CELEX: 31973R1461
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-16
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1461/73 of the Commission of 16 May 1973 on the use of loading lists as the descriptive part of Community transit declarations

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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1461 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 16 May 1973
                 on the use of loading lists as the descriptive part of Community transit declaration
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    2.     Loading list means any commercial document
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     which complies with the conditions of Article 2 and 3
                                                                  of this Regulation.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;                                     3 . The loading list shall be produced in the same
                                                                  number of copies as the form T1 or T2 to which it
                                                                  relates : it shall be signed by the person signing the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      form T1 or T2 .
542/69 (*) of 18 March 1969 on Community transit,
and in particular Article 58 ( 1 ) ( c);
                                                                  4.     When several lists accompany the same form T1
Whereas for certain operators the use of loading lists            or T2, each must bear a serial number allotted by the
as the descriptive part of Community transit                      principal, the number of accompanying lists must be
declarations is    a    considerable relaxation     of the        shown in box 4 of the form .
formalities relating to Community transit procedures ;
whereas it is therefore important to fix conditions for
the use of such lists and to determine requirements               5.     A declaration on a form T1 or T2 accompanied
with which they must comply ;                                     by one or more loading lists complying with the
                                                                  conditions of this Regulation shall be, as appropriate,
                                                                  a T1 or a T2 declaration .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee
on Community Transit;
                                                                  6. When the declaration is registered the loading
                                                                  list must be marked with the same register number as
                                                                  the form T1 or T2 to which it relates . This number
                                                                  must be complemented by the name of the issuing
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  office either by a stamp or by hand . In the latter case
                                                                  the office name must be complemented by the office
                                                                  stamp .
                          Article 1
                                                                  The signature of the customs officer at the office of
                                                                  registration is optional .
1.      When a Community transit declaration is issued
for a load comprising more than two lots of goods
the particulars of the goods may be furnished on one                                       Article 2
or more loading lists instead of being given in boxes                1
30, 31 , 35, 36 and 37 of form Tl , accompanied by
one or more forms Tl a , or of form T2, accompanied               1.     The loading list shall be completed on a form
by one or more forms T2 a.                                        based on the specimen in the Annex. The form must
                                                                  include :
When loading lists are used, the boxes in question on
forms Tl or T2 shall be crossed out and the forms                 ( a) the heading 'loading list';
need not be accompanied by forms Tl a or T2 a .
                                                                  ( b) a box, 70 X 55 mm in height, divided into a top
                                                                       part 70 X 15 mm, intended for the reference to the
                                                                       document Tl or T2 to which the loading list
                                                                       refers and a lower part 70 X 40 mm for the
(') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969, p . 1 .                                 references referred to in Article 1 ( 6).
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(c) columns, in the following order and headed as             the responsible person and counter-initialled by the
     shown :                                                  customs .
     — Serial No,
     — 30. No, kind,        marks   and   numbers    of       4.     Each item shown on the loading list must be
         packages .                                           preceded by a serial number and, where appropriate,
                                                              followed by any special reference required by
     — 31 . Description of goods .                            Community regulations in particular in regard to the
                                                              Common Agricultural Policy. A horizontal line must
     — 35 . Country of consignment.                           be drawn after the last entry and the remaining
     — 36. Gross weight in kg.                                unused spaces barred so that any subsequent addition
                                                              is impossible.
     — Reserved for customs .
The width of the columns may be adapted as                                              Article 4
necessary except that the width of the column headed
'Reserved for customs ' shall not be less than 30 mm .
Spaces not reserved for a particular purpose under ( a )       1 . When Regulation (EEC) No 304/71 (*) on the
to (c) above may also be used.                                simplification of Community transit procedures for
                                                              goods carried by railways is applied, the provisions of
                                                              Articles 2 and 3 of the present Regulation shall
2.     The paper used shall be dressed for writing             apply to the loading lists which accompany the
purposes and weigh not less than 40 g/m 2 . It must be        International Consignment Note or the International
sufficiently opaque for any commercial details which          Express Parcels Consignment Note.
may eventually appear on the back not to affect the
legibility of the information on the front. It must be        In this case the number of the accompanying lists
sufficiently strong to ensure that under normal               shall be shown, as appropriate, in box 32 of the
handling it will not tear or crumple.                         Consignment Note or in the box 'Documents
                                                              attached for customs clearance and other formalities'
                                                              of the Express Parcels Consignment Note.
3.     The size of the form shall be 210 X 297 mm, a
maximum tolerance of minus 5 or plus 8 mm being               In addition the loading lists must include, as
allowed for the length.                                       appropriate, the Control Label number of the
                                                              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
                        Article 3                             Consignment Note was accepted.
 1.    Only the front of the form may be used as a            2.     For transactions          beginning within      the
loading list.                                                  Community comprising at the same time goods
                                                              referred to in Article 1 (2) and in Article 1 (3 ) of
                                                              Regulation (EEC ) No 542/69 separate loading lists
                                                              shall be used and the serial numbers of the loading
2.     The form shall be printed and completed in one         lists relating to the goods referred to in Article 1 (2)
of the official languages of the Community to be              of that Regulation inserted in the 'Description of
 designated by the competent authorities of the               goods' box on the International Consignment Note
Member State in which the Community transit                   or, where appropriate, the International Express Par­
operation begins . The competent authorities of .a            cels Note .
Member State concerned in the Community transit
operation may require a translation into the official
language or one of the official languages of that
Member State .                                                                          Article 5
                                                               1 . The provisions of this Regulation in no way
3.     The form shall be completed in typescript or in         affect those obligations which concern the
 legible handwriting ; in the latter case it shall be         formalities for exporting, re-exporting, importing and
 completed in ink and in print. It must contain no
erasures or alterations . Amendments shall be made
 by striking out the incorrect particulars and adding
those required . All amendments must be initialled by          (') OJ No L 35, 12 . 2. 1971 , p . 31 .
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re-importing or the forms used in connection                        departure and destination in respect of goods
therewith .                                                         transported under Community transit procedures .
2. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice
to the application of the provisions of Commission                                        Article 6
Regulation (EEC) No 1226/71 (1 ) of 11 June 1971 , on
reducing the formalities to be carried out at offices of            This Regulation enters into forcc on 1 July 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 16 May 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                    François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') OJ No L 129, 15 . 6. 1971 , p . 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                       LOADING LIST
                                                                             36 . Gross
           30. Number, marks and     31 . Description of    35 . Country of       weight       Reserved for customs
 Serial No                                goods
               numbers of packages                               consignment      (kgs)
                                                                                         -
                                                                                           (Signature )