CELEX: 31974R3227
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3227/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1279/71 on the use of Community transit documents for the purpose of applying certain measures on the exportation of certain goods

No L 342/30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 12. 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3227/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 20 December 1974
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1279/71 on the use of Community transit docu­
              ments for the purpose of applying certain measures on the exportation of
                                                          certain goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Regulation (EEC) No 1279/71 is amended by the
Economic Community ;                                                insertion of an Article 4b as follows :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            'Article 4b
542/69 (') of 18 March 1969 on Community transit, as                    1 . The provisions of Article 3 shall apply equally
last amended by the Council Decision of 1 January                       to goods, as referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) which in the
1973 (2 ), and in particular Article 58(1 ) (b) thereof ;               course of transportation between two points within
Whereas the Agreements (3) on the application of                        the Community cross the territory of Austria or
Community transit regulations concluded on 21                           Switzerland and are re-consigned from that terri­
November 1972 between the European Economic                             tory.
Community and respectively the Republic of Austria                      By way of derogation from the provisions of
and the Swiss Confederation allow goods moving                          Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69, the
between two points situated in the Community to be                      control copy shall accompany the goods to the
placed under one of the Community transit proce­                        competent customs office of the Member State of
dures when they are consigned to Austria or Switzer­                    destination .
land and are to be re-consigned from either of those                    The office of departure shall specify the period
countries to the Community ; whereas it is therefore                    within which the goods must be re-imported into
necessary to insert in Commission Regulation (EEC)                      the Community.
No 1279/71 (4) of 17 June 1971 on the use of Commu­
nity transit documents for the purpose of applying                      2. If a measure as referred to in Article 1 (2)
certain measures on the exportation of certain goods,                   provides for the giving of security, then notwith­
as last amended by the Act of Accession (5), provi­                     standing the provisions of Article 4a such security
sions which ensure that in such circumstances the                       shall be furnished for all transactions coming
goods are re-imported into the Community ;                              within paragraph 1 of this Article.'
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 23
on Community Transit,                                               December 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 20 December 1974 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
(') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969, p. 1 .
\2) OJ No L 2, I. 1 . 1 973, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 294, 29 . 12 . 1972, pp . 1 and 86 .
(4 ) OJ No L 133 , 19 . 6 . 1971 , p. 32 .
(5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .