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Council Decision of 15 March 1993 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes (93/329/EEC)

EU Decision 1993/329 · Adopted 15 March 1993 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision

of 15 March 1993

concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes

(93/329/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Convention on Temporary Admission negotiated under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council and agreed at Istanbul on 26 June 1990 concerns trade in goods with non-member countries and is therefore an effective means of fostering international trade;

Whereas the Community's authorized representative signed the Convention, subject to acceptance, on 28 June 1990; whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (1) (b) of the Convention, the Community must deposit an instrument of ratification in order to become a Contracting Party to the Convention;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of the Convention, each Contracting Party acceding to the Convention must accept the Annex concerning temporary admission papers (ATA carnets and CPD carnets) and at least one other Annex; whereas the Community should accept all the Annexes; whereas, however, such acceptance must be subject to reservations designed to take account of requirements specific to the customs union and the present level of harmonization in the field of temporary admission;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (6) of the Convention, the Community is required to communicate to the depositary the conditions of application of, and the information required under, certain provisions; whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (7), the Community, as a customs or economic union, is required inter alia to inform the depositary of the matters within its competence, indicating those areas which remain within the national competence;

Whereas, in order to make it easier to apply Annexes A and C to the Convention, it is desirable also to accept the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendations concerning the ATA carnets and CDP carnets;

Whereas the Convention should be concluded and the Annexes accepted subject to the abovementioned reservations;

Whereas participation by the Member States means that the Convention must enter into force simultaneously for the Community and its Member States,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Attachment
  4. Attachment
  5. Attachment
  6. Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
  7. Definitions
  8. 1Article 1
  9. Chapter II: Scope of the Convention
  10. 2Article 2
  11. Structure of the Annexes
  12. 3Article 3
  13. Chapter III: SPECIAL PROVISIONS
  14. Document and security
  15. 4Article 4
  16. Temporary admission papers
  17. 5Article 5
  18. Identification
  19. 6Article 6
  20. Period for re-exportation
  21. 7Article 7
  22. Transfer of temporary admission
  23. 8Article 8
  24. Termination of temporary admission
  25. 9Article 9
  26. 10Article 10
  27. 11Article 11
  28. Other possible cases of termination
  29. 12Article 12
  30. 13Article 13
  31. 14Article 14
  32. Chapter IV: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  33. Reduction of formalities
  34. 15Article 15
  35. Prior authorization
  36. 16Article 16
  37. Minimum facilities
  38. 17Article 17
  39. Customs or economic unions
  40. 18Article 18
  41. Prohibitions and restrictions
  42. 19Article 19
  43. Offences
  44. 20Article 20
  45. Exchange of information
  46. 21Article 21
  47. Chapter V: FINAL PROVISIONS
  48. Administrative Committee
  49. 22Article 22
  50. Settlement of disputes
  51. 23Article 23
  52. Signature, ratification and accession
  53. 24Article 24
  54. Depositary
  55. 25Article 25
  56. Entry into force
  57. 26Article 26
  58. Rescinding provision
  59. 27Article 27
  60. Convention and Annexes
  61. 28Article 28
  62. Reservations
  63. 29Article 29
  64. Territorial extension
  65. 30Article 30
  66. Denunciation
  67. 31Article 31
  68. Amendment procedure
  69. 32Article 32
  70. Acceptance of amendments
  71. 33Article 33
  72. Registration and authentic texts
  73. 34Article 34
  74. Attachment
  75. Chapter I: Definitions
  76. Chapter II: Scope
  77. Chapter III: Guarantee and issue of temporary admission papers
  78. Chapter IV: Guarantee
  79. Chapter V: Regularization of temporary admission papers
  80. Chapter VI: Miscellaneous provisions
  81. Attachment
  82. MODÈLE DE CARNET ATAMODEL OF ATA CARNET
  83. Attachment
  84. Attachment
  85. Attachment
  86. Attachment
  87. RECOMMENDATION OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL OF 25 JUNE 1992 CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ATA CARNETS IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSION
  88. Attachment
  89. RECOMMENDATION OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL OF 25 JUNE 1992 CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF CPD CARNETS IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSION

1

The Convention on Temporary Admission and the Annexes thereto, together with the reservations, are hereby accepted on behalf of the European Economic Community.

The text of the Convention, the Annexes thereto and the reservations attached to those Annexes appear in Annexes I and II respectively to this Decision.

The notifications required appear in Annex III to this Decision.

X1The recommendations of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning ATA carnets and CPD carnets are hereby accepted on behalf of the Community on the conditions set out in Annex IV to this Decision. The text of the recommendations is given in Annexes V and VI respectively to this Decision.

2

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Convention referred to in Article 1 and to accept the Annexes and associated reservations also referred to in Article 1, and to confer on him the powers necessary to bind the Community. Such deposit and acceptance shall take place at the same time as the depositing of instruments of ratification by the Member States.

The person empowered shall also communicate to the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council the conditions of application or the information required pursuant to Article 24 (6) of the Convention and the acceptance of the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendations.

CONTENTS

Body of the Convention

Annex Aconcerning temporary admission papes (ATA carnets and CPD carnets)
Annex B.1concerning goods for display or use at exhibitions, fairs, meetings, or similar events
Annex B.2concerning professional equipment
Annex B.3concerning containers, pallets, packings, samples and other goods imported in connection with a commercial operation
Annex B.4concerning goods imported in connection with a manufacturing operation
Annex B.5concerning goods imported for educational, scientific or cultural purposes
Annex B.6concerning travellers' personal effects and goods imported for sports purposes
Annex B.7concerning tourist publicity material
Annex B.8concerning goods imported as frontier traffic
Annex B.9concerning goods imported for humanitarian purposes
Annex Cconcerning means of transport
Annex Dconcerning animals
Annex Econcerning goods imported with partial relief from import duties and taxes

ANNEX I

CONVENTION RELATING TO TEMPORARY ADMISSION

PREAMBLE

THE CONTRACTING PARTIES to this Convention, established under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council,

NOTING that the present situation regarding the proliferation and dispersed nature of international customs conventions on temporary admission is unsatisfactory,

CONSIDERING that the situation could worsen in the future when new categories of temporary admission need to be regulated internationally,

HAVING REGARD to the wishes of trade representatives and other interested parties, to the effect that the accomplishment of temporary admission formalities be facilitated,

CONSIDERING that the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures and, in particular, the adoption of a single international instrument combining all existing conventions on temporary admission can facilitate access to international provisions governing temporary admission and effectively contribute to the development of international trade and of other international exchanges,

CONVINCED that an international instrument proposing uniform provisions in respect of temporary admission can bring substantial benefits for international exchanges and ensure a high degree of simplification and harmonization of customs procedures, which is one of the essential aims of the Customs Cooperation Council,

RESOLVED to facilitate temporary admission by simplifying and harmonizing procedures, in pursuit of economic, humanitarian, cultural, social or touring objectives,

CONSIDERING that the adoption of standardized model temporary admission papers as international customs documents with international security contributes to facilitating the temporary admission procedure where a customs document and security are required,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

In witness thereof the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done at Istanbul this twenty-sixth day of June nineteen hundred and ninety, in a single original, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. The depositary is requested to prepare and circulate authoritative translations of this Convention in the Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish languages.

1

For the purposes of this Convention:

  1. (a)

    temporary admission means:

    the customs procedure under which certain goods (including means of transport) can be brought into a customs territory conditionally relieved from payment of import duties and taxes and without application of import prohibitions or restrictions of economic character; such goods (including means of transport) must be imported for a specific purpose and must be intended for re-exportation within a specified period and without having undergone any change except normal depreciation due to the use made of them;

  2. (b)

    import duties and taxes means:

    customs duties and all other duties, taxes, fees or other charges which are collected on or in connection with the importation of goods (including means of transport), but not including fees and charges which are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered;

  3. (c)

    security means:

    that which ensures to the satisfaction of the customs that an obligation to the customs will be fulfilled. Security is described as ‘general’ when it ensures that the obligations arising from several operations will be fulfilled;

  4. (d)

    temporary admission papers means:

    the international customs document accepted as a customs declaration which makes it possible to identify goods (including means of transport) and which incorporates an internationally valid guarantee to cover import duties and taxes;

  5. (e)

    customs or economic union means:

    a union constituted by, and composed of Members, as referred to in Article 24 (1), of this Convention, which has competence to adopt its own legislation that is binding on its Members, in respect of matters governed by this Convention, and has competence to decide, in accordance with its internal procedures, to sign, ratify or accede to this Convention;

  6. (f)

    person means:

    both natural and legal persons, unless the context otherwise requires;

  7. (g)

    the Council means:

    the organization set up by the Convention establishing a Customs Cooperation Council, Brussels, 15 December 1950;

  8. (h)

    ratification means:

    ratification, acceptance or approval.

2

1.

Each Contracting Party undertakes to grant temporary admission, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, to the goods (including means of transport) specified in the Annexes to this Convention.

2.

Without prejudice to the provisions of Annex E, temporary admission shall be granted with total conditional relief from import duties and taxes and without application of import restrictions or prohibitions of economic character.

3

Each Annex to this Convention consists, in principle, of:

  1. (a)

    definitions of the main customs terms used in the Annex;

  2. (b)

    special provisions applicable to the goods (including means of transport) which form the subject of the Annex.

4

1.

Unless otherwise provided for in an Annex, each Contracting Party shall have the right to make the temporary admission of goods (including means of transport) subject to the production of a customs document and provision of security.

2.

Where (pursuant to paragraph 1) security is required, persons who regularly use the temporary admission procedure may be authorized to provide general security.

3.

Unless otherwise provided for in an Annex, the amount of security shall not exceed the amount of the import duties and taxes from which the goods (including means of transport) are conditionally relieved.

4.

For goods (including means of transport) subject to import prohibitions or restrictions under national legislation, an additional security may be required under the provisions laid down in national legislation.

5

Without prejudice to temporary admission operations under the provisions of Annex E, each Contracting Party shall accept, in lieu of its national customs documents and as due security for the sums referred to in Article 8 of Annex A, temporary admission papers valid for its territory and issued and used in accordance with the conditions laid down in that Annex for goods (including means of transport) temporarily imported under the other Annexes to this Convention which it has accepted.

6

Each Contracting Party may make the temporary admission of goods (including means of transport) subject to the condition that they be identifiable when temporary admission is terminated.

7

1.

Goods (including means of transport) granted temporary admission shall be re-exported within a given period considered sufficient to achieve the object of temporary admission. Such a period is laid down separately in each Annex.

2.

The customs authorities may either grant a longer period than that provided for in each Annex, or extend the initial period.

3.

When the goods (including means of transport) granted temporary admission cannot be re-exported as a result of a seizure other than a seizure made at the suit of private persons, the requirement of re-exportation shall be suspended for the duration of the seizure.

8

Each Contracting Party may, on request, authorize the transfer of the benefit of the temporary admission procedure to any other person, provided that such other person:

  1. (a)

    satisfies the conditions laid down in this Convention; and

  2. (b)

    accepts the obligations of the first beneficiary of the temporary admission procedure.

9

Temporary admission is normally terminated by re-exportation of the goods (including means of transport) granted temporary admission.

10

Temporarily admitted goods (including means of transport) may be re-exported in one or more consignments.

11

Temporarily admitted goods (including means of transport) may be re-exported through a customs office other than that through which they were imported.

12

Temporary admission may be terminated with the agreement of the competent authorities, by placing the goods (including means of transport) in a free port or free zone, in a customs warehouse or under a customs transit procedure with a view to their subsequent exportation or other authorized disposal.

13

Temporary admission may be terminated by clearance for home use, when circumstances justify and national legislation so permits, subject to compliance with the conditions and formalities applicable in such case.

14

1.

Temporary admission may be terminated where goods (including means of transport) have been seriously damaged by accident or force majeure and are, as the customs authorities may decide:

(a)

subjected to the import duties and taxes to which they are liable at the time when they are presented to the customs in their damaged condition for the purpose of terminating temporary admission;

(b)

abandoned, free of all expense, to the competent authorities of the territory of temporary admission, in which case the person benefiting from temporary admission shall be free of payment of import duties and taxes; or

(c)

destroyed, under official supervision, at the expense of the parties concerned any parts or materials salvaged being subjected, if cleared for home use, to the import duties and taxes to which they are liable at the time when, and in the condition in which they are presented to the customs after accident or force majeure.

2.

Temporary admission may also be terminated where, at the request of the person concerned, the goods (including means of transport) are disposed of in one of the ways provided for in paragraph 1 (b) or (c), as the customs authorities may decide.

