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Date: 1974-11-15
Title: Proposal for REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL implementing Decisions Nos. 6/74 and 7/74 of the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of Community transit régulations#Proposal for REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL implementing Decision Nos. 2/74 and 3/74 of the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of Community transit regulations (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(74) 1855 final
                                                           Brussels , 15 November 1974
                                                                )
                                    Proposal for
                          REGULATION ( ESC) OF THE COUNCIL
         implementing Decisions Nos . 6/74 and 7/74 of "the Joint Committee
        set up under the Agreement "between the European Economic Community
           and the Republic of Austria on the application of Community
                                 transit régulations
                                    Proposal for
                          REGULATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
         implementing Decision Nos . 2/74 and 3/74 of the Joint Committee
        set up under the Agreement "between the European Economic Community
           and the Swiss Confederation on the application of Community ■
                               transit régulations
                   ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COIl(74) 1855 final
 ---pagebreak---                             COESESSIOJ! NO'i'3 TO THE COUNCIL
 I. On 6 November 1974 "the Joint Committee set up under the EEC / Austria
     Agreement^       on the implementation of Community transit regulations adopted ,
     by written procedure , two Decisions amending certain Appendices of the
     Agreement .
     On the same day the Joint Committee set up under the EEC/ Switzerland Agreement
     adopted 2 similar Decisions to those referred to above .
     The Decisions have been examined in draft at Council level with a view to
     a common Community standpoint
II . It is necessary to ensure the implementation of these two Decisions within
     the Community . Hence the proposals for the two regulations in Annexes A sua B.
     ( 1 ) Regulation ( EEC ) 2813/72 , 21 November 1972 , OJ L 58 » 28 February 1974i P»29 »
     ( 2 ) Regulation ( EEC ) 2812/72 , 21 November 1972 , OJ L 365 , 31 December 1973 , p. 225
     ( 3 ) cf . doc . S/ 1114/74 ( CoS 119 ) (A 13)(CH 11 ); s/ ll68/74 ( CoS 127)(A 14 ),
           S/ II69/74 ( CoS 12d ) (A 15 ); S/ 1175/74 ( CoS 131 ) ( CU 13 ), s/1176/74 ( CoS 132 )
           ( CH 14 ).
 ---pagebreak---                                                              ΑΝΤ.ΈΧ Α
                           Proposal
                           ■  for
            REGULATION (EEC )             OP THE COUNCIL
  implementing Decision Nos . 6/74 and- 7/74 of "the Joint Committee set up
 •under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
  Republic of Austria on the application of Community transit regulations
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
      (
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement ( l ) between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of Community
transit regulations , signed in Brussels on 30 November 1972 , empowered
the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt , by means of
Decisions , certain amendments to the said Agreement and its Appendices ;
Whereas on 6 November 1974 the Joint Committee adopted amendments to
Appendices II A and VII to the Agreement necessitated by recent amendments
to Community transit regulations ; whereas these amendments are the
subject of Decision Nos . 6/74 and 7/74 }                          ,
                                                                        1
Whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the
abovementioned Decisions ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
Decision Nos . 6/74 and 7/74 of the Joint Committee set up under the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
Austria on the application of Community transit regulations , annexed
to this Regulation , shall apply in the Community as from 1 January 1975 *
( 1 ) OJ No L 294 , 29.12.1972 , p. 86
 ---pagebreak---                          Article  2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .-
Done at Brussels ,
                                       For the Council
                                       The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                           AMEX A
    DECISION No 6 /74 OF TITS JOINT COI.IHITTES ^ C-AUSTRIA
     I                    ( Community transit )
    I                     QF 6 NOVEMBER 1974
          amending Appendix II A to the Agreement
THE JOINT COI.ÏÏ.ÏITTEE ,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of
the rules on Coinmunity transit , and in particular Article 16(3 ) ( a )
thereof :
 ---pagebreak---                                - 2 -
         \          ...                                              .
Whereas Community provisions on th© us© of loading lists as
the descriptive part of Community transit declarations have
recently been amended by a Regulation of the Commission ; whereas
it is therefore necessary to amend accordingly the provisions of
Appendix IIA to the Agreement :
                  I
              %
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                               Article 1
        Appendix IIA , as added by Joint Committee Deeisian No 3/74
to the Agreement shall be amended as follows :
( a ) In the Title there is inserted , between the date
      " 16 May 1973 " and the dash , the figure
( b) The following footnote is added :
            As amended by Regulation ( EEC ) ITo 1676/74 of 28 June 1974 ".
( c ) The Regulation is supplemented by the following Article .
                             " Article 3a
            The customs authorities of each Member State may
      allow firms established in their country whose records
      are based on a system of electronic or mechanical data
      processing to use loading lists which , although not complying
      with all the conditions of Articles 2 and 3 > are designed
      and completed in such a way that they can be used without
      difficulty by the customs and statistical authorities in
      question ".
