CELEX: 21973D1231(15)
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 3/73 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee amending the Appendices to the Agreement (loading lists)

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                               DECISION No 3/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                                     amending the Appendices to the Agreement
                                                    (loading lists)
            THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
            Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
            Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit, signed in
            Brussels on 23 November 1972, and in particular Article 16 (3) (a) thereof ;
            Whereas on 1 July 1973 the rules on Community transit as shown in the Appendices
            of the said Agreement were amended so that loading lists may be used, subject to certain
            conditions, as the descriptive part of Community transit declarations ;
            Whereas the provisions relating to the use of loading lists will also affect the trade with
            Switzerland and accordingly must be taken into account in the Agreement,
            HAS DECIDED :
                                                       Article 1
            The Regulation annexed to this Decision shall be added as Appendix II A to the Agree­
            ment between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the
            application of the rules on Community transit.
                                                       Article 2
            For transactions of a kind covered by Article 4 (2) of, the Regulation in the Annex to
            this Decision but which begin in Switzerland a reference to the serial numbers of the
            loading lists, relating to goods referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69
            shall be inserted in the 'Description of goods' box on the International Consignment
            Note or on the International Express Parcels Consignment Note.
                                                       Article 3
            This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1974.
            Done at Brussels, 4 December 1973 .
                                                                             For the Joint Committee
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                    K. PINGEL
                            The Secretaries
                     H. DIEZLER          S. MEILI
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                   APPENDIX II A
              Regulation on the use of loading lists as the descriptive part of Community transit
                                                    declarations
                                     — (EEC) No 1461/73 of 16 May 1973 —
                        Article 1                             (a) the heading 'loading list';
1. When a Community transit declaration is issued             (b) a box, 70 X 55 mm in height, divided into a top
for a load comprising more than two lots of goods,                 part 70 X 15 mm, intended for the reference to
the particulars of the goods may be furnished on one               the document T1 or T2 to which the loading list
or more loading lists instead of being given in boxes             •refers and a lower part 70 X 40 mm for the
30, 31 , 35, 36 and 37 of form Tl , accompanied by                 references referred to in Article 1 (6).
one or more forms Tl bis, or of form T2,
accompanied by one or more forms T2 bis.                      (c) columns, in the following order and headed as
When loading lists are used, the boxes in question on              shown :
forms Tl or T2 shall be crossed out and the forms
                                                                   — Serial No.
need not be accompanied by forms Tl bis or T2 bis.
                                                                  — 30. Number, kind, marks and numbers of
2. 'Loading list' means any commercial document                        packages'.
which complies with the conditions of Articles 2 and
3 of this Regulation.                                             — 31 . Description of goods.
3 . The loading list shall be produced in the same                — 35 . Country of consignment.
number of copies as the form Tl or T2 to which it
relates; it shall be signed by the person signing the             — 36. Gross weight (kg).
form Tl or T2.                                                    — Reserved for customs.
4. When several lists accompany the same form Tl
or T2, each must bear a serial number allotted by the        The width of the columns may be adapted as
principal ; the number of accompanying lists must be         necessary except that the width of the column headed
shown in box 4 of the form .                                 'Reserved for customs' shall be not less than 30 mm.
                                                             Spaces not reserved for a particular purpose under (a)
5 . A declaration on a form Tl or T2 accompanied             to (c) above may also be used.
by one or more loading lists complying with the
conditions of this Regulation shall be, as appropriate,
a Tl or T2 declaration.                                      2.     The paper used shall be dressed for writing
                                                             purposes and weigh not less than 40 g/m2. It must be
6. When the declaration is registered, the loading           sufficiently opaque for any commercial details which
list must be marked with the same register number as         may eventually appear on the back not to affect the
the form Tl or T2 to which it relates . This number          legibility of the information on the front. It must be
must be complemented by the name of the issuing              sufficiently strong to ensure that under normal
office either by a stamp or by hand. In the latter case      handling it will not tear or crumple.
the office name must be complemented by the office
stamp .
                                                             3 . The size of the form shall be 210 X 297 mm, a
The signature of the customs officer at the office of        maximum tolerance of minus 5 or plus 8 mm being
registration is optional.                                    allowed for the length.
                        Article 2
                                                                                      Article 3
1 . The loading list shall be completed on a form
based on the specimen in the Annex. The form must            1 . Only the front of the form may be used as a
include :                                                    loading list.
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2. The form shall be printed and completed in one             In this case the number of the accompanying lists
of the official languages of the Community to be              shall be shown, as appropriate, in box 32 of the
designated by the competent authorities of the                Consignment Note or in the box 'Documents
Member State in which the Community transit                   attached for customs clearance and other formalities'
operation begins. The competent authorities of a              of the Express Parcels Consignment Note.
Member State concerned in the Community transit
operation may require a translation into the official         In addition the loading lists must include, as
language or one of the official languages of that           • appropriate, the control label number of the
Member State .                                                accompanying International Consignment Note or in
                                                              the case of the Express Parcels Consignment Note,
                                                              the name of the station and the date on which the
3 . The form shall be completed in typescript or in           Consignment Note was accepted.
legible hand writing; in the latter case it shall be
completed in ink and in print. It must contain no             2.     For transactions beginning within the
erasures or alterations . Amendments shall be made
                                                              Community comprising at the same time goods
by striking out the incorrect particulars aqd adding          referred to in Article 1 (2) and in Article 1 (3 ) of
those required . All amendments must be initialled by         Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 separate loading lists
the responsible person and counter-initialled by the          shall be used and the serial numbers of the loading
customs .
                                                              lists relating to the goods referred to in Article 1 (2)
                                                              of that Regulation inserted in the 'Description of
4.    Each item shown on the loading list must be             goods' box on the International Consignment Note
preceded by a serial number and, where appropriate,           or, where appropriate* the International Express
followed by any special reference required by                 Parcels Note .
Community regulations in particular in regard to the
common agricultural policy. A horizontal line must
be drawn after the last entry and the remaining                                       Article 5
unused spaces barred so that any subsequent addition
is impossible.                                                1 . The provisions of this Regulation in no way
                                                              affect these obligations which concern the formalities
                                                              for exporting, re-exporting, importing and
                       Article 4                              re-importing or the forms used in connection
                                                             therewith .
1 . When Regulation (EEC) No 304/71 on the
simplification of Community transit procedures for            2. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice
goods carried by railways is applied, the provisions of       to the application of the provisions of Commission
Articles 2 and 3 of the present Regulation shall apply        Regulation (EEC) No 1226/71 of 11 June 1971 , on
to the loading lists which accompany the                      reducing the formalities to be carried out at offices of
International Consignment Note or the International           departure and destination in respect of goods
Express Parcels Consignment Note.                             transported under Community transit procedures.
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                             LOADING LIST
 Serial No  30 . Number, kind, marks and   31 . Description of goods  35 . Country of 36. Gross weight     Reserved for customs
                 numbers of packages                                   consignment          (kg)
                                                                                                       (Signature)