Considerations on COM(2022)70 - EU position in the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as regards amendments to that Convention

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dossier COM(2022)70 - EU position in the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as ...
document COM(2022)70 EN
date March  1, 2022
 
(1) The Convention on a common transit procedure (‘the Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision of 15 June 1987 concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure 13 and entered into force on 1 January 1988.

(2) Pursuant to Article 15(3)(a) of the Agreement, the Joint Committee may adopt, by means of decisions, amendments to the Appendices to the Agreement.

(3) The Joint Committee is to adopt a decision on the amendment of the Appendices I, IIIa and IV to the Agreement in early 2022.

(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Joint Committee, as the decision will be binding on the Union.

(5) Annex B of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 14 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 15 have been amended respectively, in December 2020 16 , and February 2021 17 . These annexes lay down the common data requirements, formats and codes for the transit declaration, in order to better harmonise the common data elements for the storage of information and for its exchange between customs authorities, as well as between customs authorities and economic operators. The amendments were necessary to ensure inter-operability between the customs electronic systems used for the different types of declarations and notifications. Therefore, Appendix IIIa to the Agreement, which replicates the Annex B of the Delegated Act and the Annex B of the Implementing Act, should be amended accordingly.

(6) The amendments to Appendix IIIa to the Agreement resulted in the renumbering of paragraphs and sections. Therefore, references to Appendix IIIa in Appendix I need to be aligned with the new numbering.

(7) Appendix IV to the Agreement sets the rules on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims. These rules are important as they safeguard the financial interests of the common transit countries, of the EU Member States and of the European Union. These rules need to be revised in order to align them with the respective modernised Union rules.