CELEX: 31973R0385
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 385/73 of the Commission of 19 January 1973 on the methods of administrative cooperation to safeguard during the transitional period the free movement of goods in trade between the Community as originally constituted and the new Member States and in trade between the new Member States themselves

14.2.73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 42/ 1
                                                              I
                                         (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 385/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 19 January 1973
             on the methods of administrative cooperation to safeguard during the transitional period
             the free movement of goods in trade between the Community as originally constituted
             and the new Member States and in trade between the new Member States themselves
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, for this purpose, account must be taken
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    of the provisions in force and in particular those of
                                                                 Regulation ( EEC) No 542/69 (3) of the Council of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               18 March 1969 on Community transit;
pean Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas on these grounds it is considered necessary
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession             to introduce internal Community transit documents,
of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, and the United               comparable with those used in the Community as
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to
                                                                 originally constituted, and designated in particular by
the European Economic Community and to the                       a different number;
European Atomic Energy Community^);
Having regard to the Act concerning the Conditions
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties (2),            HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION :
in particular Article 45 ( 1 );
                                                                                         TITLE I
Whereas in accordance with the provisions of the
aforesaid Article the methods of administative co­
                                                                                  GENERAL PROVISIONS
operation shall be determined in order to ensure
that goods fulfilling the requisite conditions benefit
from the abolition of customs duties and charges                                         Article 1
having equivalent effect and quantitative restrictions
and measures having equivalent effect;                           1 . The present regulation lays down the methods of
                                                                 administrative cooperation intended to ensure that
Whereas customs duties and charges having equiv­                 goods fulfilling the requisite conditions shall benefit
alent effect shall be progressively abolished on im­             in trade between the Community as originally consti­
ports between the Community as originally consti­                tuted and the new Member States and in trade be­
tuted and the new Member States themselves ;                     tween the new Member States themselves from the
                                                                 progressive abolition of customs duties and charges
Whereas it is desirable during the transitional period           having equivalent effect and the abolition of quan­
to be able to distinguish goods accordingly as                   titative restrictions and measures having equivalent
they fulfil the conditions laid down in Articles 9               effect, provided for in the Act concerning the Con­
and 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Econ­             ditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the
omic Community in the Community as originally                    Treaties annexed to :
constituted or in a new Member State ;
                                                                 — the Treaty concerning the Accession of the King­
                                                                      dom of Denmark, Ireland and the United King­
C) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                            (3) OJ No L 77, 29. 3 . 1969, p. 1 .
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      dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the               —. compensatory amounts as prescribed              in
      European Economic Community and the Euro­                           Article 55 of the Act of Accession ;
      pean Atomic Energy Community, and
                                                                     — levies and other import charges provided for
— the Decision of the Council of the European                             under the common agricultural policy;
      communities concerning the accession of the said
      States to the European Coal and Steel Com­                     which were applicable to them in that Member
      munity,                                                        State, or which have benefited from a total or
                                                                     partial remission or repayment of such duties,
 hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of Accession '.                 charges, amounts, levies or other import charges,
                                                                     provided that any compensatory levy due by
2. For the purposes of the present Regulation, the                   virtue of the provisions to be laid down by the
Community as originally constituted is regarded as                    Commission pursuant to Article 45 (2) of the Act
a single Member State.                                                of Accession has been paid.
