Community Customs Code: external transit procedure

The Commission considered that the common position of the Council was in accordance with the objectives it had laid down in its Action Plan for the reform of transit. It considered that the text clarified and simplified the rules applicable, that it took into account both the reliability of operators and the assessment of the relevant risks to ensure that transit operations were sufficiently secure. The Commission acknowledged that the common position should ensure greater harmonisation of customs practices in the field of simplification and that it incorporated the necessary steps to improve the effectiveness of recovery measures linked to transit operations.