CELEX: 31993D0329
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-15 00:00:00
Title: 93/329/EEC: Council Decision of 15 March 1993 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes

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31993D0329

93/329/EEC: Council Decision of 15 March 1993 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes  

Official Journal L 130 , 27/05/1993 P. 0001 - 0075 Finnish special edition: Chapter 2 Volume 9 P. 0068  Swedish special edition: Chapter 2 Volume 9 P. 0068 

COUNCIL DECISIONof 15 March 1993concerning  the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes (93/329/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty instituting the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Convention on Temporary Admission negotiated under the auspices of the Customs  Cooperation Council and agreed at Istanbul on 26 June 1990 concerns trade in goods with non-member  countries and is therefore an effective means of fostering international trade; Whereas the Community's authorized representative signed the Convention, subject to acceptance, on  28 June 1990; whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (1) (b) of the Convention, the Community must deposit  an instrument of ratification in order to become a Contracting Party to the Convention; Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of the Convention, each Contracting Party acceding to the  Convention must accept the Annex concerning temporary admission papers (ATA carnets and CPD  carnets) and at least one other Annex; whereas the Community should accept all the Annexes;  whereas, however, such acceptance must be subject to reservations designed to take account of  requirements specific to the customs union and the present level of harmonization in the field of  temporary admission; Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (6) of the Convention, the Community is required to communicate to  the depositary the conditions of application of, and the information required under, certain  provisions; whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (7), the Community, as a customs or economic union, is  required inter alia to inform the depositary of the matters within its competence, indicating those  areas which remain within the national competence; Whereas, in order to make it easier to apply Annexes A and C to the Convention, it is desirable  also to accept the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendations concerning the ATA carnets and CDP  carnets; Whereas the Convention should be concluded and the Annexes accepted subject to the abovementioned  reservations; Whereas participation by the Member States means that the Convention must enter into force  simultaneously for the Community and its Member States, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1The Convention on Temporary Admission and the Annexes thereto,  together with the reservations, are hereby accepted on behalf of the European Economic Community. The text of the Convention, the Annexes thereto and the reservations attached to those Annexes  appear in Annexes I and II respectively to this Decision. The notifications required appear in Annex III to this Decision. The recommendations of the Customs Cooperation Council are hereby accepted on behalf of the  Community on the conditions set out in Annex IV to this Decision. Article 2The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to  deposit the instrument of ratification of the Convention referred to in Article 1 and to accept the  Annexes and associated reservations also referred to in Article 1, and to confer on him the powers  necessary to bind the Community. Such deposit and acceptance shall take place at the same time as  the depositing of instruments of ratification by the Member States. The person empowered shall also communicate to the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation  Council the conditions of application or the information required pursuant to Article 24 (6) of the  Convention and the acceptance of the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendations. Done at Brussels, 15 March 1993. For the CouncilThe PresidentM. JELVED