CELEX: 51987PC0287
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council of 13 June 1985 on the temporary admission of radio and television production and broadcasting equipment (presented by the Commission)

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                                               /
                                               COM(87 ) 287 final
                                               Brussels , 1 July 1987
                                COUNCIL DECISION
  accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the Customs
    Co-operation Council of 13 June 1985 on the temporary admission of
          radio and television production and broadcasting equipment
                         (presented by the Commission )
 C0MC87 ) 287 final
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                                         S U M M A R Y
The Recommendation of 13 June 1985 on the temporary admission of radio and
television production and broadcasting equipment was adopted by the Customs
Co-operation Council in order to simplify customs formalities concerning
temporary importation of such equipment .
Many of the matters covered by this Recommendation are covered by Community
législation on :
(i)      temporary importation , notably , Commission Régulation ( EEC ) N.
          3813 / 85 of 13 December 1985 amending the provisions of Articles 12
          and 13 and of Annex I to Regulation ( EEC ) N. 1751 /84 laying down
          certain implementing provisions for Council Regulation ( EEC ) N.
          3599 /82 on temporary importation relief arrangements ; 1
( ii )    temporary importation in relation to VAT , notably the Seventeenth
          Council Directive of 16 July 1985 on the harmonization of the laws of
          the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Exemption from value
          added tax on the temporary importation of goods other than means of
          transport
          ( 85 / 362 / EEC ); 2
 ( iii ) tax exemptions within the Community for certain means of transport
          temporarily imported into one Member State from another
           ( 83 / 1 82 /EEC ) ; 3
 ( iv )   frontier controls , notably , the Council Directive of 1 December 1983
          on the facilitation of physical inspections and administrative
          formalities in respect of the carriage of goods between Member
          States . 4
 On some of the matters covered by the Recommendation , however , there is no
 Community legislation .
 In view of its intention to simplify customs formalities - this being a
 matter of special interest for the fonctioning of customs services and
 consequently for the implementation of the commercial policy of the
 Community - it is desirable that the Community accept the Recommendation
 with immediate effect , especially since existing Community legislation
  already covers most of the Recommendation 's provisions .
  1 OJ   L   368 ,    31.12.1985 , p. 7.
  2 OJ   L    192 ,  24 . 7.1985 , p. 20
  3 OJ   L    105 ,  23 . 4.1983 , p. 59
  4 OJ   L   359 ,   22.12.1983 ,  p. 8
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                              KXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . Given its objective of simplifying custoras formalities on temporary
    importation of radio and télévision production and broadcastinq
    equipment , the Customs Co-operation Council Recommendation of 13 June
    1985 on temporary importation of radio and télévision production and
    broadcastinq equipment directly concerns the operation of the customs
    union and , consequently , the implémentation of the Community's
    commercial policy .
2 . This Recommendation calls upon customs administrations to refrain from
    requiring a temporary importation document or the lodging of a security
    in respect of temporarily imported radio and television production and
    broadcasting equipment and vehicles specially adapted for use in radio
    or television broadcasting , and also in respect of private motor
    vehicles where these are used to transport the said equipment , and to
    allow such vehicles and equipment to cross frontiers outside normal
    opening hours of customs offices . It also calls upon customs
    administrations to accept for customs control purposes simply a list or
    detailed inventory of the equipment in question .
3 . The Recommendation was adopted by the Customs Co-operation Council on 13
    June 1985 on the basis of a Community proposal . The Community must now
    take up a position with regard to it . This Recommendation has been
    closely examined by the Commission departments and by representatives of
    the Member States . Following this examination , it appears possible to
    accept the Recommendation at Community level without reserve , subject
    however to certain conditions of application .
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                                     Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
 accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the Customs
   Co-operation Council of 13 June 1985 on the temporary admission of
          radio and television production and broadcasting equipment
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Recommendation on the temporary admission of radio and television
production and broadcasting equipment was adopted by the Customs Co-operation
Council on 13 June 1985 ; whereas it is necessary for the Community to adopt
a position with regard to it ;
Whereas the said Recommendation may be accepted by the Community with
immédiate effect ;
Whereas the first measure called for by the Recommendation can be implemented
pursuant to the existing Community provisions on temporary importation arrange¬
ments as laid down successively in the third indent of Article 13(1 ) of and
                                                     1
Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1751 /84 as amended by Regulation ( EEC )
               2
No 3813 / 85 , which Lays down certain implementing provisions for Regulation ( EEC ) Nc
3599 /82 , as regards value added tax in Article 2 , Article 3(4 ) and Article 12
of Council Directive 85/362/ EEC3 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member
States relating to turnover taxes , and in Article 4 of Council Directive
               4
83 / 182 / EEC as regards tax exemptions within the Community for certain means
of transport temporarily imported into one Member State from another ; whereas
the second and third measures called for by the Recommendation could require
particular implementing arrangements , to be specified by the Member States ,
HAS DECIDED AS F0LL0WS :
1 0J  L  171 ,   29.6.1984, p. 1 .
20J   L  368,    31.12.1985, p. 7 .
30J   L  192,    24.7.1985 , p. 20 .
40J   L  105,    23.4.1983, p. 59 .
 ---pagebreak--- The Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council of 13 June 1985 on
the temporary admission of radio and television production and broadcasting
equipment is hereby accepted on behalf of the Community with immediate effect ,
subject to the conditions of application set out in Annex 1 .
The text of the Recommendation is set out in Annex 2 .
                               Article 2
The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to notify
the Secretariat-General of the Customs Co-operation Council of the acceptance
of the Recommendation by the Community , with immediate effect , subject to the
conditions of application referred to in Article 1 .
Done at Brussels                                   For the Counci l
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                                                                   ANNEX 1
                         CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION
Community legislation covers only some of the matters dealt with by the
Recommendation .
For matters not covered by Community legislation , Member States shall
provide information on any implementing arrangements of their own , until
Community rules are introduced .
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                                     ']
                              RECOMMENDATION  of 13 june 1935
                OF THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL
 ON THE TEMPO RARY ADMISSION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION
                     AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT  •
The Customs Co-operation Council ,
CONSIDERING that , in general , temporary admission facilities are
    granted to radio and television production and broadcasting
    equipment ,
HAVING REGARD to the Customs Convention on the temporary
    importation of professional equipment (8 June 1961 ),
HAVING REGARD to the Customs Convention on the ATA carnet for the
    temporary admission of goods (6 December 1961 ),
EIAVING REGARD to the Recommendation of the Council concerning the
    use of temporary importation papers in respect of radio and
    television vans (1 December 1955 ),
HAVING REGARD to the Recommendation of the Council on the
    temporary admission of radio and television vans (9 June 1977 ),
 DESIRING to simplify Customs formalities with a view to
     facilitating the admission of this equipment and the vehicles
    carrying it ,
 RECOMMENDS that Members and Customs or Economic Unions should
    require from approved public and private bodies or their
    agents neither temporary admission documents nor security for
    the temporary admission of radio and television production and
                                                                1/1 .
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   broadcasting equipment , including radio or television vans ,
   and that for the purposes of Customs control they should be
   content with the production in duplicate of a list or detailed
   inventory of such equipment ,
RECOMMZUDS that , wherever possible , Members and Customs or
   Economic Unions should require neither temporary admission
   documents nor security in respect of touring vehicles where
   these are used to transport such radio and television
   production and broadcasting equipment ,
RECOMMEUDS that Members and Customs or Economic Unions should
   allow such equipment and vehicles to cross their frontiers
   outside the normal business hours of Customs offices in
   respect of commercial traffic , including on Sundays and public
   holidays , against payment for special services , where
   applicable ,
REQU2STS States , whether or not Members of the Council , and
   Customs or Economie Unions wliich accept this Recommendation ,
   to notify the Secretary General of their acceptance , of the
   date from which they will apply the Recommendation , and of the
    conditions of its application .    The Secretary General will
   transmit this information to the Customs administrations of
   ail Members .  He will also transmit it to any Customs
   administrations of non-Members or any Customs or Economie
   Unions which hâve accepted this Recommendation .
                                 x
                             X       X
1/2 .
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Objet : Projet de proposition d' une décision du Conseil portant acceptation ,
          au   nom   de  la  Communauté , de  la   Recommandation  du  Conseil  de
          Coopération douanière du 13 juin 1985 sur l' admission temporaire des
          matériels de production et de reportages radiodiffusés ou télévisés .
I.   Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
     Simplification      et  harmonisation   de    l' importation temporaire   des
     matériels de production et de reportages radiodiffusés ou télévisés
II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées en particulier :
     -    Y a- t- il un grand nombre de PME ?                          NON
     -    Note- t- on des concentrations dans des régions :
               éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?               NON
          -    éligibles au Feder ?                                    NON
III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
       Néant
IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirectement
     aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
     Néant
V. Y a- t- il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?                     NON
          Lesquelles ?
VI . Quels est l' effet prévisible ?
     -    Sur la compétitvité des entreprises ?
     -    Sur l' emploi ?
                                                 • .s
          Cette proposition concerne 1' acceptation , par la Communauté , d' une
          recommandation du Conseil de Coopération douanière visant              la
          simplif ication et l' harmonisation du régime de l' admission
          temporaire pour certaines marchandises •
          La proposition en tant que telle , ne touche pas la compétitivité ni
          l' emploi mais fait partie d' un ensemble de mesures visant
          l' introduction de régimes simplifiés qui . pourraient faciliter les
          opérations d' admission temporaire tant pour les PME que pour les
          autres entreprises .
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ?                  NON
          Avis des partenaires sociaux