28.5.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 141/1 | (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 993/2001 of 4 May 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (3, and in particular Article 247 thereof, Whereas: 1 2 () ¢ ) V) Legal provisions serving to develop, complete and where appropriate to update the existing legal framework for the computerised transit system, to ensure the homogenous and reliable operation of the full computerised transit procedure, should be introduced into Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (%) The exchange of information between the customs authorities at offices of departure and offices of transit using information technology and computer networks will follow a more effective control on the transit operations, while at the same time relieving carriers from the formality of presenting the transit advice note to each office of transit. For the monitoring of the use of the comprehensive guarantee and guarantee waiver it is necessary to establish a presumed amount of duties and other charges involved in each transit operation in the cases where the data needed for this calculation is not available. However the customs authorities should be empowered to assess a different figure on the basis of other information that may be known to them. ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17. OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. 4 OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1. ) (10) For guarantees monitored by the computerised transit system it should be possible to dispense with the presentation of paper guarantee documents to the office of departure. For the computerised control of the individual guarantee by means of vouchers it is appropriate oblige the guarantor to provide the office of guarantee with any required information on vouchers issued. To maximise the benefits attainable from the computerised transit system by the customs authorities and economic operators it is appropriate to extend also to the authorised consignee the obligation to exchange information with the office of destination using a data-processing technique. The computerised environment will allow a considerable shortening of the current time-limits for launching the enquiry procedure. Access to the electronic transit data will be facilitated by printing the Movement Reference Number (MRN) as a standard bar code on the Transit Accompanying Document, making the procedure quicker and more efficient. Title I of Part II of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, concerning customs warehousing, inward processing, processing under customs control, temporary importation and outward processing, should be simplified and rationalised. Chapter I of Title V, which covers free zones and free warehouses, should be replaced. Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (hereinafter: ‘the Code), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000, provides the basis for making the conditions for access to certain procedures more flexible, by replacing the positive list by an examination of the economic conditions in the case of processing under customs control, by concentrating the examination of economic conditions prior to issuing inward processing authorisations on