CELEX: 51990PC0041
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/89 OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMON TRANSIT AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVLUNITIES
                                              C0M(90)          41  final
                                              B r u s s e l s , 21 February 1990
                               Proposal     for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2 / 6 9
            .OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE
                          ON COMMON TRANSIT
       AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A
                  COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE
                ( p r e s e n t e d by t h e Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject:      Application within the Community of Decision No
              2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee - Common
              transit - amending Article 10(3) of the Convention
              of 20 May 1987 on a oommon transit procedure
1.    The Convention of 20 May 1987, which sets out the essential
      rules governing trade betwwen the Community and the EFTA
      countries as well as between those countries, includes a
      definition of the value of the ecu.
2.    Since the Community provisions on the composition of the
      ecu have recently been amended, the Convention should also
      be amended to take account of the new composition.
3.    Such was the purpose of Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA
      Joint Committee - Common transit , which is attached.
4.    That Decision needs to be rendered applicable within the
      Community by means of a Council regulation a proposed text
      for which is also attached.
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 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
              ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION NO 2/89
                  OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE
                          ON COMMON TRANSIT
                            OF
           AMENDING THE CONVENTION OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A
                      COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES-,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 15(3)(b) of the Convention between the European
Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of
Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the
Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit
procedure (1) empowers the Joint Committee established by that
Convention to adopt by decision amendments to the definition of
the ecu as set out in Article 10(3) of the Convention;
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to amend Article 10(3) in
order to take account of the recent change in Community rules
governing the definition of the ecu;
Whereas that amendment was the subjeot of Decision No 2/89 of the
Joint Committee;
Whereas measures to implement that Deoision should therefore be
taken,
(1)   OJ NO L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2
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 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                            ARTICLE 1
Decision No 2/89 of the EEC/EFTA Joint Committee amending the
Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure shall
apply within the Community.
The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation.
                            ARTICLE £
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Offical Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                      For the Council
                                       The President
 ---pagebreak---                                      DECISION No 2/89
                         OF THE EEC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE
                                 ON COMMON TRANSIT
                                   OF 8.12.1989
                              AMENDING THE CONVENTION
                                OF 20 MAY 1987 ON A
                             COMMON TRANSIT PROCEDURE
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure, and
in particular Article 15(3)(b) thereof.
Whereas for the purposes of the Convention the ecu is defined in the same way as
it is in the Community rules;
Whereas those rules were recently changed, so that the ecu has been composed
differently since 21 September 1989; whereas the Convention should therefore be
adapted to take account of the new composition of the ecu;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 1
In Article 10 of the Convention, paragraph 3 is hereby replaced by the following:
"3. For the purposes of the flat rate guarantee as provided for in Appendices I
    and II to this Convention, the ecu means the total of the following amounts:
    0,6242    German mark
    0,08784   Pound sterling
    1,332     French franc
    151,8     Italian lira
    0,2198    Dutch guilder
    3,301     Belgian franc
    0,130     Luxembourg franc
    0,1976    Danish krone
    0,008552  Irish pound
    1,440     Greek drachma
    6,885     Spanish peseta
    1,393     Portuguese escudo
    The value of the ecu in a given currency shall be equal to the sum of the
    exchange values in that currency of the amounts set out above."
                                    Article 2
This decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1990.
Done at
                                                      For the Joint Committee
                                                           The Chairman
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 ---pagebreak---                            DECLARATION DE LA COMMISSION
               AU SUJET DE L'IMPACT SUR L'ACTIVITE ECONOMIQUE
1. La  décision   n'  2/89    faisant    l'objet   de    la présente    proposition    de
   règlement du Conseil vise à amender la Convention CEE-AELE relative à un
   régime de transit commun de manière à l'adapter pour tenir compte de la
   nouvelle   composition     de   l'Ecu   telle   qu'elle     figure   dans    le  droit
   communautaire.
2. il est rappelé que cette Convention constitue en elle-même un facteur
   d'harmonisation    et    de   simplification     dans     les   échanges    entre   la
   Communauté et les pays de l'AELE; elle s'inscrit dans le prolongement de
   la déclaration de Luxembourg du 9 avril 1984 visant à la création d'un
   vaste espace économique        européen    dynamique    et   profitable à     tous et
   partant   a   pour    vocation    de    promouvoir      l'activité    économique    de
   l'ensemble des partenaires.
3. La décision 2/89 et la proposition de règlement qui vise à rendre celle-
   ci applicable dans la Communauté, ayant pour objet d'apporter à cette
   Convention    une    adaptation     technique      de    nature    à    l'actualiser,
   s'inscrivent, à la fois dans leur contexte général et dans leur contenu
   spécifique   dans   la   ligne d'action positive         de   cette Convention     sur
   l'activité économique.
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