                           Article 2                                                       Article 3
The provisions referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) shall apply       Subject to the application of the special provision of
under the conditions laid down by this Regulation               the Act of Accession and in particular those of Article
to :                                                            112 (3 ), the provisions referred to in Article 1 ( 1 )
                                                                shall not apply to the following products, when they
(a) goods produced in a Member State, including                 are re-exported to another Member State :
     those wholly or partly obtained from products
     on which have been charged as appropriate :                (a) products imported into the Community as orig­
                                                                     inally constituted under the arrangements result­
     — customs duties and charges having equivalent
                                                                     ing from :
          effect;
                                                                     — the Convention of Association between the
     — compensatory        amounts    as   prescribed   in
          Article 55 of the Act of Accession ;                           European Economic Community and the
                                                                         African and Malagasy States associated with
     — levies and other import charges provided for                       that Community ( signed on 29 July 1969);
          under the common agricultural policy
                                                                     — the Agreement establishing an Association
     at the rates which were applicable to them in                       between the European Economic Community
     that Member State and which have not benefited                      and the United Republic of Tanzania, the
     from a total or partial remission or repayment                      Republic of Uganda and the Republic of
     of such duties, charges, levies or other import                     Kenya (signed on 24 September 1969 ); or
     charges ;
                                                                     — the Council Decision of 29 September 1970
                                                                         on the association of the overseas countries
(b) goods from third countries, in respect of which
                                                                         and territories with the European Economic
     import formalities have been observed in a
                                                                         Community;
     Member State and on which have been charged
     as appropriate :
                                                                (b ) products :
     — customs duties and charges having equivalent
         effect;                                                     — originating in the independent countries of
                                                                         the Commonwealth listed in Annex VI of the
     — levies and other import charges provided for                      Treaty of Accession;
         under the common agricultural policy
                                                                     — originating in the non-European territories
     at the rates which were applicable to them in                       listed in Article 24 of the Treaty of Accession,
     that Member State and which have not benefited                      enjoying a special relationship with the United
     from a total or partial remission or repayment of                   Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire­
     such duties, charges, levies or other import                        land ;
     charges ;
                                                        «
                                                                     — products originating in or coming from
(c) goods produced in a Member State and in the                          Papua-New Guinea
     manufacture of which have been incorporated
     products on which have not been charged :                       which are imported into the United Kingdom
                                                                     under the special arrangements applying to them
     — customs duties and charges having equivalent                  mentioned in Articles 109 (3 ), 119 (2) and 116
         effect;                                                     respectively, of the Act of Accession ;
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(c) products originating in the Anglo-French Con­               — when the goods are exported from the Com­
     dominium of the New Hebrides which are im­                     munity as originally constituted where they satisfy
     ported into the United Kingdom or France under                 the conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) or (b);
     the special arrangements mentioned in Article
     119 (2) of the Act of Accession ;                          — when the goods are exported from the Com­
                                                                    munity as originally constituted into which they
(d) products originating in the Faroe Islands im­                   were originally imported from a new Member
     ported into the other regions of Denmark under                  State and when, where appropriate :
     the special arrangements mentioned in Protocol
     2, of the Act of Accession.                                    — customs duties and charges having equivalent
                                                                         effect;
                         Article 4                                  — compensatory amounts as prescribed in Article
                                                                         55 of the Act of Accession ;
1 . The provisions of Article 1 ( 1 ) shall apply to                have been paid in the original Community and
goods which move under the internal Community                       the goods have not benefited from a total or
transit procedure or, if this procedure is not used,                partial drawback of such duties.
under cover of a document establishing their Com­
munity status.
                                                                (b) a T3 declaration :
2. Goods referred to in paragraph 1 above which
move under the internal Community transit pro­                  — when the goods are exported from a new Mem­
cedure shall be covered by :                                        ber State where they satisfied the conditions laid
                                                                    down in Article 2 (a), (b) or (c);
— a document T2 or T3 ; or
                                                                — when the goods are exported from the Com­
— an International Consignment Note or an Inter­                    munity as originally constituted where they
     national Express Parcels Consignment Note hav­                 satisfied the conditions laid down in Article 2 (c);
     ing equivalent effect to a document T2 or T3 .
                                                                — when the goods are exported from a new Mem­
3 . Goods referred to in paragraph 1 above which                    ber State into which they were imported from
do not move under the internal Community tran­                      another new Member State or from the Com­
sit procedure shall be covered by :                                 munity as originally constituted and when, where
— a document T2L or T3L;                                             appropriate :
— a circulation certificate DD3 ; or                                — customs duties and charges having equivalent
— a circulation certificate DD5 .                                        effect;
                                                                    — compensatory        amounts     as prescribed   in
                                                                         Article 55 of the Act of Accession;
                         TITLE II
                                                                    have been paid in the new exporting Member
PROVISIONS CONCERNING GOODS WHICH MOVE                              State and the goods have not benefited from a
UNDER THE INTERNAL COMMUNITIY TRANSIT
                       PROCEDURE                                    total or partial drawback of such duties.
