provided for in
the Recommendation within the framew.ork of action by the Community, or
by certain Member States , bearing in mind that the inst itutiors of the
European Economic Community do not have a customs school .
The text of the said Recommendation is reproduced in the annex to this
decision .
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The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to
inform the Secretariat-General of the Customs Cooperation Council
of the acceptance by the Community with immediate effect of the
recommendation , an      special method by which it will be implemented,
referred to in Article 1 .
     . • •                                  ■               ■•■■■■ m * ■* V;
Done at Brussels ,                          For the Council Vr         4:. '
                                              President
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        RECOMMENDATION OF THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL
       CONCERNING TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION IN CUSTOMS MATTERS
                            ( 18 June 1981 )
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUN.CIL ,
HAVING regard to the general aims of the Convention establishing
       a Customs Co-operation Council , in particular the provisions
     ■ of Article III concerning measures for attaining the highest
       possible degree of harmony and uniformity in iCustoms matters ,
RECALLING the discussions at the Council 's 49th / 50th Sessions in .
       Nairobi ( 1977 ) where it was confirmed that the Council should
       play a more active role in order to foster technical co­
       operation between all 1 developed and developing countries   /
       and that it should expand its general policy fn technical
       co-operation ,                                  i
NOTING that a steady growth of world trade implies constant
       adaptation of Customs methods of work ,
NOTING that while under its auspices a substantial number of
       international Customs Conventions have been concluded , further
       steps besides promoting accession to or ratification of these
       instruments are necessary to facilitate international trade , -
CONSIDERING the satisfactory results obtained by its expanding
       co-operation in Customs matters with other governmental and
       non-governmental international organizations ,
CONVINCED that it is also in the interest of international trade to
       promote technical co-operation ,
CONVINCED that adequate training of Customs officials is one of the
       prerequisites for the smooth functioning of international
       trade and tourism ,
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DESIRING THAT ITS SECRETARIAT SHOULD CONTINUE
          1 . to collaborate with Member and non-Member States which
               so wish in organizing on a bilateral or multilateral
               basis seminars , training courses and symposia in Customs
             • matters , in particular concerning the Conventions and
  -   ■        other internei^onal instruments administered by the
               Council ,
          2 . to co-operate with regional and international organiza­
              tions in organizing regional and interregional seminars
               on Customs matters ,
RECOMMENDS that States whether or not Members of the Council , and
          Customs or Economic Unions should :
          1 . provide for the possibility of receiving trainees , and
               receiving , supplying , or exchanging Customs experts and
               lecturers , utilizing the channels of the Council for
             . these purposes so far as may be possible ,
     ' 2 . consider where appropriate and so far as may be possible
               admitting Customs officers of other administrations to
               their national Customs training schools ,                .•' >
          3 . organize seminars , courses or symposia open to or
               intended for foreign participants on national and
               international Customs laws and regulations , and on the
               application thereof ,
          4 . consider the further promotion of activities aimed at
               achieving wider technical co-operation in Customs matters ,
REQUESTS States , whether or not' Members of the Council , and
          Customs or Economic Unions which accept this Recommendation
          to notify the Secretary General of their acceptance , of the
          date from which they will apply the Recommendation , and of
          the conditions of its application .     The Secretary General
          will transmit this information to the Customs administra–
        ' tions of such States* and to such Unions .
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