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  "legislation": "eur/1991/3648",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3648/91 of 11 December 1991 laying down the methods of using form 302 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 concerning the abolition, within the framework of the TIR Convention, of customs formalities on exit from a Member State at a frontier between two Member States and Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 on the abolition of certain exit formalities at internal Community frontiers — introduction of common border posts",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-3648",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3648/91\nof 11 December 1991\nlaying down the methods of using form 302 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 concerning the abolition, within the framework of the TIR Convention, of customs formalities on exit from a Member State at a frontier between two Member States and Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 on the abolition of certain exit formalities at internal Community frontiers — introduction of common border posts\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nIn cooperation with the European Parliament,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,\nWhereas Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 and (EEC) No 4283/88 simplified formalities in respect of goods crossing an internal frontier of the Community under cover of a TIR or ATA carnet, a Community movement carnet or NATO form 302 by providing for the introduction of common border posts, thus ensuring that the same checks are not repeated on both sides of the frontier and that the sole administrative operation takes place at the office of entry in the Member State into which the goods are brought;\nWhereas Regulation (EEC) No 719/91 further simplifies the rules for use of TIR and ATA carnets with effect from 1 January 1992 by providing that the Community is to be considered for this purpose to form a single customs territory, thus eliminating entirely the need, at internal frontier crossings, for the formalities and controls inherent in the use of TIR and ATA carnets as transit documents;\nWhereas, in anticipation of the total eliminations of internal frontiers linked to the establishment of the single market, these additional facilities should be extended from 1 January 1992 to operations under cover of NATO form 302 as well;\nWhereas Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 concerning the Community movement carnet, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 718/91, is due to be repealed with effect from the date of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 of 17 September 1990 on Community transit;\nWhereas Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 and (EEC) No 4283/88 will become redundant when the measures for which they provide cease to be applicable; whereas they should be repealed with effect from the dates in question,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No C 143, 1. 6. 1991, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No C 280, 28. 10. 1991, and OJ No C 326, 13. 12. 1991."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No C 269, 14. 10. 1991, p. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 341, 4. 12. 1986, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ No L 2, 4. 1. 1984, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "OJ No L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "OJ No L 262, 26. 9. 1990, p. 1."
    }
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