CELEX: 31977R1601
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1601/77 of 11 July 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 on provisions for the implementation of Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure

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31977R1601

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1601/77 of 11 July 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 on provisions for the implementation of Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure  

Official Journal L 182 , 22/07/1977 P. 0001 Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 4 P. 0073  Spanish special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 4 P. 0064  Portuguese special edition Chapter 02 Volume 4 P. 0064 

++++COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1601/77  OF 11 JULY 1977  AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ON PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE AND FOR CERTAIN SIMPLIFICATIONS OF THAT PROCEDURE  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,  HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 OF 13 DECEMBER 1976 ON COMMUNITY TRANSIT ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 57 THEREOF ,  WHEREAS COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENTATION CAN BE GREATLY SIMPLIFIED BY REPLACING T1 AND T2 FORMS , USED RESPECTIVELY FOR THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PROCEDURES , BY A SINGLE FORM ON WHICH THE PRINCIPAL OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WOULD ADD , AT THE TIME OF COMPLETING THE FORM , THE FIGURE " 1 " OR " 2 " THEREBY DESIGNATING THE DECLARATION AS A T1 OR T2 DECLARATION ; WHEREAS TO AVOID ANY DIFFICULTY , PARTICULARLY ON PRODUCTION OF GOODS AT THE OFFICE OF DESTINATION , SUCH FIGURE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE ENDORSEMENT  " ONE " OR " TWO " IN LETTERS ;  WHEREAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TWO SAID FORMS BY A SINGLE FORM ENABLES COMMUNITY TRANSIT TO BE USED FOR GROUPAGE CONSIGNMENTS WHICH CONTAIN AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 PROVIDED THAT GOODS MOVING UNDER THE EXTERNAL PROCEDURE AND GOODS MOVING UNDER THE INTERNAL PROCEDURE ARE SEPARATELY LISTED ON EITHER T BIS CONTINUATION SHEET OR ON LOADING LISTS ATTACHED TO THAT SINGLE FORM ;  WHEREAS THE INCLUSION OF A DETACHABLE RECEIPT IN COPY 4 OF THE T FORM BOTH FACILITATES ITS ISSUE BY THE OFFICE OF DESTINATION AND ITS USE BY TRADERS AS PROOF THAT THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT AND THE RELEVANT CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT THAT OFFICE ;  WHEREAS TO FURTHER THE STANDARDIZATION OF DOCUMENTS USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE , THE FORMS FOR COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATIONS , THE T2L DOCUMENT AND THE CONTROL COPY T NO 5 SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH THE LAYOUT KEY DRAWN UP BY THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE ;  WHEREAS THE SIMULTANEOUS INSTITUTION OF A COMMUNITY EXPORT DECLARATION FORM WILL ENABLE THAT DECLARATION , THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION OR THE T2L DOCUMENT AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , THE CONTROL COPY T NO 5 TO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME ;  WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 OF 22 DECEMBER 1976 ON PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE AND FOR CERTAIN SIMPLIFICATIONS OF THAT PROCEDURE ( 2 ) SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ;  WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT COMMITTEE ,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :  ARTICLE 1  REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   ( A ) ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL READ :   " 1 . THE FORMS ON WHICH COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATIONS ARE MADE SHALL CORRESPOND , EXCEPT AS REGARDS SPACES RESERVED FOR NATIONAL USE AND BOXES WHOLLY OR PARTLY DELINEATED BY DOTTED LINES , TO THE SPECIMENS SHOWN IN ANNEXES I AND II . THESE DECLARATIONS SHALL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 AND OF ARTICLES 3 AND 4 OF THIS REGULATION . "   ( B ) ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) SHALL READ :   " 3 . THE FORM TO BE COMPLETED AS THE SPECIAL COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " CONTROL COPY T NO 5 " ) AS PROOF THAT GOODS HAVE BEEN USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND/OR HAVE ARRIVED