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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3237/76Show full title

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3237/76 of 21 December 1976 on the advance implementation of the Technical Annexes and the advance use of the specimen TIR carnet of the Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) of 14 November 1975, Geneva

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) As from 1 January 1977, Annexes 1, 2, 3,...

  3. Article 2.The Commission shall inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic...

  4. Article 3.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following...

  5. Signature

    1. ANNEX 1

      SPECIMEN TIR CARNET

      1. The TIR carnet is printed in French except for page...

    2. ANNEX 2

      REGULATIONS ON TECHNICAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ROAD VEHICLES WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT UNDER CUSTOMS SEAL

      1. Article 1.Basic principles

      2. Article 2.Structure of load compartments

      3. Article 3.Sheeted vehicles

      4. Sheet made of several pieces sewn together

      5. Sheet made of several pieces sewn together

      6. Sheet made of several pieces sewn together

      7. Sheet made of several pieces welded together

      8. Repair of the sheet

      9. Example of end-piece

    3. ANNEX 3

      PROCEDURE FOR THE APPROVAL OF ROAD VEHICLES COMPLYING WITH THE TECHNICAL CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN ANNEX 2

      1. General

        1. 1. Road vehicles may be approved by one of the following...

        2. 2. An approval certificate conforming to the standard form of Annex...

        3. 3. The approval certificate shall be kept on the road vehicle....

        4. 4. Road vehicles shall be produced every two years, for the...

        5. 5. If a road vehicle no longer complies with the technical...

        6. 6. If the essential characteristics of a road vehicle are changed,...

        7. 7. The competent authorities of the country of registration of the...

      2. Procedure for individual approval

        1. 8. The owner, the operator or the representative of either shall...

      3. Procedure for approval by design type (series of road vehicles)...

        1. 9. Where road vehicles are manufactured by type series, the manufacturer...

        2. 10. The manufacturer shall state in his application the identification numbers...

        3. 11. The application shall be accompanied by drawings and a detailed...

        4. 12. The manufacturer shall give an undertaking in writing that he...

        5. 13. The competent authority shall state what changes, if any, must...

        6. 14. No approval by design-type shall be granted unless the competent...

        7. 15. The competent authority shall notify the manufacturer in writing of...

        8. 16. The competent authority shall take the necessary steps to issue...

        9. 17. The holder of the approval certificate shall, before using the...

        10. 18. When a vehicle which has been approved by design-type is...

      4. Procedure for endorsement of the certificate of approval

        1. 19. When an approved vehicle, carrying goods under cover of a...

        2. 20. In each of these cases the customs authorities shall make...

        3. 21. Each endorsement made on the certificate shall be dated and...

        4. 22. When a vehicle is found to have defects which the...

    4. ANNEX 4

      MODEL CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL OF A ROAD VEHICLE

    5. ANNEX 5

      TIR PLATES

      1. 1. The dimensions of the plates shall be 250 × 400 mm.

      2. 2. The letters ‘TIR’ in capital Latin characters shall be 200 mm...

    6. ANNEX 6

      EXPLANATORY NOTES

      1. INTRODUCTION

      2. 1. ANNEX 1

        1. 1.10. (c) Rules regarding the use of the TIR carnet

      3. 2. ANNEX 2

        1. 2.2. Article 2

          1. 2.2.1.(a) Subparagraph 1 (a) — Assembly of constituent parts

          2. 2.2.1.(b) Subparagraph 1 (b) — Doors and other closing systems

          3. 2.2.1.(c) — 1. Subparagraph 1 (c) — Ventilation apertures

          4. 2.2.1.(c) — 2. Subparagraph 1 (c) — Drainage apertures

        2. 2.3. Article 3

          1. 2.3.3. Paragraph 3 — Sheets made up of pieces

          2. 2.3.6.(a) Subparagraph 6 (a) — Vehicles with sliding rings

          3. 2.3.6.(b) Subparagraph 6 (b) — Permanently-secured sheets

          4. 2.3.8. Paragraph 8 — Spaces between the rings and between the...

          5. 2.3.9. Paragraph 9 — Textile-cored steel fastening ropes

          6. 2.3.11.(a) Subparagraph 11 (a) — Sheet-tensioning flaps

          7. 2.3.11.(c) Subparagraph 11 (c) — Sheet thongs

            1. 2.3.11. (c) —1. The following materials are regarded as suitable for making...

            2. 2.3.11. (c) —2. The device shown in Sketch No 3 appended to this...

      4. 3. ANNEX 3

        1. 3.0.17. Approval procedure

          1. 1. Annex 3 provides that the competent authorities of a Contracting...

          2. 2. These provisions are not intended to restrict the right of...

        2. 3.0.20. Procedure for endorsement of the certificate of approval

      6. Hinge

      8. Customs sealing device

      10. Sheeted vehicles with sliding rings

      11. Sketch No 3 Example of a device for fastening vehicle sheets

      12. Sketch No 4 Device for fastening sheets

    7. ANNEX 7

      ANNEX REGARDING APPROVAL OF CONTAINERS

      1. PART I REGULATIONS ON TECHNICAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTAINERS WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT UNDER CUSTOMS SEAL

        1. Article 1.Basic principles

        2. Article 2.Structure of containers

        3. Article 3.Containers capable of being folded or dismantled

        4. Article 4.Sheeted containers

        5. Article 5.Transitional provisions

        6. Note:

      2. PART II PROCEDURES FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONTAINERS COMPLYING WITH THE TECHNICAL CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED IN PART I

        1. General

          1. 1. Containers may be approved for the transport of goods under...

        2. Provisions common to both approval procedures

          1. 2. The competent authority responsible for granting approval shall issue to...

          2. 3. The beneficiary of approval shall affix an approval plate to...

          3. 4. The approval plate shall be affixed permanently and in a...

          4. 5. The approval plate, conforming to Model I reproduced in Appendix...

          5. 6. If a container no longer complies with the technical conditions...

          6. 7. If the essential characteristics of a container are changed, the...

        3. Special provisions for approval by design type at the manufacturing...

          1. 8. Where the containers are manufactured by type series, the manufacturer...

          2. 9. The manufacturer shall state in his application the identification numbers...

          3. 10. The application shall be accompanied by drawings and a detailed...

          4. 11. The manufacturer shall give an undertaking in writing that he...

          5. 12. The competent authority shall state what changes, if any, must...

          6. 13. No type-approval by design type shall be granted unless the...

          7. 14. When a container type is approved there shall be issued...

        4. Special provisions for approval at a stage subsequent to manufacture...

          1. 15. If approval has not been applied for at the manufacturing...

          2. 16. An application for approval submitted under paragraph 15 shall state...

          3. 17. When the competent authority has ascertained that the container or...

        5. APPENDIX 1 TO PART II MODEL I

        6. APPENDIX 1 TO PART II MODEL I

        7. APPENDIX 2 TO PART II MODEL II

        8. APPENDIX 3 TO PART II MODEL III

      3. PART III EXPLANATORY NOTES

        1. 1. The Explanatory Notes to Annex 2 set out in Annex...

        2. 2. Part I — Article 4 (6) (a)

        3. 3. Part II — paragraph 5

        4. Device for affixing sheets around containers' corner castings

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