CELEX: 31974R3260
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3260/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 on the simplification of the procedure for issuing document T2L

No L 349 / 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 12 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3260/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 20 December 1974
                       on the simplification of the procedure for issuing document T2L
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      2. The authorization referred to in paragraph 1 may
COMMUNITIES,                                                        be granted only in respect of exportation to be carried
                                                                    out by air or sea and in cases where the use of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               internal Community transit procedure is not compul­
Economic Community ;                                                sory.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
542/69 (^ of 18 March 1969 on Community transit, as                 However, the competent authorities referred to in para­
last amended by the Council Decision of 1 January                   graph 1 may extend the authorization to
1973 (2), and in particular Articles 58 and 60 thereof ;
                                                                    — exportation carried out, during such period as the
Whereas          Commission      Regulation        (EEC)   No           transitional provisions laid down in Article 7 (2) of
1226/71 (3) of 11 June 1971 on the simplification of                     Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 remain applicable,
the formalities to be carried out at the offices of depar­              under the procedure for international road trans­
ture and destination in respect of goods transported                     port provided ;
under the Community transit procedure made provi­                   — exportations by pipeline ;
sion for the simplification of formalities in respect of
the Community transit procedure so as to facilitate                 — exportations of postal consignments (including
the movement of goods within the Community ;                             postal packages) in so far as these involve the issue
                                                                         of a document T2L .
Whereas the extension of this facility to the formali­
ties in respect of the completion of the internal
Community transit document used to certify the                                               Article 2
Community nature of goods could be of similar
benefit to authorized consignors within the meaning                 1 . The authorization referred to in Article 1 ( 1 )
of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1226/71 who                     shall specify, in particular,
frequently export goods which are not carried under
the Community transit system ;                                      (a) the customs office assigned to pre-authenticate
                                                                         documents T2L as prescribed in Article 3(1 ) (a);
Whereas such extension is of value only in the case of                   and
movements of goods for which the internal Commu­
nity transit system is not obligatory ;                             (b) the manner in which the authorized consignor
                                                                         shall establish that forms T2L have properly been
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                     used .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee
on Community Transit,
                                                                    2.     The customs authorities shall specify the period
                                                                    within which and the manner in which the authorized
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      consignor shall notify the responsible customs office
                                                                    so that such office may carry out any necessary
                                                                    controls before the departure of the goods .
                           Article 1
 1.      The customs authorities of a Member State may
                                                                                             Article 3
authorize a person approved for the purposes of the
 provisions of Title I of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 1226/71 of 11 June 1971 who intends to export                    1.    The authorization shall stipulate that the space
goods under cover of a document T2L, to use that                     reserved for the customs certificate on the front of
document without complying with the provisions of                    form T2L
Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
 23 1 3 / 69 (4) of 19 November 1969 on the internal                (a) be stamped in advance with the stamp of the
 Community transit document for certifying the                           customs office referred to in Article 2(1 ) (a) and be
 Community nature of goods . Any person so approved                      signed by an officer of that office ; or
 is hereinafter referred to as an 'authorized consignor'.           (b) be stamped by the authorized consignor with a
                                                                         special metal stamp approved by the customs
 (') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 2, 1 . I. 1973, p. 1 .                                       authorities and conforming to the specimen
(3) OJ No L 129 , 15 . 6 . 1971 , p. 1 .                                 shown in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No
 b) OJ No L 295, 24. 11 . 1969, p. 8 .                                    1226 / 71 .
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The imprint of this special stamp may be pre-printed                                   Article 6
on the forms if the printing is entrusted to a printing
works approved for that purpose.
                                                              1 . The authorized consignor shall
                                                              (a) comply with the provisions of this Regulation and
2. The authorized consignor shall, not later than on              of the authorization referred to in Article 2 ; and
consignment of the goods, complete the form and
sign it. In addition he shall enter in the space reserved    (b) take all necessary measures to ensure the safe­
for the customs certificate the name of the responsible           keeping of the special stamp or of the forms
customs office, the date of completion of the docu­               bearing the imprint of the stamp of the authenti­
ment and such particulars of export documentation as              cating offices, as referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) (a) or of
are required by the Member State of exportation .                 the special stamp.
                                                              2. In the event of the misuse by any person of
3 . Form T2L properly completed so as to include
                                                              forms T2L bearing the imprint of the authenticating
the additional particulars prescribed in paragraph 2
                                                              customs office or of the special stamp approved by the
and signed by the authorized consignor shall be
                                                              customs authorities, then, without prejudice to any
treated as equivalent to the internal Community
                                                              criminal proceedings to which he may be liable, and
transit document used for certifying the Community
                                                              unless he can satisfy the customs authorities by whom
nature of goods.
                                                              he was authorized that he took the measures required
                                                              of him in paragraph 1 (b), the authorized consignor
                        Article 4
                                                              shall be liable for the amount payable in respect of
The authorized consignor shall make a copy of each            duties and other charges which are unpaid in any
document T2L issued under the provisions of this              Member State in consequence of such misuse.
Regulation . The customs authorities shall specify the
                                                                                       Article 7
conditions under which the copy document shall be
produced for purposes of control and retained for not        The customs authorities of the exporting Member
less than two years.                                          State may exclude certain categories of goods and
                                                              types of traffic from the facilities provided for in this
                        Article 5                             Regulation .
The customs authorities may carry out such control of                                  Article 8
the authorized consignor as is considered necessary.
The said consignor must provide all the necessary            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
information and facilities for this purpose.                  1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOL1