Council Regulation (EEC) No 1900/85 of 8 July 1985 introducing Community export and import declaration forms

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1900/85
of 8 July 1985
introducing Community export and import declaration forms
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2102/77 (4) introduced a Community export declaration form which could be used for dispatch of goods from one Member State to another as well as for export of goods outside the customs territory of the Community;
Whereas, as part of the strengthening of the internal market, Council Regulation (EEC) No 678/85 of 18 February 1985 simplifying formalities in trade in goods within the Community (5) substituted in respect of the trade in question a single document for the present declarations for dispatch, internal Community transit and entry of goods for home use or their entry under any other procedure in the Member State of destination;
Whereas it is necessary, in order to facilitate the task of economic operators, to extend to all types of trade the efforts to rationalize administrative documentation, which have culminated in the introduction of the single document;
Whereas, in order to be complete, such a reform must also apply to forms for both exports and imports; whereas the single document form should be supplemented as necessary by items of information to be determined by the Member States pending their harmonization Community-wide;
Whereas such uniformity in documentation is also desirable when using computerized declaration processing systems which print the declaration, because the printers attached to the computers need to be fed with continuous stationery; whereas standardization of the documents thus allows different types of declaration to be combined, notably for export and Community transit;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2102/77 should accordingly be amended; whereas, for the sake of clarity, it appears preferable to include the provisions concerned in a new Regulation and formally to repeal the said Regulation;
Whereas such simplification is necessary in order to attain one of the objectives of the Community; whereas the Treaty has not provided the specific powers necessary for this purpose and this Regulation should therefore be based on Article 235 thereof,