                         Section I
                                                                                         Article 6
Procedure laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC)              In derogation from the provisons of Article 5 (a)
                   No 542/69, Title III                         agricultural goods and certain goods processed from
                                                                agricultural goods in respect of which the necessary
                                                                export procedures have been completed with a view
                         Article 5                              to the grant of compensatory amounts prescribed in
                                                                Article 55 of the Act of Accession shall, when they
Goods shall; in order to move under the internal                are exported from the Community as originally con­
 Community transit procedure, be covered by :                   stituted, be covered by a T3 declaration in order to
                                                                move under the internal Community transit pro­
 (a) a T2 declaration :                                         cedure.
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                               Article 7                                                      Article 9
    1 . Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 5
   the competent customs authorities may issue a new                  Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, the
   T2 document, or a new document having the same                    provisions as regards the internal Community transit
   effect for the purpose of the provisions of Article 1             procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
   ( 1 ), for goods which, after having been imported into           542/69 and in the statutory provisions for the ' im­
   a Member State under cover of a T2 document, or a                 plementation of the said Regulation applies to goods
   document having the same effect for the purpose of                moving under a T3 document.
   the provisions of Article 1 ( 1 ), are re-exported in the
   same state to another Member State .
                                                                                            Article 10
   2. As regards the goods referred to in paragraph 1                The provisions laid down in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regu­
   which have been cleared for home use a new docu­                  lation (EEC) No 542/69 need not be applied in
   ment may be issued only if the exporter furnishes                 respect of the T3 form.
   all the necessary information, especially particulars
   of the home use entry, so that the competent customs
   authorities can establish that the goods to be re­                                       Section II
  exported are those which at the time of their entry
  for home use had been covered by the original
  document.                                                         Simplified procedure applicable to goods transported
                                                                                              by rail
  3 . The new document must refer to the document
  produced on importation of the goods and must
  contain all the particulars shown on that document.                                       Article 11
  4. The provisions of paragraph 1 to 3 shall apply,                For the purpose of implementing the provisions of
  mutatis mutandis, to goods imported into a Member                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 304/71 (2) of 11
  State under cover of a document T3 or a document                  February 1971 concerning the simplification of Com­
  having the same effect for the purposes of the pro­               munity transit procedures for goods transported by
  visions of Article 1 ( 1 ).                                       rail :
                                                                   — the International Consignment Note or the Inter­
                              Article 8                                  national Express Parcels Consignment Note
                                                                         drawn up in respect of goods accepted for
  1 . A T3 declaration is a declaration made on a T3                     transport by the railway authorities of an original
 form supplemented, where appropriate, by one or                         Member State shall have equivalent effect to a
 more forms T3 bis. The forms must correspond,                           document T2 provided it does not bear the
 except as regards the spaces reserved for national                      indication Tl in accordance with the provisions
 use, to the specimens shown in Annexes A and B                          of Article 7 (2) of the aforesaid Regulation or
 respectively.                                                           T3 in accordance with the provisions of Article
                                                                         12 (2) below;
 2. "White dressed writing paper weighing between 40
 and 65 g/m2 shall be used. It must be sufficiently                — the International Consignment Note or the Inter­
 opaque for the information contained on one side                       national Express Parcels Consignment Note
 not to impair the legibility of the information con­                   drawn up in respect of goods accepted for trans­
 tained on the other side. It must be sufficiently                      port by the railway authorities of a new Member
strong to ensure that under normal handling it will                     State shall have equivalent effect to a document
not tear or crumple. The front of each copy of these                    T3 , provided it does not bear the indication Tl
forms shall be printed with two red diagonal stripes                    in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (2)
running from the bottom left-hand corner to the                         of the aforesaid Regulation or of T2 in accordance
top right-hand corner. These diagonal lines shall be                    with the provisions of Article 12 ( 1 ) below.
about 2 mm wide and 6 to 7 mm apart.
                                                                                           Article 12
3 . The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC)                  1 . When goods which had they been placed under
No 1617/69 (1 ) of 31 July 1969 on the declaration                one of the Community transit procedures other than
forms for Community transit, with the exception of                those formulated by Commission Regulation (EEC)
Articles 1 ( 1 ) and 1 (2) and Article 3 , shall apply            No 304/71 , would have been covered by a T2 dec­
to forms T3 and T3 bis .
(J) OJ No L 212, 25. 8. 1969, p. 1 .                              (2) OJ No L 35, 12. 2. 1971 , p. 31 .
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laration in accordance with the provisions of Article            corner. These diagonal lines shall be about 2 mm
7 ( 1 ) of this Regulation, are accepted for transport           in width and be 6 to 7 mm apart.
by the railway authorities of the new Member State,
the office of .departure shall add 'T2', clearly visible,        2. The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC)
in the 'Description of goods' box of the International           No 2313/69, Article 2, paragraphs (2) to (4), shall
Consignment Note or in the 'Contents' box of the                 apply to the T3L document. .
International Express Parcels Consignment Note.
                                                                                         Article IS
The addition T2 shall be authenticated by the stamp
of the office of departure.
                                                                 The conditions for use and issue laid down in Regu­
2. When goods which had they been placed under                   lation (EEC) No 2313/69, Articles 3 to 8 for T2L
one of the Community transit procedures other than               shall apply to document T3L.
those formulated by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 304/71, would be covered by a document T3 in                                          Article 16
accordance with the provisons of Articles 5 (b) sec­
ond indent, 6 or 7 (4) of this Regulation, are ac­               1 . If, in accordance with the provisions of the De­
cepted for transport by one of the railway authorities           cision of the Commission of 19 December 1969 (*),
of the Community as originally constituted, the of­              on adaptation of the methods of administrative co­
fice of departure shall add 'T3 ', clearly visible, in the       operation introduced for the purpose of applying
 'Description of goods' box of the International Con­            Article 9 (2) of the EEC Treaty to the new rules
signment Note or in the 'Contents' box of the Inter­             applicable in the field of Community transit, a move­
 national Express Parcels Consignment note.                      ment certificate on DD3 is used for :
                                                                 — goods falling within the categories referred to in
                                                                      Article 5 (a), such goods are deemed to be mov­
                         TITLE III                                    ing under cover of a document T2 provided the
                                                                      movement certificate has been issued in the
                                                                      Community as originally constituted and bears
 PROVISIONS CONCERNING GOODS THAT DO NOT
           MOVE UNDER THE COMMUNITY
                                                                      no special indication ;
                 TRANSIT PROCEDURE
                                                                 — goods falling within the categories referred to in
                                                                      Article 5 (b), first or third indents, such goods
                         Article 13                                   are deemed to be moving under cover of a docu­
                                                                      ment T3 provided the movement certificate has
                                                                      been issued in a new Member State and bears
 1 . If the goods referred to under Article 5 (a) do not              no special indication.
 move under the Community transit procedure, the
 internal Community transit document used to estab­
 lish the Community status of the said goods shall be            2. The special indication referred to in the preceding
 drawn up on a single copy form T2L corresponding                 paragraph shall be the addition of:
 to the specimen annexed to Commission Regulation              . — a 'T3 ' indication on certificates issued in the Com-,
 (EEC) No 23i3/69 (1) of 19 November 1969 on the                      munity as originally constituted for goods which
internal Community transit document for establish­                    if they had been placed under the Community
 ing the Community status of the goods.                               transit procedure would have been covered by a
                                                                      document T3 in accordance with the provisions
 2. If the goods referred to under Article 5 ( b) and 6               of Articles 5 (b), second indent, 6 or 7 (4) of
 do not move under Community transit procedure,                       this Regulation ;
 the internal Community transit document used to
 establish the Community status of the said goods                 — a 'T2' indication on certificates issued in a new
 shall be drawn up on a single copy form T3L.                         Member State for goods which if they had been
                                                                      placed under the Community transit procedure
                                                                      would have been covered by a document T2 in
                         Article 14                                   accordance with the provision of Article 7 ( 1 ) of
                                                                      this Regulation.
