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26 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 291/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.12.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 2720/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 1972 amending Article 52 of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69 on Community transit

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­ Community transit operation; whereas they TIES, do not enable the Member State of destination to compile its transit statistics from its own Having regard to the Treaty establishing the documentation; European Economic Community, and in Whereas it should accordingly be stipulated particular Article 235 thereof; that, where required, the necessary data for Having regard to the proposal from the compilation of transit statistics shall be sent by Commission; the Member State of departure to the Member States involved in the Community transit Having regard to the Opinion of the European operation and that a copy of document T 1 or Parliament; T 2 shall be sent by the office of destination Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic to the service of the Member State of destination and Social Committee; responsible for external trade statistics;

Whereas Article 50 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 542/691 of 18 March 1969 on Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : transit specifies that, where the Community transit procedure is applied, transit and export Article 1 statistics shall be based on it;

Whereas Article 51 of that Regulation specifies The following shall be substituted for Article 52 that the T 1 and T 2 documents shall constitute of Regulation (EEC) No 542/69: the source of statistical information in respect 'Until the Council, on a proposal from the of the movement of goods carried under the Commission, has laid down provisions on Community transit procedure; the standardisation of transit statistics : Whereas Article 52 of that Regulation makes (a) the office of departure shall, without provision for a copy of the T 1 or T 2 document delay, send a copy of that copy of the T 1 to be sent to the service of the Member State or T 2 document returned to it by the of departure responsible for external trade office of destination to the service of the statistics ; Member State of departure responsible Whereas until a Community method for making for external trade statistics ; the latter statistical returns on transit is finalised, the copy shall contain all the necessary data most rational and efficient system should be for the statistical recording of the selected without thereby introducing new Community transit operation in all the formalities in the movement of goods ; whereas Member States involved therein; in the meantime the Member State of departure ( b) the office of destination shall, without and the Member State of destination should be delay, send a copy of that copy of the allowed to compile their transit statistics from T 1 or T 2 document that it retains to their own documentation; the service of the Member State of desti­ Whereas the abovementioned Articles do not nation responsible for external trade make adequate provision for statistical returns statistics ; the latter copy shall contain on transit in all Member States involved in the all the necessary data for the statistical recording ' of the Community transit operation in all the Member States OJ No L 77, 29.3.1969, p . 1 . involved therein;

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(c) the service in the Member State of exception of the Member State of departure responsible for external trade destination.' statistics shall without delay forward the data in the copy of the T 1 or T 2 document sent to it as provided for in (a) above :o the services responsible for Article 2 external trade statistics in the other Member States involved in the Com­ This Regulation shall enter into force on munity transit operation, with the 1 January 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972. For the Council The President

T. WESTERTERP