CELEX: 51989PC0008
Language: en
Date: 1989-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on Community participation in negotiations for the revision of the Customs Conventions on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles (1954) and Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(89 ) 08 final
                                               Brussels , 23 February 1989
                               Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
     on Community participation in negotiations for the revision of the
   Customs Conventions on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles
                 ( 1954 ) and Commercial Road Vehicles ( 1956 )
                         ( presented by the Commission )
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1.     Temporary admission of private road vehicles and commercial road vehicles ,
       free of duties and taxes and without prohibitions or restrictions on
       importation , is currently covered by the Custaris Convention on the
       Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles ( 1954 ) and the Custcms
       Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles ( 1956 ).
       The Oomnunity is not a contracting party to these Conventions , winch were
       drawn up before it was established and lack a customs union clause ,
       hitherto preventing the Ocmnunity fran signing .
2.     The Member States have signed these international conventions ( except
       Greece , which has not signed the Convention on private vehicles ) . Existing
       Community legislation on temporary admission covers goods ( other than means
       of transport ) and containers . Of particular importance are Council
       Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3599 /82 of 21 December 1982 on temporary importation
       arrangements ( 1 ) and Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2096/87 of 13 July 1987
       on temporary importation of containers ( 2 ) . Since the Corrrnunity has
       competence in this area , a proposal for a Council Regulation on the
       temporary admission of means of transport ( 3 ) was sent to the Council on 21
       21 December 1983 and is under examination , in accordance with the working
       programme approved by the Customs Questions Committee ( full meanbers ) . Tax
       exemptions within the Oomnunity for the temporary importation of certain
       means of transport are governed by Council Directive 83/182/EEC of 29 March
       1983 ( 4 ) . It should be pointed out that tins Directive covers motor cars
       for private or business use , but excludes camnercial vehicles .
3.     The V7orking Party on custcms questions affecting transport , a subsidiary
       body of the Inland Transport Corrmittee of the United Nations Economic
( 1 ) QJ No . L 376 , 31.12.1982 , p. 1
 ( 2 ) QJ No . L 196 , 17.7.1987 , p. 4
 ( 3 ) QJ No . C 4 , 7.1.1984 , p. 3
 ( 4 ) QJ No . L 105 , 23.4.1983 , p. 59
 ---pagebreak---    Canoission for Europe ( ECE ), has revised certain clauses of these
   Conventions to adapt them to current requirements for easing frontier
   crossings by vehicles .
4. The Community and its Member States have always played a very active part
   in the Working Party 's preparatory activities . They have new requested the
   inclusion in the revised text of the two Conventions of a clause allowing
   the Ccmnunity to became a contracting party ; tins would in particular ,
   provide that the number of votes allocated to the Community on matters for
   which it has competence should be equal to the total number of votes
   belonging to its Member States , which would not exercise their right to
   vote in these cases .
5. It should be pointed out that the negotiations for the amend merit of these
   two Conventions will take place in parallel with the negotiation of a new
   Customs Cooperation Council Temporary Importation Convention . A Council
   Decision of 1 December 1986 had already authorized the Gortnission to take
   part in negotiations for this Convention . These parallel negotiations will
   facilitate the future incorporation of time two conventions mentioned above
   within the new Customs Cooperation Council Convention . There is also the
   possibility of including a third convention in the revision process : the
   Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft
   and Pleasure Boats ( 1956 ).
6. Given its aim of facilitating frontier crossings by private and ccmnercial
   vehicles by means of temporary importation free of duties and taxes and
   without prohibitions or restrictions on importation , the amendment of the
   two Conventions on temporary importation of private and commercial road
   vehicles has a direct effect on the Community 's customs union and
   commercial policy, and in particular its export policy, one element of
   which is to facilitate the use of Community road vehicles within the
   territory of the Contracting Parties , thus helping distribution of the
   goods transported by these vehicles .
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   By reason of the foregoing , the subject of : he said Conventions falls
   within the exclusive competence of the Community under Article 113 .
7. For these reasons , the Commission recommends that the Council :
   -     to authorize it to participate ,
         on behalf of the Community, within the United Nations Economic
         Commission for Europe , in the negotiations for the amendment of the
         Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road
         Vehicles ( 1954 ), the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of
         Oarmercial Road Vehicles ( 1956 ) and, if necessary, the Customs
         Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and
         Pleasure Boats ( 1956 );
   -     decide that the negotiations should be carried out in consultation with
         the Committee referred to by Article 113 of the Treaty and according to
         the following directives :
          ( l ) the Oairmunity must ensure that the texts of the Conventions are
                amended by the addition of a customs union clause allowing the
                Cartmunity to accede to the Conventions , and that the number of
                votes allocated to the Community for matters which fall within its
                competence is equal to the total number of votes belonging to the
                Member States , which would not exercise their right to vote in
                these cases ;
        ( ii ) the amended texts of the Conventions must be consistent with the
                provisions due to be adopted sliortly by the Community in the areas
                covered by the Conventions , in accordance with the proposal for a
                Regulation presented by the Commission ( G0M(83)741 final ) and
                having regard to the results of the Council 1 s examination of this
                proposal ;
      ( in ) it will be necessary to ensure close coordination between these
                negotiations and the negotiations on Customs Cooperation Council 's
                Convention on temporary admission ( see the Council 's Decision of
                1 December 1986 ) .
 ---pagebreak---      FICHE D' IMPACT DE CERTAINS ACTES LEGISLATIF SUR LES PME ET L' EMPLOI
Ûb j e L : Projet de recommandation d' une Décision du Conseil concernant
             la participation de la Communauté à la négociation d' une
            révision des Conventions douanières relatives à l' importation
            des véhicules routiers privés ( 1954 ) et commerciaux ( 1956 )
1 . OBLIGATIONS ADMINISTRATIVES DECOULANT DE L' APPLICATION DE LA
     LEGISLATION POUR LES ENTREPRISES :
     néant
2.   AVANTAGES POUR L' ENTREPRISE :
     Facilitation du passage aux frontières des véhicules routiers
    privés et commerciaux et utilisation des mêmes dispositions dans
     toute la Communauté et dans les pays tiers qui accepteront la
    version révisée des Conventions .
3 . INCONVENIENTS POUR L' ENTREPRISE :
     ( coûts supplémentaires )
    néant
4 . EF'E'S SUR L' EMPLOI :
     néart
5 . Y A - T - IL EU CONCERTATION PREALABLE AVEC LES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX ?
    non
6 . Y A - T - IL UNE APPROCHE ALTERNATIVE MOINS CONTRAI GNANTE ?
    non