 1 . The T3L form must conform to the specimen
 shown in Annex C. The front of the form shall be                 3 . The T2 or T3 indication shall be placed clearly
 printed with two red diagonal lines running from                 visible under 'DD3 ' in the top right-hand corner of
 the bottom left-hand corner to the top right-hand                the first page of the certificate and shall be authenti­
                                                                  cated by the stamp of the issuing customs office.
  (*) OJ-No L 295, 24. 11. 1969, p. 8 .                           (2) OT No L 13, 19. 1 . 1970, p. 13.
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                           Article 17                               2. The competent authorities must fix such yellow
                                                                    label, or ensure that it is fixed, to the packages and
  1 . The document establishing the Community status                 accompanying documents when :
 of fish caught by ships of one Member State and un­                ( a) the goods are dispatched from a post office lo­
 loaded in another Member State, either in their                         cated in a Member State and, had they been
 natural state or after having undergone preservative                    placed under the Community transit procedure
 treatment on board provided the treatment would                         they could not have been covered by a de­
 not have the effect of excluding the fish from Chap­                    claration T2 or T3 ;
 ter 3 of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be the
 DD5 movement of goods certificate issued and pre­                  (b) the goods are dispatched from a post office lo­
 sented under the conditions laid down in Com­                           cated in the Community as originally constituted
 mission Decision of 30 July 1964( 1 ) on the insti­                     and had they been placed under the Community
 tution of a special method of administrative co­                        transit procedure they would have been covered
 operation for applying intra-Community treatment                        by a document T3 in accordance with the pro­
 to the fish caught by vessels of Member States.                         visions of Article 5 (b), second indent, Article 6
                                                                         or Article 7 (4) of this Regulation.
                                                                         In such cicumstances, the goods referred to may
 2. Such catches shall be deemed to originate in the                     benefit from the procedure referred to in Article
 Member State in which the customs office that issued
                                                                         1 ( 1 ) only if a document T3L is produced in the
 the book of DD5 forms used is located.                                  Member State of destination.
                                                                                              Article 19
                           Article 18
                                                                    Goods accompanying travellers or contained in their
 1 . Postal consignments (including postal packages)                luggage shall benefit from the provisions of Article
 are deemed to fall within :                                        1 ( 1 ):
 ( a) the category of goods referred to in Article 5 (a)            (a) if they are declared as goods fulfilling the necess­
      when the consignments are dispatched from a                        ary conditions and if there is no doubt as regards
      post office located in the Community as orig­                      the accuracy of this declaration and if the overall
      inally constituted ;                                               value of the goods does not exceed 300 units
                                                                         of account per traveller; or
 (b) the categories of goods referred to in Article 5
      ( b) first or third indents when the consignments             (b ) in other cases, if a document T2L or T3L, as
      are dispatched from a post office located in a                     appropriate, is produced.
      new Member State;
                                                                                              Article 20
provided that no yellow label of the type shown
in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 542/69, Annex                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
H, is affixed to the packages and the accompanying                  of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
documents.                                                          pean Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                 Done at Brussels, 19 January 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
{l) OJ No L 137, 23. 8. 1964, p. 2293/64.
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                          EXAMINATION BY OFFICE OF DEPARTURE
Results of examination :                  Seals affixed :
                                          Time-limit (date) :
                                          Remarks :
                                          At                         ;             on        Stamp and signatur
                                                              (place of signature)    (date)
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Results of examination :                                                    Seals affixed :
                                                                            Time-limit (date) :
                                                                            Remarks :.
                                                                            At ,                                      on        Stamp and signature
                                                                                                (place of signature)     (date)
                                 60    TRANSHIPMENTS AND OTHER INCIDENTS DURING CARRIAGE
                                 DETAILS AND MEASURES TAKEN ( 1 )                                          DATE STAMP OF COMPETENT AUTHORITY
(1 ) The name and address of any new carrier should In particular be stated
                                                   CONTROL BY OFFICE OF DESTINATION
Date of arrival :                                                                                    '
Examination of seats :
Remarks :
                                                                            At                                        on        Stamp and signature
                                                                                                 (place of signature)    (date)
                                                      (Space reserved for office of destination)
                                                        (Space reserved for general purposes)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                        CONTROL BY OFFICE OF DESTINATION
Date of arrival :
Examination of seals :
Remarks :
                                              At                                   on        Stamp and signature
                                                              (place of signature)    (date)
 Registered under No     Returned to the office of departure.
                          (Space reserved for other purposes)
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The undersigned customs officer requests that the authenticity of this document and the accuracy of the information shown therein be verified.
                  Official Stamp
                                                                                      At                                                              ... 19
                                                                                                           (place of signature)                (date)
                                                                                                                                (Signature)
                                                                        RESULT OF VERIFICATION
The verification carried out by the undersigned customs officer has shown that this document
       1 . was duly issued by the customs office named and that the information contained therein is correct (1 ) ;
       2. does not satisfy the requirements as to conditions of authenticity and regularity (see remarks annexed hereto) (1 ).
                 Official Stamp
                                                                                                                                                        ... 19
                                                                                                        (place of signature)                   (date)
                                                 ( 1 ) Delete as necessary                                                      (Signature)
I.     RULES FOR COMPLETION OF FORM T3 L
A. A single Form T 3 L shall be made out only for goods dispatched by one means of transport for carriage from one office of departure
      to one office of destination .
B. The Form T 3 L may be used for the purpose of establishing the Community nature of goods to which it refers only where such goods
      are transported directly from one Member State to another.
The following shall be regarded as directly transported from one Member State to another :
( a ) goods transported without passing through the territory of a non-member country ;
( b) goods transported through the territory of one or more non-member countries provided that carriage through such countries is
      covered by a single transport document made out in a Member State.
C. The form shall be completed legibly and indelibly, preferably typed, without erasures or superimposed corrections.
      Any alterations shall be made by crossing out the incorrect information and by adding the required information as appropriate.
      Any such alteration shall be initialled by the person making it and countersigned by the customs authorities.
D. Only the following items are to be completed :
      1        When the goods are transported under the TIR or TIF procedures or the Rhine Manifest procedure, or are covered by an ECS
               or ATA Carnet, the indication "TIR ", "TIF", " Rhine Manifest ", " ECS " or "ATA" should be entered as the case may be,
               followed by the date of issue and the number of the document relating to the procedure used.
      10       Enter the surname and forenames or name of firm, and address of the person concerned and, if applicable, of the
               representative.
               Where the form is signed by a person duly authorised, his name shall be shown in block letters.
      30       In respect of goods which are not packed, indicate the number of articles, or if appropriate enter as loose goods.
      31       The goods shall be described by their usual commercial name, or in accordance with the tariff nomenclature.
      36       This refers to the weight as shown in the commercial documents relating to the consignment. The weight is to be specified
               in kilogrammes. Gross weight means the total weight of the goods and all packing material. All outside and inside containers,
               packings, wrappings and supports are regarded as packing ; this excludes transport equipment, in particular containers,
               and sheets, tackle, covers and other transport . accessories.
II .  Production of Forms T3L at customs
      Form T3 L shall be produced at the customs office where the goods are to be entered to a customs procedure other than that under
      which they arrived.
      If the goods have been transported by sea, air or pipeline, the form T 3 L shall be produced at the customs office at which the goods
      are placed under a customs procedure.