g o 31.12.76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 368/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3237/76 of 21 December 1976 on the advance implementation of the Technical Annexes and the advance use of the specimen TIR carnet of the Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) of 14 November 1975, Geneva THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ’ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, Whereas the simplification measures provided for under the TIR Convention revised at Geneva in 1975 should apply as soon as possible; whereas this is particularly so in respect of the technical provisions and the specimen TIR carnet of the aforesaid Convention, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. As. from 1 January 1977, Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4, § and 7 to the 1975 TIR Convention shall apply in.the Community. The Explanatory Notes in Annex 6 to the aforesaid Convention relative to the Annexes listed in subparagraph 1 shall apply as from the same date. 2. Asfrom 1 January 1977, the specimen TIR carnet featuring in Annex I to the 1975 TIR Convention shall have the same legal force and the same effect in the Community as the TIR carnet of the 1959 Convention. 3. The texts of Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 to the 1975 TIR Convention and the Explanatory Notes in Annex 6 relative to those Annexes are contained in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 The Commission shall inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe of the provisions adopted in Article 1. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly apl:;licable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976. For the Council The President APL.M.M. van der STEE