Council Regulation (EEC) No 719/91 of 21 March 1991 on the use in the Community of TIR carnets and ATA carnets as transit documents

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 719/91  of 21 March 1991  on the use in the Community of TIR carnets and ATA carnets as transit documents
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, pursuant to the rules on Community transit, goods may be carried within the Community under cover of TIR carnets (Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention), done at Geneva on 14  November 1975) or under cover of ATA carnets (Customs Convention on the ATA carnet for the temporary admission of goods (ATA Convention), done at Brussels on 6 December 1961) within the limits laid down by those rules;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 48 of the TIR Convention, Contracting Parties which form a customs or economic union may enact special provisions in respect of transport operations commencing or terminating in, or passing through, their territories,  provided that such provisions do not attenuate the facilities provided for by that Convention; whereas, pursuant to Article 14 of the ATA Convention, the territories of Contracting Parties which form a customs or economic union may be taken to be a  single territory;
Whereas designating the Community as a single territory for the purposes of the rules governing the use of TIR or ATA carnets would entail the abolition of all formalities and checks for crossing the Community's internal front- iers provided for in  those rules and would mark a further step towards progressive elimination of these frontiers; whereas, to this end, the necessary measures should be adopted and provision made for them to be implemented before the scheduled date for completion of the  internal market;
Whereas the incorporation of this reform in the operation of the TIR and ATA procedures requires the adoption of implementing provisions; whereas, to that end, close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission must be established within a  Committee,