31980R1522

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1522/80 of 28 May 1980 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit and concerning the application in the Community of Decision No 3/79 of the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit should be approved ; whereas the proposed amendment is the subject of Recommendation 1/79 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit;

Whereas that Recommendation provides for the rules regarding the unit of account which are at present in force to be applicable to all Community transit operations for which the declaration is registered before 1 July 1980 ; whereas it is necessary to take the measures that the application in the Community of this provision requires;

Whereas it should be stipulated that Decision No 3/79 of the Joint Committee shall be applicable in the Community at the same time as the Agreement to be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is set out in Annex 1.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

Decision No 3/79 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - of 6 December 1979 amending Appendices I, II and III to the Agreement shall be applicable in the Community at the same time as the Agreement referred to in Article 1.

The text of the Decision is set out in Annex 2.

Article 4

The provisions regarding the unit of account, at present in force, of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit (1) shall apply to all Community transit operations for which the declaration is registered before 1 July 1980.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 1980.

For the Council

The President

G. MARCORA (1)OJ No L 294, 29.12.1972, p. 1.