Considerations on COM(2018)601 - EU position in the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as regards amendments to that Convention

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(1) The Convention on a common transit procedure 3 ("the Convention") was concluded between the European Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on 20 May 1987 and entered into force on 1 January 1988.

(2) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("the United Kingdom") has expressed its wish to accede to the Convention as a separate Contracting Party from the date the Convention no longer applies to and in the United Kingdom.

(3) The accession of the United Kingdom to the Convention as a separate Contracting Party will require appropriate adaptations of the guarantee documents shown as specimens in certain Annexes to Appendix III to the Convention in order to delete the reference to the United Kingdom as a Member State of the European Union and add the reference to the United Kingdom as a common transit country

(4) Pursuant to Article 15(3)(a) of the Convention, the Joint Committee set up by that Convention may adopt, by decision, amendments to the Appendices to the Convention. It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Joint Committee, as the decision to amend the Convention will be binding on the Union.

(5) The Convention ensures efficient border crossing procedures for trade between the Contracting Parties.

(6) As the Joint Committee Decision will amend the Convention, it is appropriate to publish it in the Official Journal of the European Union after its adoption.