CELEX: 51995PC0033
Language: en
Date: 1995-02-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signature, without reservation of ratification, of the Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - (Geneva, 21 January 1994)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(95) 33 final
                                               Brussels, 17.02.1995
                                               95/0030 (ACC)
                           Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL DECISION
         on the signature, without reservation of ratification,
             of the Convention on Customs Treatment of
           Pool Containers used in International Transport
                     (Geneva, 21 January 1994)
                  (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. The attached is a proposal for a Council Decision to sign the Convention on Customs
   Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport (Container Pool Convention),
   done by the United Nations at Geneva on 21 January 1994, without reserve of ratification.
   The text of the Convention is given in Annex I to the proposed Council Decision.
2. The object of the Convention is to promote efficient use of containers in international
   transport by streamlining administrative procedures with a view to reducing the number of
   empty units transported. This is to be done by introducing the concept of "equivalent
   compensation", meaning that instead of an imported container having to be re-exported
   within a given period, another container of the same type may be re-exported in its place;
   likewise for exported containers. The Convention grants this facility to containers belonging
   to a pool, i.e. operated in common under a scheme agreed by the members of the pool.
   Subject to certain conditions laid down in the Convention, setting up a pool will enable
   such containers to be used free of all customs restrictions on import, export and internal
   traffic.
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 ---pagebreak--- 3.  The Convention includes a territoriality clause permitting the territories of Contracting
    Parties which form a regional economic integration organization to be deemed a single
    territory. It also contains a clause enabling the Community to become a Contracting Party
   for matters within its competence. This means that the Community will have exclusive
   competence, in its own right, for most of the matters governed by the Convention, while for
    others the Member States will have competence. Once the Community has signed the
    Convention, the United Nations Secretary General will be informed of the precise balance
   by means of a communication from the Commission, following consultation with the
   Member States. In the event of a vote in the Administrative Committee, the Community
   will have as many votes as its Member States would have in total as Contracting Parties to
   the Convention.
4. The Commission has conducted a thorough comparison of the Convention and Community
   legislation. It will be necessary to take into account certain constraints pertaining to the
   customs union and the current level of harmonization with regard to the import and export
   of spare parts for repairs, and container accessories and equipment, for which Community
   legislation in some cases requires the presentation of a customs document and the provision
   of a security.
5. Given that its aim is to facilitate international container transport, the Convention has a
   direct bearing on the way the customs union works and therefore on the implementation of
   the Community's commercial policy. Moreover, since it has major practical advantages for
   economic operators in the Community, it should be brought into force in the Community
   without delay. It is therefore proposed that the Convention be signed without reserve of
   ratification.
 ---pagebreak--- 6. Since, under Article 113, the Community has competence for most of the matters governed
   by the Convention, while others are matters for the national governments, the Community
   and its Member States should become Contracting Parties to the Convention for those
   matters falling within their respective competence.
7. Consequently the Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in
   International Transport (Container Pool Convention) may be signed without reservation of
   ratification.
 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                         on the signature, without reservation of ratification,
                             of the Convention on Customs Treatment of
                           Pool Containers used in International Transport
                                     (Geneva, 21 January 1994)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof, read in conjunction with Article 228(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International
Transport, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations and done at Geneva on 21 January
1994, seeks to promote efficient use of containers in international transport by facilitating
administrative procedures, with a view to reducing transport of empty units;
Whereas Article 14(3) of the Convention provides for its signature by regional economic
integration organizations;
Whereas, in the light of its major practical advantages for economic operators, the Convention
should be approved and signed by the Community without reservation of ratification;
Whereas the Convention should nonethelss be approved with reservations reflecting certain
constraints pertaining to the customs union and to the current level of harmonization with regard to
the import and export of spare parts for repairs and of container accessories and equipment;
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas, therefore, the Community should become a Contracting Party to the Convention, with
the above-mentioned reservations,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                             Article 1
The Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport is
hereby approved, with reservations, on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Convention and the reservations entered thereto appear in Annexes I and II to this
Decision.
                                             Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the
Convention referred to in Article 1, without reservation of ratification, in order to bind the
Community.
Done at Brussels,
                                                     For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                            ANNEX I
            CONVENTION ON CUSTOMS TREATMENT OF POOL CONTAINERS
                             USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
                                     (Container Pool Convention)
                                            PREAMBLE
 The Contracting Parties.
Conscious of the increasing importance of international transport of goods in containers,
Desiring to enhance the efficient use of containers in international transport,
Considering the necessity to facilitate administrative procedures, in order to provide for a reduced
transport of empty units,
Have agreed as follows:
                                            CHAPTER I
                                             GENERAL
                                                Article 1
                                              Definitions
For the purposes of this Convention:
(a) the term "import duties and taxes" shall mean Customs duties and all other duties, taxes, fees
    and other charges which are collected on, or in connection with, the importation of goods, but
    not including fees and charges limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered;
(b) the term "container" shall mean an article of transport equipment (lift-van, movable tank or
    other similar structure):
    (i)   fully or partially enclosed to constitute a compartment intended for containing goods;
    (ii)  of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;
 ---pagebreak---     (iii)  specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods by one or more modes of transport
           without intermediate reloading;
    (iv)   designed for ready handling, particularly when being transferred from one mode of
           transport to another;
    (v)    designed to be easy to fill and to empty;
    (vi)   having an internal volume of one cubic metre or more except for air freight containers;
    "demountable bodies" and "platformflats"are to be treated as containers;
    the term "container" shall include standard air freight containers having an internal volume of
    less than one cubic metre provided they fulfil the requirements of subparagraphs (i) to (v);
    the term "container" shall include the accessories and equipment of the container, appropriate
    for the type concerned, provided that such accessories and equipment are carried with the
    container.   The term "container" shall not include vehicles, accessories or spare parts of
    vehicles, or packaging;
(c) the term "partially enclosed", as applied to containers in article 1, subparagraph (b) (i), shall
    relate to containers generally consisting of a floor and a superstructure marking off a loading
    space equivalent to that of a closed container. The superstructure is generally made up of
    metal members forming the frame of a container. Containers of this type may also comprise
    one or more lateral or frontal walls. In some cases there is only a roof attached to the floor by
    uprights. This type of container is used in particular for the transport of bulky goods (motor
    cars, for example);
(d) the term "demountable body" shall mean a load compartment which has no means of
    locomotion and which is designed in particular to be transported upon a road vehicle, the
    chassis of which, together with the underframing of the body is especially adapted for this
    purpose. It covers also a swap-body which is a load compartment designed especially for
    combined rail/road transport;
(e) the term "platform flat" shall mean a loadable platform having no or ah incomplete
    superstructure but having the same length and width as the base of a container and equipped
    with top and bottom corner fittings, so that some of the same securing and lifting devices tan
    be used;
 ---pagebreak---  (f) the term "repair" shall concern solely minor restoration and routine maintenance;
 (g) the term "accessories and equipment of the container" shall cover in particular the following
     devices even if they are removable:
     (i)    equipment for controlling, modifying or maintaining the temperature inside the container;
     (ii)   small appliances, such as temperature or impact recorders, designed to indicate or record
            variations in environmental conditions and impact;
     (iii) internal partitions, pallets, shelves, supports, hooks, sheets, bags and similar devices
            especially designed for use in containers;
(h) the term "Pool" shall mean the use in common of containers established by an agreement;
(i) the term "Pool member" shall mean the operator of containers who is a party to the agreement
     setting up the Pool;
j)   the term "operator" of a container shall mean the person, who, whether or not its owner, has
     effective control of its use;
(k) the term "person" shall mean both natural and legal persons;
(1) the term "equivalent compensation" shall mean the system which allows the re-exportation or
     re-importation of a container of the same type as that of another container previously imported
     or exported;
(m) the term "internal traffic" shall mean the carriage of goods loaded in the territory of a
     Contracting Party for unloading at a place within the territory of the same Contracting Party;
(n) the term "Contracting Party" shall mean a State or regional economic integration organization,
     party to this Convention;
(o) the term "regional economic integration organization" shall mean an organization constituted
     by and composed of States referred to in article 14, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Convention
     which has competence to adopt its own legislation that is binding on its Member States, in
     respect of matters governed by this Convention, and has competence to decide, in accordance
     with its internal procedures, to sign, ratify or accede to this Convention,
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 ---pagebreak--- (p) the term "ratification" shall mean ratification, acceptance or approval.
                                                Article 2
                                               Objective
This Convention aims at facilitating the use in common of containers by members of a Pool, on the
basis of equivalent compensation.
                                                Article 3
                                                 Scope
This Convention shall apply to an exchange between Contracting Parties of containers for use as
part of a Pool whose members are established in the territory of those Contracting Parties.
                                                Affole 4
                                               Facilities
Each Contracting Party shall grant admission to containers as referred to in article 3 of this
Convention, without payment of import duties and taxes, free of import prohibitions or restrictions
of an economic character, without limitations as to use in internal traffic and without requiring, on
their importation and exportation, Customs documents and security, provided that the conditions
laid down in article 5 of this Convention are complied with.
                                                Article 5
                                              Conditions
1.   Each Contracting Party shall apply the facilities of article 4 of this Convention to containers
     used in a Pool on the conditions that:
     (a)   they have been previously exported or will be subsequently re-exported, or that an equal
           number of containers of the same type have been previously exported or will
           subsequently be re-exported;
                                                   ii
 ---pagebreak---    (b)     under the agreement setting up the Pool, the Pool members:
           (i) exchange among themselves containers in the course of international transport of
                goods;
           (ii) keep records, for each type of container, showing the movement of containers so
                exchanged;
          (iii) undertake to deliver to one another the number of containers of each type necessary
                to offset, over periods of 12 months, the outstanding balances of the accounts so
                kept, so as to ensure a balance for each Pool member between the number of
                containers of each type which he has placed at the disposal of the Pool and the
                number of Pool containers of these same types at his disposal in the territory of the
                Contracting Party in which he is established. The period of 12 months may be
                extended by the competent Customs authorities of that Contracting Party.
2. Each Contracting Party may decide whether containers placed at the disposal of the Pool by
   any Pool member established in its territory shall meet the conditions contained in its
   legislation concerning admission and unrestricted use in internal traffic on its territory.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall be applicable only if:
   (a)    containers bear durable and unique marks agreed upon in the Pool agreement, which
          shall allow identification of the container;
   (b)    the Pool agreement has been communicated to the Customs authorities of the
          Contracting Parties concerned, and these authorities have approved it as being in
          conformity with the provisions of this Convention. Competent authorities shall inform
          the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe of
          their approval and will also inform him of the names of the Contracting Parties
          concerned.      The Executive Secretary transmits this information to the Contracting
          Parties concerned.
                                               Article 6
                                      Component parts for repair
1. When the Pool agreement foresees the setting up of a Pool for identifiable component parts
   used for the repair of the Pool containers, articles 4, 5 (paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 (b)) and 9 of this
   Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to those component parts.
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 ---pagebreak--- 2. When the Pool agreement does not foresee the setting up of a Pool for the component parts
   used for the repair of the Pool containers, temporary admission without payment of import
   duties and taxes, and without application of import prohibitions or restrictions of economic
   character shall be granted to these component parts without the production of Customs
   documents being required on their importation and re-exportation and without the furnishing
   of a form of security.
   When the provisions of the preceding paragraph cannot be applied, in lieu of a Customs
   document and security for spare parts, the person to whom the temporary admission facilities
   are granted may be required to undertake in writing.
   (a)    to supply to the Customs authorities a list of component parts with an undertaking to re-
          export; and
   (b)    to pay such import duties and taxes as may be required in the case where the conditions
          of temporary admission have not been fulfilled.
   Component parts granted temporary admission not used for repair shall be re-exported within
   six months from the date of importation. However, this period may be extended by the
   competent Customs authorities.
