Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3678/87 of 9 December 1987 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community' s external trade

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3678/87
of 9 December 1987
on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3367/87 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 38 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 of 16 July 1985 on inward processing relief arrangements (3), and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/86 of 24 November 1986 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 on the inward processing relief arrangements (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2954/85 of 22 October 1985 laying down certain measures for the standardization and simplification of statistics of trade between Member States (5),
Whereas the statistical procedures in respect of importation for inward processing and of exportation after inward processing correspond at present to the customs arrangements for inward processing laid down in Council Directive 69/73/EEC of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of inward processing (6), as last amended by Directive 84/444/EEC (7); whereas on 1 January 1987 Directive 69/73/EEC will be repealed and replaced by Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85; whereas there is therefore a need to amend the list of statistical procedures set out in Article 8 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 and to bring the statistical procedures in respect of inward processing into line with the customs arrangements for inward processing laid down in the abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 also provides that the Member States should supply separate statistical returns relating in particular to the release for free circulation of import goods placed under inward processing relief arrangements in the framework of the suspension system;
Whereas certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 546/77 of 16 March 1977 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade (8) must be repealed or adapted in consequence;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics,