CELEX: 51982PC0229
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Date: 1982-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council of 16 May 1979 concerning customs requirements regarding commercial invoices (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          COΜ(82)229 final
                                          Brussels - 5 May 1982
                         Recommendation for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
   accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the
   Customs Co-operation Council of 16 May 1979 concerning customs
   requirements regarding commercial invoices
           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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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 sat ion and uniformity
   in customs matters , this Recommendation , which deals with a subject of
  special interest for the functioning of customs services given recent
  developments in communication        technology, directly concerns the operation
  of the customs union and, consequently , the implementation of the Community 's
  commercial policy .                                                 v
 The Recommendation was adopted by the CCC in May 1979 .         The Community
  should now adopt its position on. it .       It should be noted that Belgium
  has already accepted the Recommendation on 10 September 1979 .        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 the Recommendation
  without reservation .
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 recommendation should be adopted as soon 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 Commi ssion recorflnTlnds
                          rrent  that the Council ,
                    acc-ept with immediate effect the Recommendation of the
   Customs Cooperation Council concerning customs requirements regarding
   commercial invoices .
 ---pagebreak--- Recommendation for ^
COUNCIL DECISION
accepting on behalf of the Comnunity   tne
  Recommendation of the Customs Co-operstion Council of 16 May 1979
concerning cus toms requirements regarding commercial invoices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
         . ,        J::.
Whereas the Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council concerning
customs requirements regarding commercial invoices can be accepted by
the Community with immediate effect ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                   o
                               Article   1
The Recommendation of 16 May 1979 of the Customs Co-operation Council
concerning customs requirements regarding commercial invoices is hereby
accepted on behalf of the' Community with immediate effect .  The text
of the said Recommendation is produced in the Annex .
                              Article  2
The President of the Council Ehall designate the person empowered to
inform the Secretariat-General of the Customs Co - operation Council of the
acceptance by the Community with immediate effect of the Recommendation
referred to in Article 1 .
Done at Brussels ,                          For the Council ,
                                              President
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX
                       RECOMMENDATION OF THE
            CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL OF 16 MAY 1979
              CONCERNING CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS
                                                  %
                REGARDING COMMERCIAL INVOICES
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL,^
      . a .
DESIRING to facilitate international trade by making it possible for trade
circles to employ modern methods of data reproduction and transmission ,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT inter ,alia the efforts being made at international
level to enable all the documents required for an international trade
transaction to be prepared from a single master by the one-run method,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Recommendation concerning signatures and
authentication adopted in March 1979 by the Working Party on Facilitation
of International Trade Procedures of the Economic Commission for Europe .
                             «
which notes in particular that the general adoption of mechanical or
electronic methods of data transfer requires changes in current practice
regarding handwritten signatures ,
CONSIDERING that the requirement of a signature on the commercial invoice
for Customs purposes does not afford the Customs any parti cu'.ar guarantee
of its accuracy,
RECOMMENDS that Members should :
1 . accept commercial invoices produced by any process , for example the
    one-run method , in cases where the presentation of the commercial
    invoice is required in connexion with the clearance of goods ;
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2 . refrain from requiring a signature , for Customs purposes , on commercial
    invoices presented in support of a Goods declaration ,
REQUESTS Memberswho 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 administrations of
Members .