3.

Temporary admission may also be terminated at the request of the person concerned where that person satisfies the customs authorities of the destruction or total loss of the goods (including means of transport) by accident or force majeure. In that case, the person benefiting from temporary admission shall be free of payment of import duties and taxes.

15

Each Contracting Party shall reduce to a minimum the customs formalities required in connection with the facilities provided for in this Convention. All regulations concerning such formalities shall be promptly published.

16

1.

When temporary admission is subject to prior authorization, this shall be granted by the competent customs office as soon as possible.

2.

When, in exceptional cases, non-customs authorization is required, this shall be granted as soon as possible.

17

The provisions of this Convention set out the minimum facilities to be accorded. They do not prevent the application of greater facilities which Contracting Parties grant or may grant in future by unilateral provisions or by virtue of bilateral or multilateral agreements.

18

1.

For the purpose of this Convention, the territories of Contracting Parties which form a customs or economic union may be taken to be a single territory.

2.

Nothing in this Convention shall prevent Contracting Parties which form a customs or economic union from enacting special provisions applicable to temporary admission operations in the territory of that union, provided those provisions do not reduce the facilities provided for by this Convention.

19

The provisions of this Convention shall not preclude the application of prohibitions or restrictions imposed under national laws and regulations on the basis of non-economic considerations such as considerations of public morality or order, public security and public hygiene or health, veterinary or phytosanitary considerations, considerations relating to the protection of endangered species of wild fauna and flora, or considerations relating to the protection of copyright and industrial property.

20

1.

Any breach of the provisions of this Convention shall render the offender liable in the territory of the Contracting Party where the offence was committed to the penalties prescribed by the legislation of that Contracting Party.

2.

When it is not possible to establish in which territory an irregularity occurred, it shall be deemed to have been committed in the territory of the Contracting Party where it is detected.

21

The Contracting Parties shall communicate to one another, on request and to the extent allowed by national legislation, information necessary for implementing the provisions of this Convention.

22

1.

There shall be established an administrative committee to consider the implementation of this Convention, any measures to secure uniformity in the interpretation and application thereof, and any amendments proposed thereto. The administrative committee shall decide upon the incorporation of new annexes to this Convention.

2.

The Contracting Parties shall be members of the administrative committee. The committee may decide that the competent administration of any Member, State or customs territory referred to in Article 24 of this Convention which are not Contracting Parties, or representatives of international organizations may, for questions which interest them, attend the sessions of the committee as observers.

3.

The Council shall provide the committee with secretariat services.

4.

The committee shall, on the occasion of every session, elect a chairman and a vice-chairman.

5.

The competent administrations of the Contracting Parties shall communicate to the Council proposals for amendments to this Convention and the reasons therefore, together with any requests for the inclusion of items on the agenda of the sessions of the committee. The Council shall bring them to the attention of the competent administrations of the Contracting Parties and of the Members, States or customs territories referred to in Article 24 of this Convention which are not Contracting Parties.

6.

The Council shall convene the committee at a time fixed by the committee and also at the request of the competent administrations of at least two Contracting Parties. It shall circulate the draft agenda to the competent administrations of the Contracting Parties and of the Members, States or customs territories referred to in Article 24 of this Convention which are not Contracting Parties, at least six weeks before the committee meets.

7.

On the decision of the committee, taken by virtue of the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, the Council shall invite the competent administrations of the Members, States or customs territories referred to in Article 24 of this Convention which are not Contracting Parties and the international organizations concerned to be represented by observers at the sessions of the committee.

8.

Proposals shall be put to the vote. Each Contracting Party represented at the meeting shall have one vote. Proposals other than proposals for amendments to this Convention shall be adopted by the committee by a majority of those present and voting. Proposals for amendments to this Convention shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting.

9.

Where Article 24 of this Convention applies, the customs or economic unions Parties to this Convention shall have, in case of voting, only a number of votes equal to the total votes allotted to their Members which are Contracting Parties to this Convention.

10.

Before the closure of its session, the committee shall adopt a report.

11.

In the absence of relevant provisions in this Article, the Rules of Procedure of the Council shall be applicable unless the committee decides otherwise.

23

1.

Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention shall so far as possible be settled by negotiation between them.

2.

