Community Customs Code: external transit procedure

In adopting by 366 votes to 67 with 111 abstentions the report by Mrs Karla PEIJS (EPP, NL) Parliament wished to ensure that the customs code committee did not have too much latitude when adopting implementing provisions. The approach adopted by the Commission, which provided for regulations comprising fewer detailed provisions and therefore leaving more power to the customs code committee, was not shared by Parliament. Parliament considered that all decisions taken under the committee procedure must be transparent for both customs administrations and industry. �