                                                           •••/•••
 ---pagebreak---         \
( d ) Article 4 of the Regulation is amended to read as
      follows :
                           " Article 4
      1.         When Regulation (EEC ) No 304/71     on the       \
           simplification of Community transit procedures for goods
         • carried by railways operates , the provisions of
           Articles 2 , 3 and 3A of this Regulation shall apply
           to loading lists which accompany the International
           Consignment Note and the number of accompanying
           lists shall be shown in box 32 of the Consignment Note .
                 In addition each loading list must include the
           wagon number to which the Consignment Note refers
           or , where appropriate , the number of the container
           in which the goods are carried .
      2.         For operations beginning within the Community
           comprising at the same time goods referred to in
           Article 1(2 ) and in Article 1(3 ) of Regulation (EEC )
           No 542/69 separate loading lists shall be used and
           the serial numbers of the loading lists relating
           to the goods referred to in Article 1(2 ) of that
          -Regulation inserted in the " Description of goods "
           box on the International Consignment Note'."
 ---pagebreak---                             - 4 -
                          Article 2
     Loading lists as referred to in Article 3a of Appendix IIA
must in all cases include particulars as to the number , nature ,
marks and numbers of the packages , the description of the goods ,
the gross v/eight in kilograms of each consignment and the country
from which the goods are consigned .
                          Article 3
     This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 »
                                Done at Brussels , 6 November 1974
                                          For the Joint Committee ,
                                               The President       ' ,
                                                K. PINSEL
 ---pagebreak---   à
                                                     ABNïïX A
     DECISION Ho 7/74 OP THE JOINT COMMITTEE EEC - AUSTRIA
                      ( community trans.it )
                      OF    6 NOVEMBER 1974
           amending Appendix VII to the Agreement
THE JOINT COLMITTEE ,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the
rules on Community transit , and in particular Article 16 ( 3 ) ( a )
thereof :
 ---pagebreak--- •     •      '                 !                          - 2 -
   Whereas the list of airline companies to which the Community transit
   guarantee waiver applies has recently "been amended by a Regulation                                                                     '
   of the Commission ; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend
   accordingly the list set out in Appendix VII to the said Agreement ,
   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                   . 1 •- ■                           Article 1
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        ,            Appendix VII to the Agreement as amended by J<£> isi.-)*
   Decision Wo 2/74 shall be amended as follows :                                 •!         > ^
   . * .                               .                                                                        i     '           ■*
   1.          .             The footnote is replaced by the following :
                     j       "( ) List as revised by Regulation ( EEC ) No 26g.5/73 of , •
                                         26 September 1 973 » as amended by Regulpit5.ori (E$C ) •.
                     V. ' '              757/74 of 1 April 1974'."                       *               ;.
   2.                        The list set out in the Annex is amended as follows :
          .( a ) the expression "Aer Lingus Teoranta ( Irish International ),
                         Dublin" is replaced by the expression " Aer Lingus Teoranta
                     „ ( Irish Airlines ), Dublin";                '
 '                                                        ,                                                ..     '
            ( b ) the following companies are added :
                                                                                                • f.   ' '     •          .
                                                                                 ,'                  I          »       •   -,
                 :       - after " Austrian Airlines , Wien", insert :
                                 " Austrian Airtransport , Osterreichische Plugbetriebs
                                    GmbH, Wien" J .                    ''
                    ■ -"-"-after " Aviation ......- Hamburg" , insert :
                                 " Balair Ltd ., Basel " ;
                         - after " SAS                     Stockholm ", insert :
                                 " SATA , S.A. de transport aérien , Genève ".
 ---pagebreak---                        - 3 -
                     Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 .
                         Done at Brussels ,  6 November - 1 974
                                    Por the Joint Committee
                                            The President
                                            K. PINGEL
 ---pagebreak---                                                       ABMEX B
                           Proposai
                              for
            REGULATION (EEC )             OP THE COUNCIL
  implementing Decision Nos . 2/74 and. 3/74 of the Joint Committee set
  up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and.
  the Swiss Confederation on the application of Community transit
                          régulations
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Econamic
  Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
 Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement ( l ) between the European Economic
  Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of Community
transit regulations , signed in Brussels on 23 November 1972 , empowered
 the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt , by means of
 Decisions , certain amendments to the said Agreement and its Appendices ;
 Whereas on 6 November 1974 "the Joint Committee adopted amendments to
 Appendices II A and VII to the Agreement necessitated by recent amendments
 to Community transit regulations ; whereas these amendments axe the subject
 of Decision Nos . 2/74 and 3/74 I
 Whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the
 abovementioned Decisions ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
Decision Nos . 2/74 and 3/74 of the Joint Committee set up under the
 Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
 on the application of Community transit regulations , annexed to this
Regulation , shall apply in the Community as from 1 January 1975 *
 ( 1 ) OJNo L 294 , 29.12.1972 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                           Article  2
  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
  its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
  in all Member States .
• Pone at Brussels .
                                           For the Council ,
                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                       ΑΒΗΞΧ Β
DECISION No 2 /74 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE EEC -SWITZERLAND
                     ( Community . transit )
                     OP   6 NOVEMBER 1974    .
           amending Appendix II A to the Agreement
THE JOINT COMMUTEE ,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of
the rules on Community transit , and in particular Article 16
(3 ) ( a ) thereof :
 ---pagebreak---  nVhereao Community provisions on the use of loading lists as the
 descriptive part of Community transit declarations have recently
been amended by a Regulation of the Commission ; whereas it is
therefore necessary to amend accordingly the provisions of
Appendix II A to the Agreement ;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                               Article  1
       Appendix II A , as added by Joint Committee Depision No 3/ 73
to the Agreement shall be amended as follows :
( a ) In the Title there is inserted , between the date " 16 May 1973 "
      and the dash , the figure "( 1 )" .
( b ) The following footnote is added :
      "( 1 ) As amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1676/74" of 28 June 1974"
( c ) The Regulation is supplemented by the following Article :
                             " Article 3a ''
             The customs authorities of each Member State . may allow
      firms established in their country whose records are based
      on a system of electronic or mechanical data processing to
      use loading lists which , although not complying with all the
      conditions of Articles. 2 and 3 > are designed and completed
      in . such a way that they can be used without difficulty - by
      the customs and statistical authorities in question ".
 ---pagebreak--- ( d ) Article' 4 of the Regulation is amended to read as follows :
                                  " Article 4
       1 . of
            | 1Community
                  When Regulation  (EEC ) No 304/71 ( 1 ) on the simplification
                          transit procedures for . goods carried by railways
           /operates , the provisions of Articles 2 , 3 and 3A of this
          / Regulation shall apply to loading lists which accompany the
            International Consignment Note and the number of the accom­
            panying lists shall be shown in box 32 of the Consignment "Note .
                 In addition each loading list must include the wagon
           number to which the Consignment Note refers or , where
            appropriate , the number of the container in which the goods
     ,      are carried .
       2.        For operations beginning within the Community comprising
            at the same time goods referred to in Article 1 ( 2 ) and in
           Article 1 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 542/69 separate loading
            lists shall be used and the serial numbers of the loading lists
            relating to the goods referred to in Article 1 ( 2 ) of that
            Regulation inserted in the " Description of goods " box on the
            International Consignment Note ."
                                                                     • •  • • •
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 4 -
                              Article 2
         Loading lists as referred to in Article 3a of Appendix II A
must in all cases include' particulars as to the number , nature ,
marks' and numbers of the packages , the description of the goods ,
       f
the gross weight in kilograms of each consignment and the country
from ; which the goods are consigned .
                              Article 3
       This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 .
                                        Done at Brussels > ° NOVEMBER 1974
                                               For the Joint Committee
                                                    The President
                                                    CH . LEUZ
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ΑΪΕΝΕΧ Β
     DECISION No 3 /74 OF THE JOINT COTflWITTEE EEC-SWITZERLAND
                       ( Community Transit )
                      OF   6 NOVEMBER 1974
            appending Appendix VII to the- Agreement
  THE JOINT COMMUTEE ,
  Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic?
  Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of
• the rules on Community transit , and in particular
  Article 16 ( 3a ) thereof :-
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the list of airline companies to which the community
transit guarantee waiver applies has recently been amended by
a' Regulation of the Commission ; whereas it is therefore
necessary to amend accordingly the list set out in
Appendix VII to the said Agreement ,
HAS DECIDED : '
                                         Article 1
         i                                                          '
        Appendix VII to the Agreement as amended by Joint
Committee Decision No 2/73 shall be amended as follows :
1.            The footnote is replaced by the following :
              " 0 ) List as revised by Regulation ( EEC ) 2625/73 of
                      26.9.1973 , as amended by Regulati on 757/74 ( EEC )
                      of 1 ./1 . 1974 ."
2.            The list set out in the Annex is amended as follows :
    ( a ) The expression " Aer Lingus Teoranta ( Irish International ),
           Dublin " is replaced by the expression " Aer Lingus
           Teoranta ( Irish Airlines ), Dublin ";
    ( b ) The following companies are added :
           - after " Austrian Airlines , Wien ", insert
                " Austrian Airtransport , Österreichische Flugbetriebs GmbH
               'Vi en . "
           - after " Avjation                   Hamburg", insert'
               " Balair Ltd ., Basél "
            $
           - after " 3ÀS                 Stockholm ", insert
               " SATA , SA de transport aérien , Genève ."
 ---pagebreak---                         - 3 -
                      Article ?.
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 *
                       Done at Brussels , 6 November . 1974
                                 For the Joint Committee
                                       The President
                                       GH . L3NZ