AT A PRESCRIBED DESTINATION SHALL CONFORM , EXCEPT AS REGARDS BOXES WHOLLY OR PARTLY DELINEATED BY DOTTED LINES , TO THE SPECIMEN IN ANNEX VI AND SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 10 TO 13 . "   ( C ) ARTICLE 1 ( 5 ) SHALL READ :   " 5 . THE FORM TO BE COMPLETED AS THE RECEIPT , TO CERTIFY THAT THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT AND/OR CONTROL COPY T NO 5 AND THE RELEVANT CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT THE OFFICE OF DESTINATION , SHALL CONFORM TO THE SPECIMEN IN ANNEX VIII . HOWEVER , AS REGARDS THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT , THE RECEIPT ON THE STATISTICAL COPY THEREOF MAY BE USED . THE RECEIPT SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 15 . "   ( D ) ARTICLE 1 ( 8 ) SHALL READ :   " 8 . THE FORM ON WHICH THE INTERNAL COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT T2L IS COMPLETED TO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF GOODS NOT MOVING UNDER COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE SHALL CONFORM , EXCEPT AS REGARDS BOXES WHOLLY OR PARTLY DELINEATED BY DOTTED LINES , TO THE SPECIMEN IN ANNEX XI . THE DOCUMENT SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE V . "   ( E ) ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) SHALL READ :   " 4 . THE PAPER REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 1 , 2 AND 3 SHALL BE WHITE EXCEPT FOR LOADING LISTS FOR WHICH THE COLOUR OF THE PAPER MAY BE LEFT TO THE CHOICE OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED . "   ( F ) ARTICLE 3 SHALL READ :   " ARTICLE 3  1 . FORMS FOR COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATIONS SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING COPIES WHICH MUST BE DELIVERED TOGETHER AND IN NUMERICAL ORDER AT THE OFFICE DEPARTURE :  1 . COPY FOR THE OFFICE OF DEPARTURE ;  2 . COPY FOR THE OFFICE OF DESTINATION ;  3 . COPY FOR RETURN ;  4 . STATISTICAL COPY .  2 . THE COPY FOR RETURN SHALL HAVE A BLACK BORDER ABOUT FOUR MILLIMETRES WIDE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE .  3 . THE PRINCIPAL SHALL INDICATE WHETHER THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION IS MADE ON A FORM T1 , ACCOMPANIED , WHERE APPROPRIATE , BY ONE OR MORE CONTINUATION SHEETS T1 BIS , OR ON A FORM T2 , ACCOMPANIED , WHERE APPROPRIATE BY ONE OR MORE CONTINUATION SHEETS T2 BIS , BY INSERTING IN CAPITAL LETTERS OR TYPESCRIPT , IN THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL ON THESE FORMS THE ENDORSEMENT  " 1-ONE " WHEN THE GOODS ARE TO MOVE UNDER THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE OR THE ENDORSEMENT " 2-TWO " WHEN THE GOODS ARE TO MOVE UNDER THE INTERNAL COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE .  4 . IN THE CASE OF CONSIGNMENTS CONTAINING AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , CONTINUATION SHEETS T1 BIS AND T2 BIS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE SAME T FORM . IN THIS CASE , THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL , THE SECOND BOX 41 AND BOXES 42 , 43 AND 49 ON THE T FORM SHALL BE BARRED AND THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE CONTINUATION SHEETS T1 AND T2 SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE FIRST BOX 41 .  5 . WHEN ONE OF THE ENDORSEMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL OR WHEN , IN THE CASE OF CONSIGNMENTS CONTAINING AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 4 AND OF ARTICLE 5 ( 7 ) HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH , GOODS TRANSPORTED UNDER COVER OF SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MOVING UNDER THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE . "   ( G ) ARTICLE 4 SHALL READ :   " ARTICLE 4  WHEN , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 15 AND 39 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , THE EXPORT OR REEXPORT DECLARATION AND THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION ARE COMBINED IN A SINGLE FORM , THE COPIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 SHALL BE DELIVERED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE COPY OR COPIES REQUIRED BY THE MEMBER STATE OF DEPARTURE FOR PURPOSES OF EXPORT OR RE-EXPORT . "   ( H ) THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) SHALL READ :   " WHEN A COMMUNITY TRANSIT DECLARATION IS COMPLETED FOR A LOAD COMPRISING MORE THAN TWO KINDS OF GOODS , PARTICULARS OF THE GOODS MAY BE FURNISHED ON ONE OR MORE LOADING LISTS INSTEAD OF BEING GIVEN IN BOXES 22 , 41 , 42 , 43 AND 49 OF