No L 341/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 12. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3298/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down detailed measures concerning the system of Rights of Transit (Ecopoints) for heavy goods vehicles transitting through Austria, established by Article 11 of Protocol No 9 to the Act of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, " Having regard to the Act of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 (6) and Annex 4 of Protocol No 9 thereto, Whereas the abovementioned Protocol provided for a special regime concerning the transit of heavy goods vehicles through Austrian territory based on a system of Rights of Transit (Ecopoints) ; whereas such a regime shall replace, from the date of Accession, the system of distri- bution of ecopoints established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3637/92 of 27 November 1992 (); Whereas the Commission should adopt detailed imple- menting measures concerning the procedures relating to the ecopoint system and the distribution of ecopoints; Whereas, according to the second subparagraph of Article 11 (6) of Protocol No 9, such measures should ensure that the actual situation for the present Member States result- ing from the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3637/92 and of the Administrative Arrangement, signed on 23 December 1992 (%), setting the date of entry into force and the procedures for the introduction of the ecopoint system referred to in the Transit Agreement, is maintained ; Whereas the Commission should adopt detailed measures concerning outstanding technical questions relating to the ecopoint system as foreseen in Joint Declaration No 18 ; Whereas Annex 4 of Protocol No 9 shall be adapted to take account of transit journeys by heavy goods vehicles registered in Finland and Sweden, based on indicative values for the respective countries calculated on the basis of the number of transit journeys in 1991 and a standard value of NOx emission of 15,8 grammes NOx/kw ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 16 of Protocol No 9, () OJ No L 373, 21. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 373, 21. 12. 1992, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: I. Administrative provisions Article 1 1. The driver of a heavy goods vehicle on a transit journey shall carry, and produce at the request of the supervisory authorities, a duly-completed standard form or an Austrian certificate confirming payment for the ecopoints for the journey in question, modelled on Annex A and known as the ‘ecocard’. The competent Austrian authorities shall issue the ecocard shown in Annex A against payment of the cost of producing and distributing the form and the ecopoints. 2. The driver of a heavy goods vehicle registered after 1 October 1990 shall also carry, and produce upon request, a standard COP document, modelled on Annex B, as evidence of the Nox emissions of that vehicle. Heavy goods vehicles first registered before 1 October 1990 or in respect of which no document is produced shall be assumed to have a COP value of 15,8 g/kw. The Member States shall notify the Commission in writing of the national authorities authorized to issue the above documents. 3. Transit journeys made in the circumstances listed in Annex C or under ECMT authorizations shall be exempt from the ecopoints scheme. Article 2 1. The requisite number of ecopoints shall be affixed to the form referred to in Article 1 (1) and cancelled. The ecopoints shall be cancelled by signing in such a way that the signature extends over both the ecopoints and the form to which they have been affixed. A rubber stamp may be used instead of a signature. 2. Until 31 December 1996, on a vehicle’s entry into Austrian territory a duly-completed form bearing the requisite number of ecopoints shall be handed to the supervisory authorities, who will hand back a copy with the proof of payment.