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Date: 1992-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 1/92 of the EEC-EFTA Joint Committee 'Common Transit' of 24 September 1992 amending appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on common transit

15. 10. 92                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 299/37
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                                                COMMISSION
                  DECISION No 1/92 OF THE EEC-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE 'COMMON
                                                          TRANSIT
                                                  of 24 September 1992
                    amending appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on common transit
                                                        (92/492/EEC)
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                               minimum level shall be established according to the
                                                                   following procedure :
 Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on
common transit ('), and in particular Article 15 (3) (a)           1 . The comprehensive guarantee shall be fixed in the
thereof,                                                               sum of at least ECU 100 000 ;
                                                                   2. The competent authorities of the countries shall
Whereas Appendix II of the Convention contains, inter                  have the option of setting the amount of the
 alia, specific provisions concerning guarantees ;                     comprehensive guarantee in a lesser sum to that
                                                                       envisaged in point 1 for persons :
Whereas, because the development in the transportation
of certain categories of goods presents increased risks, the           (a) who are resident in the country where the
provisions in force concerning guarantees in the EEC                        guarantee is furnished ;
have recently been amended so as to reinforce the                      (b) who are regular users of the common transit
operational nature of these provisions ; whereas appendix                   system ;
 II of the Convention should therefore be adapted
accordingly,                                                           (c) whose financial situation is such that they can
                                                                            meet their commitments ;
                                                                           and
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                               (d) who     have   not    committed    any   serious
                                                                            infringement of customs or fiscal laws.
                                                                   However, the amount of the comprehensive guarantee
                          Article 1
                                                                   cannot, in any case, be less than ECU 50 000.
Title II 'PROVISIONS RELATING TO GUARANTEES'                       In the case of application of this point, the office of
of Appendix II of the Convention is hereby amended as              guarantee shall enter in Box 7 of the certificate of
follows :                                                          guarantee provided for in Article 12 of this Appendix
                                                                   one of the following statements :
1 . After 'COMPREHENSIVE            GUARANTEE',          the       — aplicación del apartado 2 del articulo 1 1 quater",
following text is inserted :                                       — anvendelse af artikel 11c, stk. 2",
    'Amount of guarantee                                           — Durchführung von Artikel 11c, Absatz 2",
    Article 11c                                                    — "εφαρμογή του άρθρου 11γ παράγραφος 2",
                                                                   — application of Article 11 (c) (2)",
    When the comprehensive guarantee is intended to                — "application de 1 article 1 1 quater, point 2)n,
    cover T 1 operations concerning goods coming from
    third countries and introduced into the countries and          — "applicazione dell articolo 1 1 quater, paragrafo 2",
    which are listed in Annex VII to this Appendix, the            — toepassing van artikel 11 quater, punt 2",
                                                                   — aplica^ao do n? 2 do artigo 11 ? C",
(') OJ No L 226, 13. 8. 1987, p. 2.                                — sovelletaan 11c artiklan 2 kappaletta",
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   — "samkvæmt 2. mgr. c-lidar 11 . gr,                             amount in multiples of ECU 7 000, necessary to
   — "anvendelse av Artikkel 11c, paragraf 2 ,                      guarantee the goods to be consigned.'
   — "till ämping av artikel 11c, andra stycket" ;                                       Article 2
   3 . In the case where the amount indicated on the
       certificate of guarantee is insufficient to cover the     Annex VII is replaced by Annex VII attached hereto.
       amount of duties and other charges which may be
       payable on the T 1 operation concerned, a                                         Article 3
       supplementary guarantee corresponding to the              This Decision shall enter into force on 15 October 1992.
       difference    between   the   two    abovementioned
       amounts shall be required.' ;
2. Article 18 (2) is replaced by the following :                 Done at Brussels, 24 September 1992.
   '2.    When, because of circumstances peculiar to it, a                                By the Joint Committee
   transport of goods presents increased risks and for this                                    The Chairman
   reason the guarantee of ECU 7 000 is insufficient, the
   office of departure shall require a guarantee of greater                                    Peter WILMOTT
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                       'ANNEX VII
            LIST OF GOODS WHICH WHEN TRANSPORTED GIVE RISE TO AN INCREASE IN THE
                                               FLAT RATE GUARANTEE
                  1                                        2                                        3
             Harmonized                                                                          Quantity
               System                                                                         corresponding
                                                     Description                             to the standard
               heading                                                                         amount of
                 No
                                                                                               ECU 7 000
              ex 01.02  Live bovine animals, other than pure-bred breeding animals              4 000 kg
              ex 01.04  Live sheep or goats, other than pure-bred breeding animals              6 000 kg
                  02.01 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled                                2 000 kg
                  02.02 Meat of bovine animals, frozen                                          3 000 kg
                  02.04 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen                        3 000 kg
              ex 02.10  Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked               3 000 kg
                 04.02  Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other
                        sweetening matter                                                       5 000 kg
                 04.05  Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk                        3 000 kg
                 04.06  Cheese and curd                                                         3 500 kg
              ex 09.01  Coffee, not roasted, whether or not decaffeinated                       3 000 kg
              ex 09.01  Coffee, roasted, whether or not decaffeinated                           2 000 kg
                 09.02  Tea                                                                     3 000 kg
              ex 16.01  Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood, of
                        domestic swine                                                          4 000 kg
              ex 16.02  Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood, of domestic
                        swine                                                                   4 000 kg
              ex 16.02  Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood, of bovine
                        animals                                                                 3 000 kg
              ex 21.01  Extracts, essence and concentrates, of coffee                           1 000 kg
              ex 21.01  Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea                             1 000 kg
              ex 21.06  Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing
                        18 % or more by weight of milkfats                                      3 000 kg
                 22.04  Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, grape must other
                        than that of heading No 20.09                                             15 hi
                 22.05  Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or
                        aromatic substances                                                       15 hi
              ex 22.07  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of
                        80 % vol or higher                                                         3 hi
              ex 22.08  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less
                        than 80 % vol                                                              3 hi
              ex 22.08  Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages                           5 hi
              ex 24.02  Cigarettes                                                           70 000 items
              ex 24.02  Cigarillos                                                           60 000 items
              ex 24.02  Cigars                                                               25 000 items
              ex 24.03  Smoking tobacco                                                          100 kg
              ex 27.10  Light and medium petroleum oils and gas oils                             200 hi
                 33.03  Perfumes and toilet waters                                                  5 hi'