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United Kingdom

DRAFT

DECISION No …/2015 OF THE EU-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMON TRANSIT

of …

amending the Convention on a common transit procedure

THE EU-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure^f1 and in particular Article 15(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia expressed its wish to accede to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (the ‘Convention’) and has been invited to do so following Decision No …/2015 of … 2015^f2 by the Joint Committee established by the Convention.

(2)

Accordingly, the versions in the official language of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of the references used in the Convention should be inserted in the Convention in the appropriate order.

(3)

The application of this Decision should be linked to the date of accession of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Convention.

(4)

In order to allow the use of guarantee forms printed in accordance with the criteria in force prior to the date of accession of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a transitional period should be established during which the printed forms, with some adaptations, could continue to be used.

(5)

The Convention should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done in Brussels, … 2015.

For the EU-EFTA Joint Committee

The President

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2.
f2: OJ: Please insert the reference number and the date of adoption of the Decision contained in doc. ST08194/2015.