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REGULATION (EEC) No 1461 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 May 1973

on the use of loading lists as the descriptive part of Community transit declaration

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 2. Loading list means any commercial document COMMUNITIES , which complies with the conditions of Article 2 and 3 of this Regulation .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; 3 . The loading list shall be produced in the same number of copies as the form T1 or T2 to which it relates : it shall be signed by the person signing the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No form T1 or T2 . 542/ 69 (*) of 18 March 1969 on Community transit, and in particular Article 58 ( 1 ) ( c);

4. When several lists accompany the same form T1 Whereas for certain operators the use of loading lists or T2, each must bear a serial number allotted by the as the descriptive part of Community transit principal, the number of accompanying lists must be declarations is a considerable relaxation of the shown in box 4 of the form . formalities relating to Community transit procedures ; whereas it is therefore important to fix conditions for the use of such lists and to determine requirements 5 . A declaration on a form T1 or T2 accompanied with which they must comply ; by one or more loading lists complying with the conditions of this Regulation shall be, as appropriate, a T1 or a T2 declaration . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee on Community Transit ; 6. When the declaration is registered the loading list must be marked with the same register number as the form T1 or T2 to which it relates . This number must be complemented by the name of the issuing office either by a stamp or by hand . In the latter case HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the office name must be complemented by the office stamp .

Article 1 The signature of the customs officer at the office of registration is optional . 1 . When a Community transit declaration is issued for a load comprising more than two lots of goods the particulars of the goods may be furnished on one Article 2 or more loading lists instead of being given in boxes 1 30 , 31 , 35 , 36 and 37 of form Tl , accompanied by one or more forms Tl a , or of form T2, accompanied 1 . The loading list shall be completed on a form by one or more forms T2 a. based on the specimen in the Annex. The form must include :

When loading lists are used, the boxes in question on forms Tl or T2 shall be crossed out and the forms ( a) the heading 'loading list'; need not be accompanied by forms Tl a or T2 a . ( b) a box, 70 X 55 mm in height, divided into a top part 70 X 15 mm, intended for the reference to the document Tl or T2 to which the loading list refers and a lower part 70 X 40 mm for the (') OJ No L 77, 29 . 3 . 1969, p . 1 . references referred to in Article 1 ( 6 ).

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(c) columns, in the following order and headed as the responsible person and counter-initialled by the shown : customs . — Serial No, 4. Each item shown on the loading list must be — 30 . No, kind , marks and numbers of preceded by a serial number and, where appropriate, packages . followed by any special reference required by — 31 . Description of goods . Community regulations in particular in regard to the Common Agricultural Policy. A horizontal line must — 35 . Country of consignment . be drawn after the last entry and the remaining — 36 . Gross weight in kg. unused spaces barred so that any subsequent addition is impossible . — Reserved for customs .

The width of the columns may be adapted as Article 4 necessary except that the width of the column headed 'Reserved for customs ' shall not be less than 30 mm . Spaces not reserved for a particular purpose under ( a ) 1 . When Regulation (EEC) No 304/71 (*) on the to (c) above may also be used . simplification of Community transit procedures for goods carried by railways is applied, the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of the present Regulation shall apply to the loading lists which accompany the 2 . The paper used shall be dressed for writing International Consignment Note or the International purposes and weigh not less than 40 g/ m 2 . It must be Express Parcels Consignment Note . sufficiently opaque for any commercial details which may eventually appear on the back not to affect the legibility of the information on the front. It must be In this case the number of the accompanying lists sufficiently strong to ensure that under normal shall be shown, as appropriate, in box 32 of the handling it will not tear or crumple. Consignment Note or in the box 'Documents attached for customs clearance and other formalities' of the Express Parcels Consignment Note . 3 . The size of the form shall be 210 X 297 mm , a In addition the loading lists must include, as maximum tolerance of minus 5 or plus 8 mm being appropriate, the Control Label number of the allowed for the length . accompanying International Consignment Note or in the case of the Express Parcels Consignment Note, the name of the station and the date on which the Article 3 Consignment Note was accepted.

1 . Only the front of the form may be used as a 2 . For transactions beginning within the loading list. Community comprising at the same time goods referred to in Article 1 ( 2) and in Article 1 ( 3 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 542/69 separate loading lists shall be used and the serial numbers of the loading 2 . The form shall be printed and completed in one lists relating to the goods referred to in Article 1 (2) of the official languages of the Community to be of that Regulation inserted in the 'Description of designated by the competent authorities of the goods ' box on the International Consignment Note Member State in which the Community transit or, where appropriate, the International Express Par­ operation begins . The competent authorities of .a cels Note . Member State concerned in the Community transit operation may require a translation into the official language or one of the official languages of that Member State . Article 5

1 . The provisions of this Regulation in no way 3 . The form shall be completed in typescript or in affect those obligations which concern the legible handwriting ; in the latter case it shall be formalities for exporting, re-exporting, importing and completed in ink and in print . It must contain no erasures or alterations . Amendments shall be made by striking out the incorrect particulars and adding those required . All amendments must be initialled by (') OJ No L 35, 12 . 2. 1971 , p . 31 .

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re-importing or the forms used in connection departure and destination in respect of goods therewith . transported under Community transit procedures .

2. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice Article 6 to the application of the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1226/71 ( 1 ) of 11 June 1971 , on reducing the formalities to be carried out at offices of This Regulation enters into forcc on 1 July 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1973 .

For the Commission The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 129, 15 . 6. 1971 , p . 1 .

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ANNEX

LOADING LIST

36 . Gross 30. Number, marks and 31 . Description of 35 . Country of Serial No numbers of packages goods weight Reserved for customs consignment (kgs)

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(Signature )