Activites

• 1999/05/07 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1999/955
  • OJ L 119 07.05.1999, p. 0001
• 1999/04/13 Final act signed
• 1999/04/13 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2169
• 1999/03/29 Council Meeting
• 1998/12/16 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0743/1998 summary

    In her recommendation for second reading under the co-decision procedure on the Council's common position on a Commission proposal designed to strengthen customs checks under the EU's transit arrangements, Ms. Karla PEIJS (Nl, EPP), noted that Council took over most of the EP's amendments approved at first reading. Nevertheless, she had tabled two further modified amendments designed to ensure transparency and to improve procedures.�

• 1998/12/15 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1998/11/25 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0442/1998
• 1998/10/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2117
• 1998/09/24 Council Meeting
  • 10065/1/1998 summary

    The common position very largely adhered to the amendments adopted by Parliament at first reading, and corresponded to the amended proposal subsequently presented by the Commission. The main amendments accepted concerned: a) the insertion, in a recital, of a reference to provisions adopted under the committee procedure, thus applying to them the principles of simplification and clarification of the rules for the benefit of both operators and managers of the transit procedure; b) the scope of external transit (Art. 91(1)(b) of the code); c) amendments concerning guarantees (Art. 94 of the code), mainly concerning the following points: - the conditions for acceptance of a smaller guarantee or exemption from the guarantee requirement; - exclusion of sensitive goods from exemption from the guarantee requirement; - introduction of the possibility of temporarily prohibiting reduction of or exemption from the comprehensive guarantee in exceptional circumstances, while exempting from this ban operators who guarantee a very high standard of security for their operations; d) exemption from the guarantee requirement for certain modes of transport (Art. 95 of the code); e) carrier and consignee jointly responsible with the holder (Art. 96 of the code). The text associated with the amendment of Article 91(1)(b) is supplemented by a clause pointing out to the committee responsible for defining the situations where external transit applies to Community goods that it should take account of the risks involved and should consider not applying the transit procedure only where an equivalent standard of security is guaranteed in another way to ensure that exports are controlled and monitored.�

• 1998/07/03 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0428 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal incorporated 5 of the 7 amendments adopted by the European Parliament to the extent that they complied with the objectives laid down by the Commission in its Action Plan for transit in Europe. The amendments rejected concerned: - Art. 92 of the code and the definition of discharge; - Art. 97(2) of the code and the option for Member States to allow the use of simplified procedures for transit operations carried out within a single Member State or under bilateral or multilateral agreements. The Commission could not accept such an amendment, which would indirectly allow Member States to waive the basic guarantee rules for single-country transit operations.�

• 1998/05/13 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0270/1998 summary

    In adopting by 366 votes to 67 with 111 abstentions the report by Mrs Karla PEIJS (EPP, NL) Parliament wished to ensure that the customs code committee did not have too much latitude when adopting implementing provisions. The approach adopted by the Commission, which provided for regulations comprising fewer detailed provisions and therefore leaving more power to the customs code committee, was not shared by Parliament. Parliament considered that all decisions taken under the committee procedure must be transparent for both customs administrations and industry. �

• 1998/05/12 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Commissioner Monti said that most of the amendments tabled could be accepted as the Commission agreed with the idea of introducing detailed provisions in the code so as to reduce the extent of the committee’s regulatory powers. However, he rejected Amendment No 3 as this did not improve the current situation in terms of operators’ liability and No 7 which, by releasing simplified procedures applied to national transit movements from having to observe the fundamental principles, could harm the financial interests which were demanding the same protection for any type of transit operation within the internal market. Mr Monti then announced the imminent start-up of the new computerised system in five selected countries: Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. This encompassed the central services, network and database which would therefore be operational by the beginning of the year 2000.

• 1998/04/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0149/1998
• #2079
• 1998/03/30 Council Meeting
  • 2079
• #2051
• 1997/11/27 Council Meeting
  • 2051
• 1997/10/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/09/26 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0472 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation 2913/92/EEC establishing the Community Customs Code (Transit). CONTENT: the proposal for a directive concerns the following aspects: - the scope of external transit for Community goods: without removing every possibility for using external transit in connection with the export of Community goods, its definition should be entrusted to the committee procedure; - agreeing the transit scheme: one needs to define this concept, which is necessary for an effective management of the scheme; - exemption from guarantee: shipping routes should be removed from cases of general exemption from the guarantee, so that in such cases the guarantee would no longer be the exception and items dispatched by scheduled shipping routes would be treated similarly to those sent by road; - the responsibility of the carrier and consignee: it is proposed to remove that provision which states that any carrier or consignee who knows that the goods in question are in a transit procedure is obliged to produce the said goods at the customs office of destination and to comply with the identification measures, in addition to the obligations appropriate to the principal obligor; - the national or bilateral/multilateral simplifications put in place by the Member States: it is recommended that these simplifications be reintegrated into the Community framework of measures; - guarantee of fees and other transit duties: it seems necessary to reserve, under Article 192 of the Code, the special case of obligatory guarantee under the transit procedure; - the place of origin of the debt and the competent authority for consideration of the customs debt: a new wording is being proposed for this provision. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0472
• Debate in Council: 2051
• Debate in Council: 2079
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0149/1998
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0270/1998
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0428
• Council position published: 10065/1/1998
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0442/1998
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0743/1998
• : Regulation 1999/955
• : OJ L 119 07.05.1999, p. 0001

History

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