Any dispute which is not settled by negotiation shall be referred by the Contracting Parties in dispute to the administrative committee which shall thereupon consider the dispute and make recommendations for its settlement.

3.

The Contracting Parties in dispute may agree in advance to accept the recommendations of the administrative committee as binding.

24

1.

Any Member of the Council and any Member of the United Nations or its specialized agencies may become a Contracting Party to this Convention:

(a)

by signing it without reservation of ratification;

(b)

by depositing an instrument of ratification after signing it subject to ratification; or

(c)

by acceding to it.

2.

This Convention shall be open for signature by the Members referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, either at the Council sessions at which it is adopted, or, thereafter at the headquarters of the Council in Brussels until 30 June 1991. After that date, it shall be open for accession by such Members.

3.

Any State, or government of any separate customs territory which is proposed by a Contracting Party having responsibility for the formal conduct of its diplomatic relations but which is autonomous in the conduct of its commercial relations, not being a Member of the organizations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to which an invitation to that effect has been addressed by the depositary at the request of the administrative committee, may become a Contracting Party to this Convention by acceding thereto after its entry into force.

4.

Any Member, State or customs territory referred to in paragraph 1 or 3 of this Article shall at the time of signing without reservation of ratification, ratifying or acceding to this Convention specify the Annexes it accepts, it being necessary to accept Annex A and at least one other Annex. It may subsequently notify the depositary that it accepts one or more further Annexes.

5.

Contracting Parties accepting any new Annex which the administrative committee decides to incorporate in this Convention shall notify the depositary in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article.

6.

Contracting Parties shall communicate to the depositary the conditions of application of or the information required pursuant to Articles 8 and 24 (7) of this Convention; Annex A, Article 2 (2) and (3); Annex E, Article 4. They shall also communicate any changes in the application of those provisions.

7.

Any customs or economic union may become, in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Article, a Contracting Party to this Convention. Such customs or economic union shall inform the depositary of its competence with respect to the matters governed by this Convention. The customs or economic union which is a Contracting Party to this Convention shall, for the matters within its competence, exercise in its own name the rights, and fulfil the responsibilities, which this Convention confers on its Members which are Contracting Parties to this Convention. In such case, these Members shall not be entitled to individually exercise these rights, including the right to vote.

25

1.

This Convention, all signatures with or without reservation of ratification and all instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council.

2.

The depositary shall:

(a)

receive and keep custody of the original texts of this Convention;

(b)

prepare certified copies of the original texts of this Convention and transmit them to the Members and the customs or economic unions referred to in Article 24 (1) and (7) of this Convention;

(c)

receive any signature with or without reservation of ratification, ratification or accession to this Convention and receive and keep custody of any instruments, notifications and communications relating to it;

(d)

examine whether the signature or any instrument, notification or communication relating to this Convention is in due and proper form and, if need be, bring the matter to the attention of the Contracting Party in question;

(e)

notify the Contracting Parties to this Convention, the other signatories, those Members of the Council that are not Contracting Parties to this Convention, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of:

  • signatures, ratifications, accessions and acceptances of Annexes pursuant to Article 24 of this Convention,

  • new Annexes which the administrative committee decides to incorporate in this Convention,

  • the date of entry into force of this Convention and of each of the Annexes in accordance with Article 26 of this Convention,

  • notifications received in accordance with Articles 24, 29, 30 and 32 of this Convention,

  • denunciations pursuant to Article 31 of this Convention,

  • any amendment deemed to have been accepted in accordance with Article 32 of this Convention and the date of its entry into force, as well as of any objection to a proposed amendment.

3.

In the event of any difference appearing between a Contracting Party and the depositary as to the performance of the latter's functions, the depositary or that Contracting Party shall bring the question to the attention of the other Contracting Parties and the signatories or, where appropriate, to the Council.

26

1.

This Convention shall enter into force three months after five of the Members or customs or economic unions referred to in Article 24 (1) and (7), of this Convention have signed this Convention without reservation of ratification or have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.

2.

For any Contracting Party signing without reservation of ratification, ratifying or acceding to this Convention after five Members or customs or economic unions have signed it without reservation of ratification or have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, this Convention shall enter into force three months after the said Contracting Party has signed without reservation of ratification or deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.

3.

Any Annex to this Convention shall enter into force three months after five Members or customs or economic unions have accepted that Annex.

4.

For any Contracting Party which accepts an Annex after five Members or customs or economic unions have accepted it, that Annex shall enter into force three months after the said Contracting Party has notified its acceptance. No Annex shall, however, enter into force for a Contracting Party before this Convention has entered into force for that Contracting Party.

27

Upon the entry into force of an Annex to this Convention containing a rescinding provision, that Annex shall terminate and replace the conventions or the provisions of the conventions which are the subject of the rescinding provision, in relations between the Contracting Parties which have accepted that Annex and are Contracting Parties to such conventions.

28

1.

For the purposes of this Convention, any Annexes to which a Contracting Party is bound shall be construed to be an integral part of this Convention, and in relation to that Contracting Party any reference to this Convention shall be deemed to include a reference to such Annexes.

2.

For the purposes of voting in the administrative committee, each Annex shall be taken to be a separate Convention.

29

1.

Any Contracting Party which accepts an Annex shall be deemed to accept all the provisions therein, unless at the time of accepting the Annex or any time thereafter it notifies the depositary of the provisions in respect of which it enters reservations, in so far as this possibility is provided for in the Annex concerned, stating the differences existing between the provisions of its national legislation and the provisions concerned.

2.

Each Contracting Party shall at least once every five years review the provisions in respect of which it has entered reservations, compare them with the provisions of its national legislation and notify the depositary of the results of that review.

3.

Any Contracting Party which has entered reservations may withdraw them, in whole or in part, at any time, by notification to the depositary specifying the date on which such withdrawal takes effect.

30

1.

Any Contracting Party may, at the time of signing this Convention without reservation of ratification or of depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, or at any time thereafter, declare by notification given to the depositary that this Convention shall extend to all or any of the territories for whose international relations it is responsible. Such notification shall take effect three months after the date of the receipt thereof by the depositary. However, this Convention shall not apply to the territories named in the notification before this Convention has entered into force for the Contracting Party concerned.

2.

Any Contracting Party which has made a notification pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article extending this Convention to any territory for whose international relations it is responsible may notify the depositary, pursuant to the procedure of Article 31 of this Convention, that the territory in question will no longer apply this Convention.

31

1.

This Convention is of unlimited duration but any Contracting Party may denounce it at any time after the date of its entry into force pursuant to Article 26 of this Convention.

2.

The denunciation shall be notified by an instrument in writing, deposited with the depositary.

3.

The denunciation shall take effect six months after the receipt of the instrument of denunciation by the depositary.

4.

The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall also apply in respect of the Annexes to this Convention, any Contracting Party being entitled, at any time after the date of their entry into force pursuant to Article 26 of this Convention, to withdraw its acceptance of one or more Annexes. Any Contracting Party which withdraws its acceptance of all the Annexes shall be deemed to have denounced this Convention. Furthermore, a Contracting Party which withdraws its acceptance of Annex A, even though it continues to accept other Annexes, shall be deemed to have denounced this Convention.

32

1.

The administrative committee, meeting in accordance with Article 22 of this Convention, may recommend amendments to this Convention and its Annexes.

2.

The text of any amendment so recommended shall be communicated by the depositary to all Contracting Parties to this Convention, to the other signatories and to those Members of the Council that are not Contracting Parties to this Convention.

3.

Any recommended amendment communicated in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall enter into force in respect of all Contracting Parties six months after the expiry of a period of 12 months following the date of communication of the recommended amendment if no objection to the recommended amendment has been notified during that period to the depositary by a Contracting Party.

4.

If an objection to the recommended amendment has been notified to the depositary by a Contracting Party before the expiry of the period of 12 months specified in paragraph 3 of this Article, the amendment shall be deemed not to have been accepted and shall have no effect whatsoever.

5.

For the purposes of notifying an objection, each Annex shall be taken to be a separate Convention.

33

1.

Any Contracting Party which ratifies this Convention or accedes thereto shall be deemed to have accepted any amendments thereto which have entered into force at the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.

2.

Any Contracting Party which accepts an Annex shall be deemed, unless it enters reservations pursuant to Article 29 of this Convention, to have accepted any amendments to that Annex which have entered into force at the date on which it notifies its acceptance to the depositary.

34

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, this Convention shall be registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations, at the request of the depositary.

ANNEX A

ANNEX CONCERNING TEMPORARY ADMISSION PAPERS

(ATA CARNETS AND CPD CARNETS)

Appendice I de l'annexe A

Appendix I to Annex A

MODÈLE DE CARNET ATAMODEL OF ATA CARNET

Le carnet ATA est imprimé en français ou en anglais et, au besoin, dans une deuxième langue.

Les dimensions du carnet ATA sont 396x210 mm et celles des volets 297x210 mm.

The ATA carnet shall be printed in English or French and may also be printed in a second language.

The size of the ATA carnet shall be 396x210 mm and that of the vouchers 297x210 mm.

ANNEX II

RESERVATIONS

The Community accepts the Annexes to the Istanbul Convention subject to the following reservations:

  • Annex A

    Pursuant to Article 18 (1), postal traffic shall not be covered by Community legislation relating to the ATA carnet.

  • Annex B.3

    Pursuant to Article 7, in respect of Article 5 (1), Community legislation requires, in certain circumstances, production of a customs document and the provision of security for containers, pallets and packings.

  • Annex B.5

    Pursuant to Article 6, in respect of Article 4, as concerns scientific equipment and pedagogic material, Community legislation stipulates that such equipment and material must be subjected to the normal formalities for being placed under the arrangements for temporary admission.

  • Annex C

    Pursuant to Article 10, in respect of Article 6, as concerns motor road vehicles for commercial use and means of transport for private use, Community legislation stipulates that a customs document, together with, where called for, security may be required in certain cases.

  • Annex E

    Pursuant to Article 9, in respect of Article 2, as concerns the partial relief from import taxes, Community legislation provides for partial relief from import duties, but it does not provide for partial relief from import taxes.

ANNEX III

NOTIFICATIONS

In accordance with Article 24 (6) of the Istanbul Convention, the European Community hereby notifies the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council, as depositary of the said Convention, that:

  • for the purposes of Article 8 of the Convention, the Community authorizes the transfer of the benefit of the temporary admission procedure to any other person, on the conditions set out in the said Article,

  • for the purposes of Article 24 (7) of the Convention, the Community, as a customs or economic union, is competent for all the matters governed by the Convention, except:

    • determination of the duties, taxes, fees or other charges referred to in Article 1 (b) of the Convention other than Community customs duties, charges having equivalent effect to Community customs duties, agricultural levies or other import charges provided for under the Community's agricultural policy,

    • notifications pursuant to Article 30,

  • for the purposes of Article 2 (2) and (3) of Annex A, the Community accepts temporary admission papers for temporary admission operations under its own laws and regulations and for customs transit,

  • for the purposes of Article 4 of Annex E, the Community maintains a list of goods excluded from the benefit of temporary admission with partial relief, the content of which it will notify to the depositary of the Convention.

For the purposes of Article 18 of the Convention, the territory of the Community must be taken to be a single territory in respect of the matters within its competence, in accordance with the abovementioned notification pursuant of Article 24 (7) of the Convention.

ANNEX IV

ACCEPTANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL

For the purposes of Annexes A and C to the Istanbul Convention, the Community hereby notifies the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council that it accepts the Customs Cooperation Council Recommendation of 25 June 1992 concerning acceptance of the ATA carnet for the temporary admission procedure and the Customs Cooperation Council recommendation of the same date concerning acceptance of the CDP carnet for the temporary admission procedure, within the periods and on the conditions laid down in those recommendations. The Community will apply the recommendations in its relations with parties to the Conventions referred to in the said recommendations which have also accepted them.

X1ANNEX V

RECOMMENDATION OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL OF 25 JUNE 1992 CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ATA CARNETS IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSIONX1

THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL,

RECALLING the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) adopted at its 75th and 76th sessions in Istanbul on 26 June 1990 ,

RECALLING that Appendix I to Annex A to that Convention lays down a model for temporary admission papers (ATA carnets) to be used for temporary admission of goods, excluding means of transport, and that this model as well as the conditions for its use are virtually the same as those for the ATA carnet used for temporary admission under the terms of the Customs Convention on the ATA carnet for the temporary admission of goods, 1961 (ATA Convention),

NOTING that Annex A to the Istanbul Convention is intended in due course to replace the ATA Convention but that the ATA carnet system established by that Convention will continue to be applied under the Istanbul Convention,

