CELEX: 31972R0581
Language: en
Date: 1972-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 581/72 of the Commission of 22 March 1972 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 375/69 of 27 February 1969 on the declaration of particulars relating to the value of goods for customs purposes

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     155
No L 70/ 10                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                23.3.72
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 581/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 22 March 1972
              amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 375/69 of 27 February 1969 on the
                    declaration of particulars relating to the value of goods for customs purposes
THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE  EUROPEAN       COM­           requirement of a written or oral declaration of all or
MUNITIES,                                                         part of the particulars relating to the value for
                                                                  customs purposes ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                     Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in
                                                                  accordance with the Opinion of the Customs
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Valuation Committee ;
803/681 of 27 June 1968 on the valuation of goods
for customs purposes, and in particular Article 14                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, taking into account the experience gained
by Member States since the entry into force of                    Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 375/69 of 27
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 375/692 of 27                     February 1969 on the declaration of particulars
February 1969 on the declaration of particulars                  relating to the value of goods for customs purposes
relating to the value of goods for customs purposes,              shall be amended as follows :
and with the object of reducing formalities required
in international trade, it is desirable to simplify the          in Article 5 , substitute '500' for '200'.
procedure laid down in that Regulation without,
however, jeopardizing the objectives set out therein ;
whereas within the framework of such simplification                                         Article 2
it is possible to increase form 200 to 500 units of
account the maximum value of imported goods                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
below which Member States may waive the                         ' 1972.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 22 March 1972.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                        S. L. MANSHOLT
1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 6.
2 OJ No L 52, 3.3.1969, p. 1 .