3. Replaced parts not re-exported shall, in conformity with the regulations of the country
   concerned and as the Customs authorities of that country may authorize, be:
   (a)    subjected to the import duties and taxes to which they are liable at the time when, and in
          the condition in which, they are presented;
   (b)    abandoned, free of all expense, to the competent authorities of that country; or
   (c)    destroyed, under official supervision at the expense of the parties concerned.
                                              Article 7
                             Accessories and equipment of containers
1. When the Pool agreement foresees the setting up of a Pool for identifiable accessories and
   equipment of containers, which are either imported with a container of the Pool to be re-
   exported separately or with another container of the Pool, or imported separately to be re-
   exported with a container of the Pool, articles 4, 5 (paragraphs 1, 2 and 3(b)) and 9 of this
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 ---pagebreak---    Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to those accessories and equipment.
2. When the Pool agreement does not foresee the setting up of a Pool for the accessories and
   equipment of containers, which are either imported with a container of the Pool to be re-
   exported separately or with another container of the Pool, or imported separately to be re-
   exported with a container of the Pool:
   (a)   the provisions of article 6, paragraph 2, shall apply to these accessories and equipment;
   (b)   each Contracting Party reserves the right not to grant temporary admission to
         accessories and equipment which have been the subject of purchase, hire-purchase, lease
         or a contract of a similar nature concluded by a person resident or established in its
         territory;
   (c)   notwithstanding the requirement of the period for the re-exportation laid down in article
         6, paragraph 2, which shall apply to accessories and equipment by virtue of point (a) of
         this article, seriously damaged accessories and equipment shall not be required to be re-
         exported provided that, in conformity with the regulations of the country concerned and
         as the Customs authorities of that country may authorize, they are:
         (i) subjected to the import duties and taxes to which they are liable at the time when,
               and in the condition in which, they are presented;
         (ii) abandoned, free of all expense, to the competent authorities of that country; or
         (iii) destroyed, under official supervision, at the expense of the parties concerned, any
               parts or materials salvaged being subjected to the import duties and taxes to which
               they are liable at the time when, and in the condition in which, they are presented.
                                               Article 8
                             Regional economic integration organization
1. For the purpose of this Convention, the territories of Contracting Parties which form a
   regional economic integration organization may be taken to be a single territory.
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 ---pagebreak---     Nothing in this Convention shall prevent a regional economic integration organization
    Contracting Party to this Convention, from enacting special provisions applicable to the use of
    Pool containers in the territory of that organization, provided those provisions do not reduce
    the facilities provided for by this Convention.
                                               Article 9
                                               Controls
1.  Each Contracting Party shall have the right to cany out controls regarding the correct
    application of this Convention.
2.  Pool members established in the territory of a Contracting Party shall provide the Customs
    authorities of that Contracting Party, on their request, with the list of the numbers of
    containers placed at the disposal of the Pool, and the number of Pool containers of each tiype
    in its territory.
                                              Article 10
                                            Infringements
1.  Any infringement of the provisions of this Convention shall render the perpetrator liable, on
    the territory of the Contracting Party in which the infringement was committed, to any
    measures provided for by the laws of that Contracting Party.
2.  When it is not possible to determine the territory on which an irregularity has been committed,
    it shall be deemed to have been committed on the territory of the Contracting Party where it
    was detected.
                                              Article 11
                                        Exchange of information
The Contracting Parties shall communicate to each other, on demand and in so far as their laws
permit, the information required to implement the provisions of this Convention.
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 ---pagebreak---                                               Article 12
                                          Greater facilities
This Convention shall not prevent the application of greater facilities which Contracting Parties
grant or may wish to grant either by unilateral provisions or by virtue of bilateral or multilateral
agreements provided that such facilities do not impede the application of the provisions of this
Convention.
                                              Article 13
                                          Safeguard clause
This Convention shall not affect the provisions regarding competition applicable in one or several
Contracting Parties.
                                           CHAPTER H
                                      FINAL PROVISIONS
                                              Article 14
                                Signature, ratification and accession
1. Member States of the United Nations or its specialized agencies may become Contracting
    Parties to this Convention by:
    (a)   signature without reservation of ratification;
    (b)   depositing an instrument of ratification, after signature subject to ratification;
    (c)   depositing an instrument of accession.
2.  Any State other than those referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, to which an invitation to
    that effect has been addressed by the depositary at the request of the Administrative
    Committee, may become a Contracting Party to this Convention by acceding thereto after its
    entry into force.
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 ---pagebreak--- 3.   Any regional economic integration organization may become, in accordance with the
     provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, a Contracting Party to this Convention.         Such
     organization, Contracting Party to this Convention, shall inform the depositary of its
     competence and any subsequent changes thereto, with respect to the matters governed by this
     Convention. The organization concerned shall, for the matters within its competence, exercise
    the rights and fulfil the responsibilities which this Convention confers on States which are
     Contracting Parties to this Convention. In matters within the competence of the organization,
     of which the depositary has been informed, the member States of the organization, which are
     Contracting Parties to this Convention, shall not be entitled to exercise individually these
     rights, including inter alia therightto vote.
4.   This Convention shall be open for signature from 15 April 1994 to 14 April 1995 inclusive, at
    the Office of the United Nations in Geneva. Thereafter, it shall be open for accession.
                                               Article 15
                                              Reservations
Any Contracting Party may enter reservations to paragraph 2 of articles 6 and 7, concerning the
requirement of Customs document and security.            Any Contracting Party which has entered
reservations may withdraw them, in whole or in part, at any time, by notification to the depositary
specifying the date on which such withdrawal takes effect.
                                               Article 16
                                            Entry into force
     This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date on which five States or
     regional economic integration organizations referred to in article 14, paragraphs 1 and 3, have
     signed this Convention without reservation of ratification or have deposited their instruments
     of ratification or accession.      For the purpose of this paragraph, any signature without
     reservation of ratification of, or any instrument deposited by, such a regional economic
     integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those of its member States.
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 ---pagebreak---        This Convention shall enter into force for all additional States or regional economic integration
      organizations referred to in article 14, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, six months after the date of
      signature without reservation of ratification, or of deposit of instruments of ratification or
      accession.
      Any instrument of ratification or accession deposited after the entry into force of an
      amendment to this Convention in accordance with article 21 shall be deemed to apply to this
      Convention as amended.
      Any such instrument deposited after an amendment has been accepted but before it has entered
      into force shall be deemed to apply to this Convention as amended on the date when the
      amendment enters into force
      This Convention shall apply to a specific Pool only when all the States or regional economic
      integration organizations concerned by that Pool have become Contracting Parties to this
      Convention.
                                                Article 17
                                              Denunciation
1.    Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by so notifying the depositary.
2.    Denunciation shall take effect fifteen months after the date of receipt by the depositary of the
      notification of denunciation.
                                                Article 18
                                              Termination
If, after the entry into force of this Convention, the number of Contracting Parties is for any period
of twelve consecutive months reduced to less than five, the Convention shall cease to have effect
from the end of the twelve-month period. For the purpose of the present article, the presence of a
regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to its Member States.
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 ---pagebreak---                                               Article 19  -
                                      Administrative Committee
1. There shall be established an Administrative Committee (hereinafter called "the Committee")
   to consider the operation of the present Convention, to consider any amendments proposed
   thereto and to consider measures to secure uniformity in the interpretation and application
   thereof.
2. The Contracting Parties shall be members of the Committee. The Committee may decide that
   the competent administration of any State or regional economic integration organization which
   is not a Contracting Party, or representatives of international organizations may, for questions
   which interest them, attend the sessions of the Committee as observers.
3. The Executive Secretary of the United Nations liconomic Commission for Europe,
   (hereinafter called the "Executive Secretary") shall provide the Committee with secretariat
   services.
4. The Committee shall, on the occasion of every session, elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman.
5. The competent administrations of the Contracting Parties shall communicate to the Executive
   Secretary proposals for amendments to the present Convention and the reasons therefor,
   together with any requests for the inclusion of items on the agenda of the sessions of the
   Committee. The Executive Secretary shall bring these communications to the attention of the
   competent administrations of the Contracting Parties and to the depositary.
