CELEX: 51986PC0381
Language: en
Date: 1986-07-02
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1468/81 ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE LATTER AND THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE CORRECT APPLICATION OF THE LAW ON CUSTOMS OR AGRICULTURAL MATTERS

19.7.86                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          N o C 181/7
        Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81
        on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and
        cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law
                                        on customs or agricultural matters (')
                                                 COM(86) 381 final
        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                           the EEC Treaty on 8 July 1986)
                                                   (86/C 181/08)
        The Commission amends its proposal as follows:
        — Article 14a — new wording:
           'Where the competent authorities of a Member State become aware of cases of abuse or
           irregularities which might have ramifications in other Member States they shall pass on to
           the Commission as quickly as possible either on their own initiative or at the request of the
           Commission all the information, particularly in the form of documents or copies or. extracts
           from documents, necessary to determine the facts fully and to establish proof of abuses or
           irregularities.'
        — Article 15b (1) — new wording:
           '1.    For the purposes     of ensuring that the law on customs or agricultural matters is
           correctly applied, the       Commission may carry out Community administrative and
           investigative missions in  third countries and in the Member States in cooperation with the
           competent authorities of   the Member States.'
        — Article 15b (2) — new wording:
           '2.    As regards Community missions to be carried out in third countries, the following
           conditions shall apply:
           (a) missions may be undertaken on the Commission's initiative or at the request of one or
                more Member States;
           (b) missions shall be carried out by representatives of the Commission and by officials
                designated for that purpose by the Member State concerned;
           (c) mission expenses for representatives of the Commission and officials of Member States
                shall be paid by the Commission.
        — A new Article 15c is inserted as follows:
           'The powers granted by Article 15b shall be additional to those which the Commission
           already possesses, particularly in respect of agricultural matters.'
        O OJ No C 267, 18. 10. 1985, p. 6.