Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken within the Administrative Committee for the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods

Summary:

Proposal presented on 25 September 2019 by the European Commission establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union concerning the envisaged adoption of amendments to Article 7 of Annex 8 of the Harmonization Convention as regards the frequency of the reporting mechanism.

Further information:

The International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods aims to facilitate, and so develop, international trade through the harmonisation (where appropriate) of the various frontier controls that are applied to the movement of goods. The Convention, signed in Geneva on 21 October 1982, entered into force on 12 September 1987.

The role of the Administrative Committee is to consider and adopt amendments to the Convention. At its twelfth session, the Committee is to take a decision on the adoption of the proposed amendments in order to to decrease the frequency of the reporting mechanism on progress made to improve border crossing procedures for international road transport. The envisaged act will change the timeline for reporting from two to five years.