Decision No 4/97 of the EC-EFTA Joint Committee on Common Transit of 17 December 1997 amending Annex VIII to Appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure
L 5/34 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 1. 98 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION DECISION No 4/97 OF THE EC-EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMON TRANSIT amending Annex VIII to Appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure of 17 December 1997 (98/13/EC) THE JOINT COMMITTEE, Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (1), and in particular Article 15 (3) (a) thereof, Whereas Annex VIII to Appendix II of the Convention contains the list of goods which, when transported, give rise to an increase in the flat-rate guarantee; whereas, for the purpose of simplifying administrative procedures, it would seem advisable to group to- gether in a single list, as far as possible, the different lists of sensitive goods which exist under the Community transit and common transit arrangements; whereas experience has shown that the only goods which should appear in the Annex in question are those for which there is evidence of sizeable levels of fraud, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Annex VIII to Appendix II of the Convention is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 February 1998. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 17 December 1997. For the Joint Committee The Chairman Sigurgeir A. JÞNSSON (1) OJ L 226, 13. 8. 1987, p. 2. 9. 1. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 5/35 ANNEX ‘ANNEX VIII LIST OF GOODS WHICH, WHEN TRANSPORTED, GIVE RISE TO AN INCREASE IN THE FLAT-RATE GUARANTEE HS code 1 Description 2 01. 02 Live bovine animals 02. 02 Meat of bovine animals, frozen 04. 02 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter ex 04. 05 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk 08. 03 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried Quantity corresponding to the standard amount of ECU 7000 3 4 000 kg 3 000 kg 5 000 kg 3 000 kg 8 000 kg 17. 01 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form 7 000 kg 22 07. 10 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher ex 22. 08 Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages 3 hl 5 hl 24 02. 20 Cigarettes 35 000 items’