No L 181/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 8. 95 COUNCIL DECISION of 24 July 1995 accepting Resolution No 49 on short-term measures to ensure the security and the efficient functioning of the TIR transit regime (95/285/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Haﬁng regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Resolution No 49 contains measures both to ensure the correct implementation of the 1975 TIR Convention and to prevent and detect fraud in goods transported under the TIR regime; Whereas, by virtue of its content and pending revision of the TIR Convention, the said Resolution is of the greatest to the Community; whereas, it should therefore be accepted with immediate effect, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Resolution No 49 on short-team measures to ensure the security and the efficient functioning of the TIR transit regime, adopted on 3 March 1995 by the Working Party -of the UN Economic Commission for Europe on Customs Questions affecting Transport, is hereby accepted on behalf of the Community with immediate effect. The text of the Resolution is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to notify the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe of the Community’s acceptance, with immediate effect, of the Resolution referred to in Article 1. - Done at Brussels, 24 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA