CELEX: 51981PC0074
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Date: 1981-02-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 79/695/EEC on the harmonization of procedures for the release of goods for free circulation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                 Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
             amending Directive 79 / 695 / EEC on the harmonization
       of procedures for the release of goods for free circulation
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M ( 81 ) 74 final
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       In .the course of the work which resulted in the adoption of Council
Directive 79 / 695 / EEC of 24 July 1979 on the harmonization of procedures
for the release of goods for free circulation ( 1 ), some of the Member
States indicated that they felt the directive should have " included a
definition of the conditions under which a person ( hereinafter rcfsrrtd
to as "declarant ") is permitted to make a customs entry .
       Since the definition of a dsclarant concerns entries r>ade in respect
of all customs procedures and not merely the release of goods for free
circulation,, it was agreed that it should be Uid down in « separate
regulation and that the P,ember States could wake the implementation ©f
Directive 79 / 695 / ££C subject to publication of that regulation .
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       Article 27 ( 1 ) of the Directive thus provides that "Member States ,
shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive not later
than six months after the date of publication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities ©f the Regulation laying down the conditions
under which a person is permitted to make » customs entry".
       2 ? has become apparent from the ensuing discussions on the proposal
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for a regulation | hat there are considerable differences of opinion
between some Membfr States and it is likely that further lengthy ■
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negotiations will': be necessary, which would delay tht adoption of the
regulation for so»e time .        .
( 1 ) OJ No L 2Q$, 13.8,1979. p. 19
 ---pagebreak---        The Implementation of Directive 7.9 / 695 / EEC by the Member Spates 1 ST
therefore likely to be similarly delayed . Such a delay would cause serious
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diff icuUies , given the need to eliminate as soon as possible the present
disparities in national laws on free ci rculation, which result i <n considers*"
ble distortions of treatment between Community Importers , depending on th«
Member State in which they are established .
        Morevover , the proposal for a Council directive on the harmonization •
of export procedures < 1 > is about to be adopted ancl this text , which is
the counterpart to the directive on the release of goods for free
circulation, contains no rest'rifction making the datevof Its entry Into
force subject to publication of the regulation on the definition of a
declarant .
        For all these reasons , and since there is no practical reason why
the provisions on the release of goods for free circulation should not be
implemented even without a common definition of a declarant , the Commission
considers it necessary to specify the date by which directive 79/695 /££C
must be implemented by the Member States .
        This proposal is designed to amend Article 27 ( 1 ) accordingly by
fixing the final date for the implementation of Directive 79/695/EEC as
1 April 1982 .
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        In view of the major changes which will be required in the present
 laws of some Member States in order to implement the specific procedures
 laid down in Article 17 to 22 of the directive , it does not seem
advisab'le to change the date , fixed as 1 January 1984, until which fh«
 introduction of these procedures may be postponed . ,
 ( 1 ) OJ Ko C 201 , 10.8.1979,p. 6
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 Since this proposal ior a directive is based on Article 100 of the EEC
 Treaty , the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee must
 give their opinions .  , .
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                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
             amending .           Directive 79/ 695 / ESC on the harmonization of
             procedures for the release of goods for f rea circulation
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treat / establishing the European Economic Community,
  and in particular Article 100 thereof .
  Having regard to the proposal frota the Commission < 1 >,
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  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament < 2 )„
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  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee < 3 ),
  Whereas Article 27 ( 1 ) of Council Directive 79 / 695 / EEC ( 4 )
                      provides that ' Member States shall take the measures .
  necessary to comply with the Directive not later than six months after
  the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European
  Communities of the Regulation laying down the conditions under which
  a person is permitted to make a customs entry;
   whereas the odootion by the Council of the above" nent ioned Regulation has
   not taken place " wi t Hin " the period originally specified ; whereas , however , the
  distortions of treatment resulting from the considerable disparities in
  the law,, regulations and administrative provi sions ^ of the Member
  States on the release of goods for free circulatiort'should be eliminated
  as quickly as possible ;               ,
   ( 1 ) 0J No C
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   ( 4 ) 0J No L 205 , 13.8.1979, p. 19                          "   ./.
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 ---pagebreak--- Whereas there is no reason why the provisions on the release of goods
for free circulation should not be implemented even in the absence of a
Community definition of the conditions under which a person is permitted
to make a customs entry ; whereas it is necessary, therefore , to specify
the date by which Member States must bring into force the measures
necessary to comply with Directive 79 / 695 / EEC ; whereas , however , it is
not necessary to amend the date until which the effective implementation
of Articles 17 to 22 of the Directive may be postponed;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                Article 1
      The first and second sub-paragraphs of Article 27 < 1 ) of
 Directive 79 /695 / EEC are hereby replaced by the following :
 "Member States shall, take the measures necessary to comply with this
 Directive not later than 1 April 1982 ",
                                Article 2
      This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
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                           Done at Brussels ,
                           For the Council
                           The President