COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1180/2012
of 10 December 2012
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1) (‘the Code’), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Republic of Turkey acceded to the Convention of 20 May 1987 between the European Economic 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 (‘the Convention’) as a contracting party on 1 December 2012. By Decision No 4/2012 of the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit of 26 June 2012 (2) the Convention was amended in order to adapt the guarantee documents for common transit in view of Turkey’s accession to the Convention. The corresponding guarantee documents for Community transit provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (3) should be adapted accordingly.
(2)
Since it has been a requirement under Decision No 4/2012 to use the guarantee documents adapted to the accession of Turkey since 1 December 2012, the corresponding guarantee documents required by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should also be adapted with effect from that date. However, rules should be laid down in order to allow the use of guarantee documents in compliance with the specimen applicable prior to 1 December 2012 for a transitional period, subject to the necessary adaptations.
(3)
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is amended as follows:
(1)
Annex 48 is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
(2)
Annex 49 is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation;
(3)
Annex 50 is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation;
(4)
in Annex 51, in box 7, the text ‘Turkey,’ is inserted between the text ‘Switzerland,’ and ‘Andorra’;
(5)
in Annex 51a, in box 6, the text ‘Turkey,’ is inserted between the text ‘Switzerland,’ and ‘Andorra’.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2012.
However, economic operators may, until 30 November 2013, use the specimen form laid down in Annex 48, 49, 50, 51 or 51a to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1159/2012 (4), subject to the necessary geographical adaptations and adaptations concerning the address for service or the authorised agent.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 2012.