Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EU-EFTA Joint Committee concerning the adoption of a Decision amending the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (adaptations resulting from the accession of Croatia to the Union)

The Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure establishes the measures facilitating the movement of goods between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation, the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Turkey.

The forthcoming accession of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013 involves necessary technical adaptations to Appendix III of the Convention, reflecting its new position as a Member State of the European Union.

This proposal aims at reorganising the linguistic references to Croatia in the relevant Annexes of Appendix III of the Convention and in particular by moving them from the EFTA countries part to the European Union part.

In addition, in order to allow the use of the guarantee forms printed in accordance with the criteria in force prior to the date of accession of Croatia to the European Union, a transitional period should be established during which the printed forms, with the corresponding geographical adaptations, could continue to be used.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)467: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:467:FIN

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