CELEX: 51984PC0198
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-03
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON THE SECURITY TO BE GIVEN TO ENSURE PAYMENT OF A CUSTOMS DEBT

No C 113/6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     27.4.84
priate benefits under a social security scheme,                                                   Article 12
whether contributory or otherwise, or any other
public social protection system.                                         1.    The Member States shall bring into force the
                                                                         laws, regulations and administrative provisions
                                                                         necessary to comply with this Directive by not later
                             Article 9
                                                                         than . . . 0).
Member States shall take the measures necessary to                       2.    Member States shall immediately inform the
enable all persons who consider themselves affected                      Commission of the measures taken to comply with
by failure to apply the principle of equal treatment in                  this Directive.
self-employed occupations to pursue their claims by
judicial process after possible recourse to other                                                 Article 13
competent authorities.                                                                    2
                                                                         1.    B y . . . ( ) , Member States shall forward all
                                                                         information necessary to the Commission to enable it
                           Article 10                                    to draw up a report on the application of this
Member States shall take the measures necessary to                       Directive for submission to the Council.
protect those persons referred to in Article 2 against                   2.    By. . . (3), and every three years thereafter,
penalties imposed by a trade association or other                        Member States shall transmit reports to the
body, in particular, the exclusion or suspension of the                  Commission indicating the respective proportions of
person concerned or the imposition of restrictions on                    men and women in the bodies or associations
his rights within the body or association concerned,                     representing self-employed workers and the number
in response to any complaints or legal proceedings                       of spouses as referred to in Article 2 (b) whose work
aimed at enforcing compliance with the principle of                      has been given recognition.
equal treatment.
                                                                                                  Article 14
                           Article 11                                    This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Member States shall ensure that the measures adopted
pursuant to this Directive, together with the relevant                   (') Date to be inserted: two years following the date of
                                                                             notification.
provisions already in force, are brought to the
                                                                         (2) Date to be inserted: four years following the date of
attention of bodies representing the self-employed                           notification.
workers in question and of vocational-training                           (3) Date to be inserted: five years following the date of
centres.                                                                     notification.
              A m e n d m e n t s to the proposal for a Council Regulation o n the security to b e given t o
                                              ensure p a y m e n t of a customs debt (')
                                                        COM(84) 198 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                          on 6 April 1984)
                                                           (84/C 113/05)
              The Commission hereby amends its proposal as follows:
              1. The following subparagraph (f) is added to Article 1 (2):
                  '(f) "public authority" means an authority which exercises statutory powers within the
                        framework of the State.'
              (>) O J N o C 30,4. 2. 1983, p. 11.
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          2. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following:
             '3.    The competent authority may waive the requirement for provision of security
             where the amount of the customs debt in question does not exceed 500 ECU.'
          3. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following:
             '1.    The guarantor shall undertake to pay jointly and severally with the debtor the
             secured amount of a customs debt which falls to be paid. The guarantor must have his
             normal residence or an establishment in the Community and, subject to the provisions
             of the Treaty concerning freedom to supply services, must be approved by the
             competent authority of the Member State in which the security is given.'
          4. Article 10 (1) is replaced by the following:
             '1.    Unless otherwise provided for in specific customs regulations, the person
             required to give security shall be free to choose between the types of security laid
             down in Article 7.'