Attachment
United Kingdom
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2011 OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
of …
setting up a Joint Working Group to monitor the implementation of Chapter IIa of Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods and defining its rules of procedure
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area (hereinafter ‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 92 and Article 94(3) thereof, and Article 9f(1) of Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement,
Whereas:
(1)
Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2009 of 30 June 2009f1, with a view to inserting a new Chapter IIa on customs security measures.
(2)
Article 9b of Protocol 10 provides that, in bilateral trade between the Contracting Parties, the application of customs security measures shall be waived, provided that there is an equivalent level of customs security on their respective territories.
(3)
Article 9f of Protocol 10 also provides that the EEA Joint Committee shall define the rules allowing the Contracting Parties to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of Chapter IIa of that Protocol and to verify whether the provisions of Chapter IIa of and Annexes I and II to that Protocol are complied with,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels, … .
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee