ANNEX II

ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS' RESOLUTION on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles

For the purposes of the application of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (Geneva, 1956) the Community hereby notifies the Secretary-General of the United Nations that it accepts the United Nations' resolution on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles.

In its relations with the Contracting Parties to either of the Conventions covered by this resolution, the Community will apply the resolution to any of the Parties which have also accepted the instrument.

The Community will also apply the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendation of 25 June 1992 concerning the acceptance of CPD carnets in connection with temporary admission (1) in so far as it concerns commercial road vehicles.

The text of the resolution is reproduced below.

(1) OJ No L 289, 24. 11. 1993, p. 42.

UNITED NATIONS' RESOLUTION of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles

For Contracting Parties to the 1956 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (18 May 1956)

THE UN/EEC WORKING PARTY ON CUSTOMS QUESTIONS AFFECTING TRANSPORT,

RECALLING the provisions of Article 8 (1) of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (18 May 1956) (hereinafter called the Vehicle Convention 1956),

RECALLING that Annex I to this Convention lays down a model for temporary importation papers (carnets de passage en douane) to be used for the temporary importation of commercial road vehicles, and that this model as well as the conditions for its use are virtually the same as those for the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) laid down in the Convention on temporary admission, Annex A, Appendix II (hereinafter called the Istanbul Convention),

NOTING that the carnet issuing the guaranteeing associations operating under the Vehicle Convention 1956 are the same as those which will operate under the Istanbul Convention,

CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the Vehicle Convention 1956 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 Vehicle Convention 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 for commercial use and trailers are concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets provided for in the two Conventions,

RECOMMENDS that those Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1956 which accept a carnet for temporary importation of commercial road vehicles, should accept both the carnet model laid down in Annex I to the Vehicle Convention 1956 and the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) laid down in the Istanbul Convention, Appendix II of Annex A,

REQUESTS the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to notify the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1956 of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee, vis-à-vis the customs administrations, the carnets provided for in the two Conventions. The Executive Secretary is also requested to append this resolution to such a notification,

REQUESTS each Contracting Party to the Vehicle Convention 1956 to notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe whether it accepts or does not accept this resolution. Such notification shall be made within one year following the date on which the Executive Secretary 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 Executive Secretary of the date from which it will apply the recommendation and of the conditions of its application.

Failure to notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe within one year shall mean that the Contracting Party is unable to accept the resolution. However, a Contracting Party may accept this resolution at a later date.

The Executive Secretary shall transmit this information to the customs administrations of the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1956. He shall also transmit it to the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council, to regional economic integration organizations which qualify as Contracting Parties and to the international Touring Alliance and the International Automobile Federation.