2013/524/EU: Council Decision of 17 October 2013 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit concerning the adoption of a Decision amending the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure, as regards the modification of HS codes and package codes

The position to be adopted by the European Union in the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit concerning the adoption of Decision No 2/2013 by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit amending the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure shall be based on the draft Decision attached to this Decision. Minor changes to the draft Decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit after having duly informed the Council.

The Commission shall publish the Decision of the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit referred to in Article 1, once adopted, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure shall be amended as set out in the Appendix to this Decision.

The amendments set out in point 1 of the Appendix to this Decision shall apply from 1 January 2012. The amendments set out in points 2 and 3 of the Appendix to this Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.