13.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 337/41 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2002/94/EC of 9 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Directive 76/308/EEC on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other measures THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 76/308/EEC of 15 March 1976 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other measures (!), as last amended by Directive 2001/44/EC (%), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas: (1) The system of mutual assistance between the competent authorities of Member States, as set out in Directive 76/ 308/EEC, has been amended as regards the information to be supplied to the applicant authority, the notification of the addressee concerning the applicable instruments and decisions, the adoption of precautionary measures, and the recovery by the requested authority of claims on behalf of the applicant authority. ) As regards each of those aspects, therefore, Commission Directive 77/794/EEC of 4 November 1977 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Directive 76/308/EEC on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims resulting from operations forming part of the system of financing the European Agricul- tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, and of agricultural levies and customs duties, and in respect of value added tax (), as last amended by Directive 86/489/EEC (%), should be amended accordingly. (3)  Furthermore, detailed rules should be laid down concerning the means by which communications between authorities may be transmitted. (4)  In the interests of clarity, Directive 77/794/EEC should be replaced. (5)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Committee on Recovery, 1 () OJL 73, 19.3.1976, p. 18. () OJL 175, 28.6.2001, p. 17. () OJ L 333,24.12.1977, p. 11. () OJ L 283, 4.10.1986, p. 23. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Atrticle 1 This Directive lays down the detailed rules for implementing Article 4(2) and (4), Article 5(2) and (3), Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 11, Article 12(1) and (2), Article 14, Article 18(3) and Article 25 of Directive 76/308/EEC. It also lays down the detailed rules on conversion, transfer of sums recovered, the fixing of a minimum amount for claims which may give rise to a request for assistance, as well as the means by which communications between authorities may be transmitted. Atticle 2 For the purposes of this Directive: 1. transmission ‘by electronic means’ shall mean transmission using electronic equipment for processing (including digital compression) of data and employing wires, radio transmis- sion, optical technologies or other electromagnetic means; 2. ‘CCN/CST network shall mean the common platform based on the Common Communication Network (CCN) and Common System Interface (CSI), developed by the Commu- nity to ensure all transmissions by electronic means between competent authorities in the area of Customs and Taxation. CHAPTER II REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION Atticle 3 The request for information referred to in Article 4 of Directive 76/308/EEC shall be made out in writing in accordance with the model in Annex I to this Directive. If the request cannot be transmitted by electronic means, it shall bear the official stamp of the applicant authority and shall be signed by an official thereof duly authorised to make such a request. Where a similar request has been addressed to any other authority, the applicant authority shall indicate in its request for information the name of that authority.