CELEX: 21988D0629(01)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Decision 1/88 of the EEC-EFTA Joint Committee 'Commom Transit' of 22 April 1988 amending Appendices I, II and III to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure

29 . 6. 88                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 162/5
                   DECISION 1/88 OF THE EEC-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 'COMMON
                                                          TRANSIT
                                                      of 22 April 1988
                   amending Appendices I, II and III to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a
                                                common transit procedure
 THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                                                        Article 2
 Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a             Appendix II to the Convention is amended as follows :
 common transit procedure, and in particular Article 15 (3)
 (a) thereof,
                                                                   1 . In Article 1 , the following is inserted after paragraph
                                                                         5 :
 Whereas the new Article 40 (a) of the Regulation on
 Community transit does not apply to common transit ;
 whereas Appendix I to the Convention should conse­                     '5a. (This Article does not contain paragraph 5a.)'
 quently be adapted ;
                                                                  2. In Article 5 (3), 'and shall be signed by the person
 Whereas Appendix II to the Convention contains, inter                  signing that form' is deleted;
 alia, detailed rules for the application of the common
 transit procedure ;                                              3. Article 9 (1 ) and (2) is replaced by the following :
 Whereas it should be specified that the time limit pres­               ' 1 . Where Articles 29 to 61 operate, Article 5 (2),
 cribed by the office of departure by which the goods must              and Articles 6 to 8 shall apply to loading lists which
 be produced at the office of destination is binding on the             accompany the International Consignment Note or
 customs authorities of countries whose territory is entered           TR Transfer Note. The number of such lists shall be
 during the T 1 ot T 2 operation and shall not therefore be             shown in the box reserved for particulars of accompa­
 altered by those authorities ;                                         nying documents of either the International Consign­
                                                                        ment Note or the TR Transfer Note, whichever is
Whereas is order to overcome any difficulties which                     produced.
might arise from the renumbering of boxes on railway
documents used as customs transit documents in the                      In addition, the loading list shall include the wagon
context of the simplified transit procedure for the carriage           number to which the International Consignment
of goods by rail, it has proved necessary to refer to such             Note refers or, where appropriate, the number of the
boxes by their heading rather than by their number ;                   container containing the goods.
Whereas the indication of the flat-rate guarantee voucher              2. For transports beginning within the territory of
number as required under Appendix III to the Conven­                   the Contracting Parties comprising at the same time
tion in the list of codes to be used in box 52 : 'Guarantee'
                                                                       goods moving under the T 1 procedure and goods
to indicate the type of guarantee has in certain respects              moving under the T 2 procedure, separate loading
proved superfluous ; whereas there is therefore no need                lists shall be used ; in the case of goods carried in
for it to be retained,                                                 large containers under cover of TR Transfef Notes,
                                                                       such separate lists shall be completed for each large
                                                                       container which contains both categories of goods.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                               For transports beginning in the Community a
                                                                       reference to the serial* numbers of the loading lists
                                                                       relating to the goods moving under the T 1 procedure
                          Article 1
                                                                       shall be inserted in the box reserved for the descrip­
                                                                       tion of the goods of either the International Consign­
                                                                       ment Note or TR Transfer Note, whichever is
Appendix I to the Convention is amended as follows :                   produced.
The text appearing after Article 39 is replaced by the                 For transports beginning in an EFTA Country, a
following :                                                           reference to the . serial numbers of the loading lists
      Articles 40, 40a and 41
                                                                      relating to the goods moving under the T 2 procedure
                                                                      shall be inserted in the box reserved for the descrip­
                                                                      tion of the goods of either the International Consign­
     (This Appendix does not contain Articles 40, 40a and             ment Note or TR Transfer Note, whichever is
     41 .)'                                                           produced.
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 4. The following is inserted after Article 9 :                        shall be clearly entered in the box reserved for parti­
                                                                       culars of accompanying documents at the time when
    Time limit for the production of goods                             the International Consignment Note or the Interna­
    Article 9a                                                         tional Express Parcels Consignment Note is filled in.
                                                                       That reference shall specify the type, office of issue,
    The time limit prescribed by the office of departure               date and registration number of each document used.'
    by which the goods must be produced at the office of
    destination shall be binding on the customs authori­           9. Article 61 (4) is replaced by the following :
    ties of the countries whose territory is entered during
    the T 1 or T 2 operation ans shall not be altered by               '4.    Where a transit operation is effected under
                                                                       cover of a TR Transfer Note in accordance with
    those authorities.'
                                                                       Articles 44 to 58, the International Consignment
 5. The following is inserted after Article 19 :                       Note used for the operation shall be excluded from
     Articles 19 a to 19c                                              the scope of Articles 29 to 43, 59, 60 and 61 (1 ) and
                                                                       (2). The International Consignment Note shall bear a
    (This Appendix does not contain Articles 19a to 19c.)'             clear reference to the TR Transfer Note in the box
                                                                       reserved for particulars of accompanying documents.
 6. Article 35 (2) and (3) is replaced by the following :              That reference shall comprise the words "Transfer
    '2. Goods, the carriage of which begins in the                     Note" followed by the serial number.'
    Community, shall be deemed to be moving under the
    T 2 procedure. If, however, the goods are to move             10. In Article 67 (1 ) and (3), 'copies 1 , 4 and 5' is replaced
    under the T 1 procedure, the office of departure shall             by 'copies 1 and 4'.
    indicate on sheets 1 , 2 and 3 of the International
    Consignment Note that the goods to which that                 11 . In Article 85 (3), 'it shall be signed by the person who
    document refers are moving under the T 1 proce­                    signs the T 2 L document' is deleted.
    dure ; the symbol "T 1 " shall accordingly be clearly
    shown in the box reserved for customs. In the case of         12. In Annex IX, the text alongside figure 1 is replaced
    goods moving under the T 2 procedure the symbol                    by the following :
    "T2" need not be entered on the document.
                                                                       '1 .   The coat for arms or any other signs or letters
    3. Goods, the carriage of which begins in an EFTA                  characterizing the country'.
    country shall be deemed to be moving under the T 1
    procedure. If, however, the goods are to move under                                        Article 3
    the T 2 procedure in accordance with the provisions
    of Article 2 (3) (b) of the Convention, the office of
    departure shall indicate on sheet 3 of the Interna­          Appendix III to the Convention is amended as follows :
    tional Consignment Note that the goods to which the           1 . In Annex IX, under the heading 'Box 52 : Guarantee'
    document refers are moving under the T 2 proce­                   in the list of codes applicable, 'guarantee voucher
    dure ; the symbol "T 2" shall accordingly be clearly              number' in the third column alongside the words 'For
    shown in the box reserved for customs, together with              flat-rate guarantee' is deleted.
    the stamp of the customs office of departure and the
    signature of the responsible official. In the case of
    goods moving under the T 1 procedure the symbol                                            Article 4
    "T 1 " need not be entered on the document.'
                                                                 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1988 .
 7. In Article 45, the first subparagraph of Definition
    No 4 'List of large containers' is supplemented by
    the following :
    'The list shall be produced in the same number of             Done at Brussels, 22 April 1988 .
    copies as the TR Transfer Note to which it relates.'
 8. In Article 61 (2), the first subparagraph is replaced by                                  For the Joint Committee
    the following :
                                                                                                     The Chairman
    '2. In the case referred to in paragraph 1 , a
    reference to the transit document or documents used                                               E. R. VILAR