CELEX: 51990PC0074
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-14
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 24 JULY 1979 ON THE HARMONIZATION OF PROCEDURES FOR THE RELEASE OF GOODS FOR FREE CIRCULATION ( 79/695/EEC )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             C0MC90) 74 final SYN 216
                                             Brussels, 14 February 1990
                        Amendment to the
                         Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
        amending the Council Directive of 24 July 1979
          on the harmonisation of procedures for the
      release of goods for free circulation (79/695/EEC)
         (presented by the Commission pursuant to the
      third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
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                             Expianatorv Memorandum
Following the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal for a
Council Directive amending the Council Directive of 24 July 1979 on the
harmonisation    of   procedures    for   the    release   of   goods   for  free
circulation    (79/695/EEC)< 1) , given at     its January    1990 session, the
Commission   considers    It appropriate to amend        its original    proposal
pursuant   to Article 149(3) of the Treaty establishing             the European
Community.
The amendment Is intended to improve the original proposal with regard
to non-commercial     importations and     low-value goods.      It provides for
greater harmonisation In this area, by making compulsory the principle
of  exemption    from   a   written   declaration,     whilst   maintaining   the
possibility of making the practical application more adaptable to needs
In particular     circumstances,    taking    Into   account   the   requirements
arising either from International agreements or regulations governing
specific fields, or from certain practices            In the simplification of
formal It les.
(1) COM (89) 385 final - SYN 216 of 27 July 1989 -
    OJ No C 235 Of 13.9.1989, p.16
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                      Amendment to the proposal for a
                            Council Directive
             amending the Council Directive of 24 July 1979
               on the harmonisation of procedures for the
           release of goods for free circulation (79/695/EEC)
            (application of Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)
The Commission amends Its proposal as follows:
The text of Article 16(a) is replaced by the following:
"Without prejudice to the special provisions laid down In respect of
consignments sent by letter or parcel post and with the exception of
cases where an Import licence has to be presented, goods Imported for
non-commercial purposes as well as low-value goods shall not be the
subject of a written declaration.
The  Implementing provisions shall be adopted    in accordance with the
procedure laid down In Article 26(3)."
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