CONVINCED that measures should be taken to ensure the continuous unhampered functioning of the ATA carnet system,

CONSCIOUS of the fact that the model for the ATA carnet as annexed to the ATA Convention has been revised only recently and that the associations issuing ATA carnets have printed large stocks of ATA carnets, as revised,

RECOGNIZING the financial losses involved if the associations issuing ATA carnets were required to replace their newly printed stocks of ATA carnets by new carnets modelled on the one laid down in Appendix I to Annex A to the Istanbul Convention,

NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating under Annex A to the Istanbul Convention will be the same as those operating under the ATA Convention,

APPRECIATING the willingness of issuing and guaranteeing associations operating under the ATA Convention to apply the ATA carnet system also under the Istanbul Convention, and their commitment to guarantee ATA carnets provided for in both Conventions,

RECOMMENDS that Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention or to the Istanbul Convention which accept an ATA carnet for temporary admission of goods into their territory, should accept both the carnet model laid down in Appendix I to Annex A to the Istanbul Convention,

REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council to notify the Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention or the Istanbul Convention of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee, vis-d-vis the customs administrations, the carnets provided for in both Conventions. The Secretary-General is also requested to append this recommendation to such a notification.

REQUESTS each Contracting Party to the ATA Convention or the Istanbul Convention to notify the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council whether it accepts or does not accept this recommendation. Such notification shall be made within one year following the date on which the Secretary-General notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets provided for in the two Conventions.

In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify the Secretary-General of the date from which it will apply the recommendation and of the conditions of its application.

Failure to notify the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council within one year shall mean that the Contracting Party is unable to accept the recommendation. However, a Contracting Party may accept this recommendation at a later date.

The Secretary-General shall transmit this information to the customs administrations of Council Members. He shall also transmit it to the customs administrations of the Members of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies, to Customs or Economic Unions which qualify as Contracting Parties and to the International Bureau of Chambers of Commerce.

X1ANNEX VI

RECOMMENDATION OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL OF 25 JUNE 1992 CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OF CPD CARNETS IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSIONX1

THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL,

RECALLING the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) adopted at its 75th and 76th sessions in Istanbul on 26 June 1990 ,

RECALLING that Appendix II to Annex A to that Convention lays down a model for temporary admission papers (CDP carnets) to be used for temporary admission of means of transport under Annex C to the Convention, and that this model as well as the conditions for its use are virtually the same as those for the temporary Importation papers ( ‘ carnets de passages en douane ’ ) laid down in the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, 1954, and the Customs Convention on the Temporary importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, 1956 (hereinafter called the Vehicles Conventions),

NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating under Annex C to the Istanbul Convention will be the same as those operating under the Vehicles Conventions,

CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the Vehicles Conventions to Annex C to the Istanbul Convention and of avoiding undue hardship to the issuing and guaranteeing associations,

APPRECIATING the willingness of the issuing and guaranteeing associations operating under the Vehicles Conventions to render the relevant issuing and guaranteeing chains operational also under Annexes A and C to the Istanbul Convention in so far as road motor vehicles and trailers are concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets provided for in the three Conventions,

RECOMMENDS that those Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention which accept Annex C thereto and which accept a CPD carnet for temporary admission of means of transport under that Annex, should accept both the carnet model laid down in Appendix II to Annex A to the Istanbul Convention and the temporary importation papers (carnets de passages en douane) laid down in the Vehicles Conventions,

REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council to notify the Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee, vis-d-vis the customs administrations, the carnets provided for in the three Conventions. The Secretary-General is also requested to append this recommendation to such a notification.

REQUESTS each Contracting Party to the Istanbul Convention to notify the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council whether it accepts or does not accept this recommendation. Such notification shall be made within one year following the date on which the Secretary-General notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets provided for in the three Conventions.

In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify the Secretary-General of the date from which it will apply the recommendation and of the conditions of its application.

Failure to notify the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council within one year shall mean that the Contracting Party is unable to accept the recommendation. However, a Contracting Party may accept this recommendation at a later date.

The Secretary-General shall transmit this information to the customs administrations of Council Members. He shall also transmit it to the customs administrations of the Members of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies, to the Executive-Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, to Customs or Economic Unions which qualify as Contracting Parties, and to the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.