FORM T1 , ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE FORMS T1 BIS OR OF FORM T2 ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE FORMS T2 BIS . "   ( I ) ARTICLE 5 ( 5 ) SHALL READ :   " 5 . WHEN SEVERAL LOADING LISTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE SAME FORM T1 OR T2 , EACH MUST BEAR A SERIAL NUMBER ALLOTTED BY THE PRINCIPAL ; THE NUMBER OF LOADING LISTS ATTACHED SHALL BE SHOWN IN BOX 2 OF FORM T1 OR T2 . "   ( J ) THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH 7 SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 5 :   " 7 . IN THE CASE OF CONSIGNMENTS CONTAINING AT THE SAME TIME GOODS OF THE TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 222/77 , SEPARATE LOADING LISTS MUST BE COMPLETED AND MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE SAME T FORM . IN THIS CASE THE SPACE FOLLOWING THE T SYMBOL , THE SECOND BOX 41 AND BOXES 22 , 42 , 43 AND 49 ON THE T FORM SHALL BE BARRED AND A REFERENCE TO THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE LOADING LISTS RELATING TO EACH CATEGORY OF GOODS SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE FIRST BOX 41 . "   ( K ) ARTICLE 6 ( B ) AND ( C ) SHALL READ :   " ( B ) A BOX , 70 BY 55 MILLIMETRES , DIVIDED INTO A TOP PART 70 BY 15 MILLIMETRES FOR THE INSERTION OF THE SYMBOL T FOLLOWED BY ONE OF THE ENDORSEMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) AND A LOWER PART 70 BY 40 MILLIMETRES FOR THE REFERENCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 ( 4 ) .   ( C ) COLUMNS , IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER AND HEADED AS SHOWN :   - ITEM NO ,   - MARKS , NUMBERS , NUMBER AND KIND OF PACKAGES ; DESCRIPTION OF GOODS ,   - COUNTRY OF CONSIGNMENT ,   - GROSS WEIGHT ( IN KILOGRAMS ) ,   - RESERVED FOR CUSTOMS . "   ( L ) THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 11 :   " 3 . WHEN GOODS ARE NOT ENTERED UNDER A COMMUNITY TRANSIT PROCEDURE , THE CONTROL COPY NO 5 MUST BEAR A REFERENCE TO THE DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE USED .  4 . THE COMMUNITY TRANSIT DOCUMENT OR THE DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE USED MUST BEAR A REFERENCE TO THE CONTROL COPY OR COPIES T NO 5 ISSUED . "   ( M ) ARTICLE 59 ( 1 ) SHALL READ :   " 1 . THE AUTHORIZED CONSIGNER SHALL , NOT LATER THAN THE TIME OF DISPATCHING THE GOODS , ENTER ON THE FRONT OF COPIES 1 , 2 AND 3 OF THE DULY COMPLETED DECLARATION T1 OR T2 IN THE SPACE MARKED  " CONTROL BY OFFICE OF DEPARTURE " PARTICULARS OF THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE GOODS MUST BE PRODUCED AT THE OFFICE OF DESTINATION AND OF THE IDENTIFICATION MEASURES APPLIED AND THE ENDORSEMENT  " SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE " . "   ( N ) ARTICLE 59 ( 3 ) SHALL READ :   " 3 . WHEN THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATE OF DEPARTURE CARRY OUT A CONTROL ON THE DEPARTURE OF A CONSIGNMENT , THEY SHALL RECORD THE FACT IN THE BOX " CONTROL BY OFFICE OF DEPARTURE " ON THE FRONT OF COPIES 1 , 2 AND 3 OF THE DECLARATION T1 OR T2 . "  ARTICLE 2  ANNEXES I TO IV TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ARE HEREBY REPLACED BY ANNEXES I AND II HERETO AND ANNEXES V , VI AND XI OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ARE HEREBY REPLACED BY ANNEXES III , IV AND V HERETO .  ARTICLE 3  FORMS CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECIMENS IN THE ANNEXES HERETO SHALL BE USED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 .  NEVERTHELESS , FORMS CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECIMENS IN ANNEXES I TO IV AND XI TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 IN FORCE BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1978 MAY CONTINUE TO BE USED , UNDER THE CONDITIONS APPROPRIATE BEFORE THAT DATE , UNTIL 30 JUNE 1978 .  FORMS CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECIMENS IN ANNEX VI TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 IN FORCE BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1978 MAY CONTINUE TO BE USED , UNDER THE CONDITIONS APPROPRIATE BEFORE THAT DATE , UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1978 .  ARTICLE 4  THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1978 .  THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 JULY 1977 .  FOR THE COMMISSION  ETIENNE DAVIGNON  MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION  ( 1 ) OJ NO L 38 , 9 . 2 . 1977 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 38 , 9 . 2 . 1977 , P . 20 .  ANNEXES : SEE O.J .