6. The Executive Secretary shall convene the Committee:
   (a)    two years after the Convention has entered into force;
   (b)    thereafter, at a date fixed by the Committee, but not lessfrequentlythan every five years;
   (c)    at the request of the competent administrations of at least two Contracting Parties.
   He shall circulate the draft agenda to the competent administrations of the Contracting Parties
   and to the observers referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, at least six weeks before the
   Committee meets.
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 ---pagebreak--- 7.  On the decision of the Committee taken by virtue of the provisions of paragraph 2 of this
    article, the Executive Secretary shall invite the competent administrations of the States and the
    organizations referred to in the said paragraph 2 to be represented by observers at the sessions
    of the Committee.
8.  A quorum consisting of not less than one-third of the Contracting Parties is required for the
    purposes of taking decisions. For the purpose of this paragraph, the presence of a regional
    economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to its member States.
9.  Proposals shall be put to the vote. Except as provided in paragraph 10 of this article, each
    Contracting Party represented at the meeting shall have one vote.         Proposals other than
    proposals for amendments shall be adopted by the Committee by a majority of the members
    present and voting. Proposals for amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the
    members present and voting.
10. Where article 14, paragraph 3 applies, the regional economic integration organizations,
    Contracting Parties to this Convention, shall have, in case of voting, only a number of votes
    equal to the total votes allotted to their member States which are Contracting Parties to this
    Convention.
11. Before the closure of its session, the Committee shall adopt a report.
12. In the absence of relevant provisions in this article, the Rules of Procedure of the United
    Nations Economic Commission for Europe shall be applicable unless the Committee decides
    otherwise.
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 ---pagebreak---                                              Article 20
                                      Settlement of disputes
1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or
   application of this Convention shall, in so far as possible, be settled by direct negotiation
   between them.
2. Any dispute which is not settled by direct negotiation shall be referred by the Contracting
   Parties in dispute to the Committee which shall consider the dispute and make
   recommendations for its settlement.
3. The Contracting Parties in dispute may agree in advance to accept the recommendations of the
   Committee as binding.
                                             Article 21
                                      Amendment procedure
1. In accordance with article 19 of this Convention, the Committee may recommend amendments
   to this Convention.
2. The text of any amendment so recommended shall be communicated by the depositary to all
   Contracting Parties to this Convention and to the other signatories.
3. Any recommended amendment communicated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article
   shall enter into force with respect to all Contracting Parties three months after the expiry of a
   period of eighteen months following the date of communication of the recommended
   amendment if no objection to the recommended amendment has been notified during that
   period to the depositary by a Contracting Party.
4. If an objection to the recommended amendment has, been notified to the depositary by a
   Contracting Party before the expiry of the period of ei ghteen months specified in paragraph 3
   of this article, the amendment shall be deemed not to have been accepted and shall have no
   effect whatsoever.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                Article 22
                                               Depositary
 1.   The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated as the depositary of this
     Convention.
2.   The functions of the Secretary-General of the United Nations as depositary shall be as set out
     in Part VII of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, concluded at Vienna on 23 May
      1969.
3.   In the event of any difference appearing between a Contracting Party and the depositary as to
     the performance of the latter^ functions, the depositary or that Contracting Party shall bring
     the question to the attention of the other Contracting Parties and the signatories or, where
     appropriate, to the Committee.
                                               Article 23
                                    Registration and authentic texts
In accordance with article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, this Convention shall be
registered with the secretariat of the United Nations.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have signed this
Convention.
     DONE at Geneva, this twenty-first day of January 1994 in a single copy in the Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, the six texts being equally authentic.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                           ANNEX II
                                        RESERVATIONS
The Community approves the Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in
International Transport (container Pool Convention), with the following reservations:
In respect of Articles 6 and 7 Community legislation, in certain cases, requires the presentation of a
customs document and the provision of a security for component parts for repairs and for container
accessories and equipment.
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