Annexes to SEC(2005)657 - Draft Decision of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on Common Transit amending the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure - Draft common position of the EC

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dossier SEC(2005)657 - Draft Decision of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on Common Transit amending the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit ...
document SEC(2005)657 EN
date May 23, 2005
ANNEX

Appendix I is amended as follows:

1. Article 17 is replaced by the following:

"Transit declarations by means of a data processing technique

Article 17

1. Transit declarations shall be lodged at the office of departure by means of a data-processing technique.

2. Transit declarations lodged by the exchange of EDI standard messages shall comply with the structure and particulars set out in Appendix III.

3. Where a transit declaration is lodged by entering in the data-processing system of the competent authorities the information required for completing formalities, the particulars of the written declaration referred to in Appendix III shall be replaced by transmission for computer processing, to the competent authorities designated for that purpose, of data in coded or any other form specified by those authorities and equivalent to the particulars required for written declarations.

4. Where the common transit procedure in the country of departure succeeds another customs approved treatment or use, the office of departure may request production of these documents.

5. The goods shall be presented together with the transport document. The office of departure may waive the requirement to produce this document when the customs formalities are completed, on condition the document is kept at its disposal."

2. Article 18 is replaced by the following:

"Transit declarations in writing

Article 18

1. Goods may be placed under the common transit procedure by means of a transit declaration made out on a form corresponding to one of the specimens set out in Appendix III and in accordance with the procedure defined by the Contracting Parties in agreement with each other

(a) where the competent authorities' computerised transit system is not functioning,

(b) where the principal's application is not functioning;

2. The use of a written transit declaration under paragraph 1, point (b) shall be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 also apply

(a) where a Contracting Party so decides,

(b) where the goods are transported by travellers who have no direct access to the customs' computerised system and so have no means of lodging the transit declaration using a data processing technique at the office of departure. The competent authorities shall authorise the goods to be placed under the common transit procedure by means of a transit declaration made out on a form corresponding to one of the specimens set out in Appendix III.In these cases, the competent authorities shall ensure that the transit data is exchanged between the competent authorities using information technology and computer networks.

4. The transit declaration may be supplemented by one or more continuation sheets corresponding to one of the specimens set out in Appendix III. The forms shall be an integral part of the declaration.

5. Loading lists drawn up in accordance with the specimen in Appendix III may be used instead of continuation sheets as the descriptive part of a transit declaration, of which they shall be an integral part.

6. The forms referred to in paragraphs 1, 3 to 5 shall be completed in accordance with Appendix III. They shall be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Contracting Parties accepted by the competent authorities of the country of departure. Where necessary, the competent authorities of a country concerned in the common transit operation may request a translation into the official language, or one of the official languages, of that country.

7. Article 17(4) and (5) shall be applicable mutatis mutandis."

[1] OJ L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2. Convention as last amended by Decision No 2/2002 (OJ L 4, 9.1.2003, p. 18).