CELEX: 31972R2719
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2719/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 amending Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 on Community transit

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No L 291/24                     Official Journal of the European Communities                         28.12.72
                      REGULATION (EEC) No 2719/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                             of 19 December 1972
              amending Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 on Community transit
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                               Treaty     establishing    the   European
TIES,                                                              Economic Community,
                                                               (b) goods which, though satisfying the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       conditions laid down in Articles 9 and
European Economic Community, and in                                10 of the Treaty establishing the Euro­
particular Article 235 thereof,                                    pean Economic Community, have been
Having regard to the proposal from the Com­                        subject to customs export formalities
mission,                                                           for the grant of refunds for export to
                                                                   third   countries   under    the  common
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       agricultural policy,
Parliament,
                                                               (c) goods coming under the Treaty estab­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic                       lishing the European Coal and Steel
and Social Committee,                                              Community which under the terms of
Whereas, by virtue of Article 1 of Council                         that Treaty are not in free circulation
Regulation (EEC) No 542/691 of 18 March 1969                       in the Community.
on Community transit, the movement of prod­                    3.     The procedure for internal Community
ucts which have been subject to customs                        transit shall apply to movement of the
export formalities for the grant of refunds for                following goods, if they are subject to
export to third countries under the common                     customs , tax, economic or statistical
agricultural policy, is carried out under the                  measures or any other measures relating to
procedure for internal Community transit;                      trade:
Whereas, for administrative reasons and in                     (a) goods which satisfy the conditions laid
order to avoid fraudulent practices, provision                     down in Articles 9 and 10 of the Treaty
should be made that the external procedure for                     establishing the European Economic
Community procedure should apply to such                           Community (hereinafter called "Com­
goods;                                                             munity goods"), except the goods re­
                                                                   ferred to in paragraph 2 (b),
                                                               (b) goods coming under the Treaty estab­
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      lishing the European Coal and Steel
                                                                   Community which under the terms of
                     Article 1                                     that Treaty are in free circulation within
                                                                   the Community.'
 The following text shall be substituted for the
 text of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 1 of
 Regulation (EEC) No 542/69:                                                     Article 2
     '2 .    The procedure for external Com­
     munity transit shall apply to movement of             1.     This Regulation shall enter into force on
    the following goods:                                   the third day following its publication in the
     (a) goods which do not satisfy the conditions         Official Journal of the European Communities.
          laid down in Articles 9 and 10 of the
                                                           2 . The provisions of Article 1 shall apply
                                                           to Community transit declarations registered
 i OJ No L 77, 29.3.1969, p. 1 .                           at the offices of departure as from 1 January 1973 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972.
                                                        For the Council
                                                         The President
                                                        T. WESTERTERP