CELEX: 31974R1676
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1676/74 of the Commission of 28 June 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1461/73 of 16 May 1973 on the use of loading lists as the descriptive part of Community transit declarations

29 . 6 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 1 75/79
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1676/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 28 June 1974
               amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1461 /73 of 16 May 1973 on the use of loading
                         lists as the descriptive part of Community transit declarations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         records are based on a system of electronic or
COMMUNITIES,                                                           mechanical data processing to use loading lists,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  which , although not complying with all the condi­
Economic Community ;                                                ■. tions of Articles 2 and 3, are designed and
                                                                       completed in such a way that they can be used
Having regard, to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          without difficulty by the customs and statistical
542/69 (') of 18 March 1969 on Community transit,                      authorities in question .'
and in particular Article 58 ( 1 ) (c) ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1461 /73 (2) provides                                            Article 2
for the use, under certain conditions, of loading ' lists
in conformity with a specimen to be used as the                   Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1461 /73 of 16 May
descriptive part of Community transit declarations ;              1973 shall be replaced as follows :
Whereas it is agreed that loading lists conforming to                   'Article 4
the specimen in the Annex to the Regulation are not
suitable for use with systems based on the electronic                   1 . When Regulation (EEC) No 304/71 (3) on
or mechanical processing of data ; whereas to avoid                    the simplification of Community transit proce­
difficulties for firms using modern procedures, the use                dures for goods carried by railways operates, the
of loading lists capable of integration into the system                provisions of Articles 2, 3 and 3a of this Regula­
adopted should be allowed ;                                            tion shall apply to loading lists which accompany
Whereas, additionally, it has been shown that in                       the International Consignment Note and the
respect of rail transport, loading lists are never                     number of the accompanying lists shall be shown
attached to the Express Parcels Consignment Note                       in box 32 of the Consignment Note .
and that the reference to the wagon or container                       In addition each loading list must include the
number is sufficient to establish the link between the                 wagon number to which the Consignment Note
International Consignment Note and the attached                        refers or, where appropriate, the number of the
loading lists ; whereas the relevant provisions must be                container in which the goods, are carried .
amended ' and simplified ;
                                                                       2.     For operations beginning within the Commu­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                    nity comprising at the same time goods referred to
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Commu­                       in Article 1 (2) and in Article 1 (3) of Regulation
nity Transit Committee,                                                (EEC) No 542/69 separate loading lists shall be
                                                                       used and the serial numbers of the loading lists
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                           relating to the goods referred to in Article 1 (2) of
                          A rticle 1
                                                                       that Regulation inserted in the " Description of
                                                                       goods" box on the International Consignment
The following Article 3a shall be added to Regulation                   Note .'
(EEC) No 1461 /73 :
     'Article 3ci                                                                            Article 3
     The customs authorities of each Member State
     may allow firms established in their country whose           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969 , p. 1 .
M OJ No L 1 45, 2. 6. 1 973, p. 7.                                (3 ) OJ No L 35, 12 . 2 . 1971 , p. 31 .